Which specific ethical considerations are central to your research?

• Context is paramount.

• How do we define reality? What is considered “knowledge”?

• Trauma

  • Focus on the mind

  • The absence of the wisdom of the body

“Winona Stevenson (200) states that truth (validity), or tapwe, is bound with the integrity of the person sharing knowledge.”

• “It is standing behind one’s words and recognizing collective protocol, about showing that one is accountable for one’s words. The story is not separate from the teller or the audience. This is an ethical and axiological premise of Indigenous practice and often conflicts with the objective, decontextualized notion of trust and trustworthiness found within Western intellectual tradition.”

“Axiology is thus asking, ‘What part of this reality is worth finding out more about’ and ‘What is it ethical to do in order to gain this knowledge, and what will this knowledge be used for?’” (Pg. 34) (Wilson, Research As Ceremony)

“Indigenous knowledges are holistic, contextual, allow for subjective interpretations, and consider sources that Western science may not acknowledge as scientifically legitimate or trustworthy.”