Searching for Métis Research Methodologies: natoonikew poor ayshitotamun michif

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2023

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Indigenous Research Methodologies (IRM), and specifically Métis research methodologies (MRM), have not always been valued within scholarship (Cajete, 2000) until recently. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC, 2015b) detailed 94 Calls to Action (TRC, 2015a) to privilege Indigenous ways of doing, knowing, and learning. The TRC (2015b) has likely provided the impetus for a shift in which scholarship seeking to reclaim, define, explore, validate, and amplify Indigenous Research Methodologies (IRM) and critique a reliance upon Western-based paradigms exists (Battiste, 2000; Dei, 2000; Dei et al., 2000; Drawson et al., 2017; Graveline, 1998; Irwin, 1994; Rigney, 1999; Tuhiwai Smith, 2012). Articulating Métis-specific methodologies is congruent with the standard research process of aligning all aspects of the research process. IRM can be adapted to fulfill the requirements of each community, depending on the researcher, project goals, and context. This paper aims to explore existing documented Métis methodologies, noting that most documented methodologies are women-centred. They are effective for research within Métis communities because of how the methods originate from Métis-specific ways that have historically been used to build knowledge in communities. Because limited research on or with Métis women exists (Anderson, 2011; Flaminio et al., 2020; Forsythe, 2021; Kermoal, 2006; Macdougall, 2010; Payment, 2009; St-Onge, 2008), a literature review of this topic is an area for potential contribution.