Ethics Guidelines, Participatory Research/Evaluation, Co-Production

Training, Talks, and Websites

• Alaska Indigenous Research Program (A collaboration between the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) and Alaska Pacific University (APU) to increase capacity for conducting culturally responsive and respectful health research that addresses the unique settings and health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian People.)

• Carolina Behe: Circumpolar Inuit Protocols for Equitable and Ethical Engagement - 18 August 2022

• Conducting Research with Northern Communities-many resources

• Equitable Compensation for Community Engagement Guidebook-Urban Institute 2023 (not specific to Arctic and the expenses in the North, but guidelines to equitably develop compensation)

• Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science, Book 1 Authors:Edited by Gloria Snively and Wanosts'a7 Lorna Williams free download

• Interactive – CBPR Conceptual Model 

• Excellent lit review on participatory methods: Vaughn, L. M., & Jacquez, F. (2020). Participatory Research Methods – Choice Points in the Research Process. Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.35844/001c.13244

• Research Ethics Training for Health in Indigenous Communities

• Respectful Research-equitable Arctic research

• How to Become an Ally to Indigenous Peoples

• University of Arizona: Native Nations Institute

• University of New Mexico Center for Participatory Research (UNM-CPR): CBPR Institute

Tools

• A Guide on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent-Indigenous Peoples' Rights to Self-Determination

• Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR): A Health Center Toolkit with Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA&NHOPI)

• Institute of Development Studies: Participatory Methods

• Maptionnaire tool: A flexible community engagement digital platform for the use of individual questionnaires, maps and images built on GIS system. Maptionnaire allows for the immediate gathering then rapid analysis of large amount of data from individual. 

• Power through partnerships: A CBPR toolkit for domestic violence researchers

• Social Media Recruitment by Platform

• Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) Hub

Guides for working with Elders

• Crouch, M. C., Kim, S. M., Asquith-Heinz, Z., Decker, E., Andrew, N. T., Lewis, J. P., & Rosich, R. M. (2023). Indigenous Elder-centered methodology: research that decolonizes and indigenizes. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 19(2), 447-456.

• Guidelines for Working with Indigenous Elders-Saskatchewan Rivers Public Rivers Division 

• Guidelines for Working with Indigenous Elders-Len Pierre Consulting

Letters About Issues with the National Science Foundation Navigating the New Arctic Program

• Initial 2020 Letter

• 2021 Follow Up Letter

• Letter by Scientists supporting Indigenous Tribes and Communities

Indigenous/Tribal Guidelines from the U.S. 

• Administration for Children and Families: Guidelines Stating Principles for Working With Federally Recognized Indian Tribes 

• Alaska Federation of Natives. 1993. Guidelines for Research 

• Alaska Native Knowledge Network. 2022. Guidelines for Respecting Cultural Knowledge 

• Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS). 1997. People and the Arctic: A Prospectus for Research on the Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC)

• Inuit Circumpolar Council. 2022. Circumpolar Inuit Protocols for Ethical and Equitable Engagement

• IARPC (Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee) Participatory Research and Indigenous Leadership in Research Collaboration Team. (2023). SHARE Principles for Conducting Research in the Arctic. 

• Kawerak, Inc. (2024). Kawerak-Region Tribal Research Protocols, Guidelines, Expectations & Best Practices. (Alaska)

National Institute of Justice, "Embracing Tribal Culture to Build Research Partnerships," November 15, 2022

• NSF Office of Polar Programs Arctic Sciences Section and Barrow Arctic Science Consortium in collaboration with many Alaska Native organizations. 2004. Guidelines for Improved Cooperation between Arctic Researchers and Northern Communities

Indigenous/Tribal Guidelines from the Canada 

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. (2018). Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. 

• First Nations principles of ownership, control, access, and possession 

• National Inuit Strategy on Research 

• Negotiating Research Relationships with Inuit Communities in Canada: A Guide for Researchers 

• SIKU The Indigenous Knowledge Social Network (Facilitating self-determination in research, education and stewardship for Indigenous communities) 

• Additional resources from Harding et al. 2012.