Indigenous pathways into social research : voices of a new generation / edited by Donna M. Mertens, Fiona Cram and Bagele Chilisa

Includes bibliographical references.

Ch. 1. The journey begins / Fiona Cram, Bagele Chilisa, and Donna M. Mertens ch. 2. The process that lead me to become an indigenous researcher / Andrina Komala Lini Thomas (Vanuatu) ch. 3. I never really had any role models / Art Hernandez (Mexico/United States) ch. 4. Indigenism, public intellectuals, and the forever opposed : or, the makings of a "hori academic" / Brad Coombes (Aotearoa New Zealand) ch. 5. Becoming a Kaupapa Māori researcher / Cherryl Smith (Aotearoa New Zealand) ch. 6. An African narrative : the journey of an indigenous social researcher in South Africa / Kholeka Constance Moloi (South Africa) ch. 7. Drawn from the traditions of Cameroon : lessons from twenty-one years of practice / Debazou Yantio Yantio (Cameroon) ch. 8. Indigenous research in a cultural context / Fiona Hornung (Australia) ch. 9. Being and becoming an indigenous social researcher / Gabriel Cruz Ignacio (Mexico) ch. 10. Indigenous researcher's thoughts : an experience from research with communities in Burkina Faso using participatory methods / Issaka Herman Traore (Burkina Faso) ch. 11. Becoming an indigenous researcher in interior Alaska : sharing the transformative journey / James Johnson, III (Alaska) ch. 12. An aboriginal health worker's research story / Juanita Sherwood (Australia). Ch. 13. Nurturing the gift of understanding different realities / Keiko Kuji-Shikatani (Japan/Canada) ch. 14. Inuujunga : the intracacy of indigenous and western epistemologies in the artic / Looee Okalik (Canada) ch. 15. The context within : my journey into research / Manulani Aluli Meyer (Hawai'i) ch. 16. Prospects and challenges of becoming and indigenous researcher / Motheo Koitsiwe (South Africa) ch. 17. Hinerauwhāriki : tapestries of life for four Māori women in evaluation / Nan Wehipeihana [and others] (Aotearoa New Zealand) ch. 18. Research in relationship with humans, the spirit world, and the natural world / Polly Walker (United States) ch. 19. Lens from the "botton of the well" / Ricardo Alfonso Millett (Panama) ch. 20. Neyo way in ik issi : a family practice of indigenist research informed by land / Shawn Wilson and Alexandria Wilson (Alaska) ch. 21. A native Papua New Guinea research / Simon Passingan (Papua New Guinea) ch. 22. From refusal to getting involved in Romani research / Rocío García [and others] (Spain) ch. 23. Interpreting the journey : where words, stories formed / Victoria Hykes Steere (Alaska) ch. 24. The onward journey / César A. Cisneros Puebla (Mexico)

A new generation of indigenous researchers is taking its place in the world of social research in increasing numbers. These scholars provide new insights into communities under the research gaze and offer new ways of knowing to traditional scholarly models. They also move the research community toward more sensitive and collaborative practices. But it comes at a cost. Many in this generation have met with resistance or indifference in their journeys through the academic system and in the halls of power. They also often face ethical quandaries or even strong opposition from their own communitie