I Am Not Represented Here: Cultural Frameworks and Indigenous Methodology Primer for Postsecondary Settings

The purpose of this article is to share approaches for Indigenous students who are novice researchers at post-secondary settings in finding space and culturally relevant ways of representing their worldview in research through Indigenous methodologies and cultural frameworks. While there may be some similarities between Indigenous methodologies and Western qualitative research approaches, there are obvious cultural differences. This article presents an example of an Indigenous Ma ̄ori centered approach and examples of Aboriginal approaches using Indigenous research methodology through cultural frameworks that may have relevance to both Indigenous students and non-Indigenous allies who support them on their research journey.

Indigenous methodology, Kaupapa Ma ̄ori research, Ma ̄ori, Aboriginal cultural frameworks