Adapting Western research methods to indigenous ways of knowing.

@article{Simonds2013AdaptingWR,
  title={Adapting Western research methods to indigenous ways of knowing.},
  author={Vanessa W. Simonds and Suzanne Christopher},
  journal={American journal of public health},
  year={2013},
  volume={103 12},
  pages={
          2185-92
        }
}
Indigenous communities have long experienced exploitation by researchers and increasingly require participatory and decolonizing research processes. We present a case study of an intervention research project to exemplify a clash between Western research methodologies and Indigenous methodologies and how we attempted reconciliation. We then provide implications for future research based on lessons learned from Native American community partners who voiced concern over methods of Western… 
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