Applying Indigenous Methodologies to Create an Indigenous Research Agenda Model

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Indigenous methodologies are methods of research that are guided by Indigenous knowledge systems and worldviews. Indigenous methodologies include: (1) doing research for, by or with indigenous communities, (2) incorporating indigenous worldviews, (3) incorporating traditional knowledge, (4) incorporating tribal ethics & protocols, (5) applying decolonizing aims, and (6) securing cultural information. Applying these methods to our research, the research process and the writings produced from them can change the course in how we present knowledge and educate the world. Using these methods will help us, as researchers, to understand how research directly impacts culture as well as tribal sovereignty. A research agenda model promotes tribal sovereignty by having researchers engage with the community, develop relations, and seek permission and approval of their projects from tribal committees and/or leadership officials. In this paper, we explore Indigenous research methods as well as observe how the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indian tribe came together to help create a research agenda model that can be used in further research studies on their culture.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 40311.0