Indigenous Studieshttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/57242024-03-28T11:11:21Z2024-03-28T11:11:21ZToward Alaska Native research and data sovereignty: Observations and experiences from the Yukon FlatsBrewer, Joseph P., IIBlack, JessicaStevens, CarrieAncestors, Gwich’inhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/342712023-06-07T06:06:00Z2023-05-02T00:00:00ZToward Alaska Native research and data sovereignty: Observations and experiences from the Yukon Flats
Brewer, Joseph P., II; Black, Jessica; Stevens, Carrie; Ancestors, Gwich’in
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.
2023-05-02T00:00:00ZLife and times of data access: Regarding Native LandsBrewer, Joseph P., IICarroll, Stephanie RussoBartecchi, DavidChesnais, Aude K.Johnson, Michael Kotutwahttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/342702023-06-07T06:06:29Z2023-05-03T00:00:00ZLife and times of data access: Regarding Native Lands
Brewer, Joseph P., II; Carroll, Stephanie Russo; Bartecchi, David; Chesnais, Aude K.; Johnson, Michael Kotutwa
It is challenging to understand the full and detailed story of Native People’s lands in the United States. In this article, we contend that reliable and accessible data regarding Native People’s lands complicate and perpetuate those challenges. Stemming from the implications of colonial ideologies, such as the General Allotment Act of 1887, Native Peoples’ land-based data are difficult to access for Tribal Nations and researchers. Land data have been and continue to be obscured by U.S. federal processes and are dependent on unreliable systems of outdated and exclusive practices that consistently marginalize Native Peoples. Therefore, those data do not adequately inform Tribal land planning initiatives. In this article we recommend new processes that strengthen Tribal data sovereignty as the fundamental underpinnings to an inclusive and protected data in the future.
2023-05-03T00:00:00ZIndigenous research sovereignties: Sparking the deeper conversations we needJohnson, Jay T.Brewer, Joseph P., IINelson, Melissa K.Palmer, Mark H.Louis, Renee Pualanihttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/342692023-06-06T06:07:15Z2023-05-23T00:00:00ZIndigenous research sovereignties: Sparking the deeper conversations we need
Johnson, Jay T.; Brewer, Joseph P., II; Nelson, Melissa K.; Palmer, Mark H.; Louis, Renee Pualani
This article seeks to spark a conversation and further debate through the 15 papers and 3 commentaries comprising this special issue entitled “Indigenous Research Sovereignty.” By inviting the authors to publish in this special edition and address Indigenous Research Sovereignty from a variety of viewpoints, we have brought together a collection that inspires, transforms, and expands on the ways in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers are engaging with Indigenous communities to address the research agendas of communities across the globe. Through our work together over the past 8 years, the editorial team have identified eight themes within this broad concept of Indigenous Research Sovereignty. This article provides an introduction to those eight themes in the broadest strokes, while the papers and commentaries explore and refine them with significant depth. We seek to spark a conversation, we do not intend to provide answers to any of the dilemma facing Indigenous communities as they engage, or choose not to engage, in research. Our primary goal is to express an all-encompassing concern for the protection of Indigenous Communities’ inherent rights and knowledges.
This article is part of the Environment and Planning F: Philosophy, Theory, Models, Methods and Practice special issue on ‘Indigenous Research Sovereignty’, edited by Jay T. Johnson, Joseph P. Brewer II., Melissa K. Nelson, Mark H. Palmer, and Renee Pualani Louis.
2023-05-23T00:00:00ZEnvironment and Planning F: Special issue on Indigenous Research Sovereigntyhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/342682023-06-06T06:07:40Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZEnvironment and Planning F: Special issue on Indigenous Research Sovereignty
Johnson, Jay T.; Brewer, Joseph P., II; Nelson, Melissa K.; Palmer, Mark H.; Louis, Renee Pualani
This is the 2023 special issue about Indigenous Research Sovereignty published in the journal Environment and Planning F: Philosophy, Theory, Models, Methods, and Practice, volume 2, numbers 1-2. It was edited by Jay T. Johnson, Joseph P. Brewer II, Melissa K. Nelson, Mark H. Palmer and Renee Pualani Louis.
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