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Toward Alaska Native research and data sovereignty: Observations and experiences from the Yukon Flats
Brewer, Joseph P., II Black, Jessica Stevens, Carrie Ancestors, Gwich’in
Brewer, Joseph P., II
Black, Jessica
Stevens, Carrie
Ancestors, Gwich’in
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Abstract
Indigenous Peoples research and data sovereignty is of paramount importance to a healthy relationship between Indigenous Peoples and the research enterprise. The development of Indigenous methods and methodologies lends itself to the hot discussion of research and data or, as we posit, knowledge born from Alaska Native communities’ experiences and observations since time immemorial. Within the context of climate change, Alaska Native communities in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge (Flats) are experiencing research fatigue. There are an extraordinary number of researchers applying constant pressure on Alaska Native communities on the Yukon Flats to engage with research ideas and pursuits that are not of their own needs. In concert with large and frequent grant dollars that are promoting research with Alaska Native Peoples and demand grant proposals have components of coproduction of knowledge intertwined with the research. With so much research directed at, not with, Alaska Native communities on the Yukon Flats, never has it been more important to shape research and data sovereignty with Alaska Native communities based on their needs and their worldviews. This article works to demonstrate how established Indigenous methods in collaboration with Alaska Native and Allies scholarship alongside Alaska Native communities inform the future of Alaska Native research and data sovereignty.
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2023-05-02
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SAGE Publications
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Alaska Native, Research and data sovereignty, Indigenous methods, Relationship, Responsibility, Reciprocity, Redistribution
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Brewer, J. P., Black, J., Stevens, C., & Ancestors, G. (2023). Toward Alaska Native research and data sovereignty: Observations and experiences from the Yukon Flats. Environment and Planning F, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/26349825231163146