Cultural Missteps and Ethical Considerations with Indigenous Populations: Preliminary Reflections from Northeastern Ontario,Canada |
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Authors: | Robert J Schinke Lawrence Enosse Duke Peltier Jack Watson Nancy Lightfoot |
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Institution: | (1) School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, B-241 Ben Avery Building, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd., Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, P3E 2C6;(2) Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve (Number 26), Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada;(3) West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA |
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Abstract: | Within this submission the authors share their experiences as a blended research team with Aboriginal community and mainstream
academic researchers. The team has collaborated since 2004 on several externally funded research projects. Initially, the
team engaged in research through mainstream methodologies. In the process, the community co-researchers and participants were
silenced through mainstream cultural practices that were unfamiliar and meaningless in Wikwemikong culture. More recently,
the team has employed a community conceived de-colonizing methodology, developed from within Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve.
Within this submission, the authors will highlight their initial cultural missteps, followed by more recently utilized culturally
relevant approaches. It is proposed that what might be ethically sound research with mainstream participants and among mainstream
researchers can silence and subvert practices among those from marginalized groups/cultures. Provisional suggestions are offered
for researchers interested in co-researching in Aboriginal communities. |
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