Abstracts
Abstract
Indigenous umbrella scholarship speaks about Indigenous Peoples, knowledges, and cultures as a monolith instead of recognizing the specific Indigenous nations from which these peoples, knowledges, and cultures come. Indigenous umbrella scholarship was long a necessity due to the scarcity of nation-specific scholarship. In recent years, Indigenous scholars have made strides in the academy to legitimize our communities’ knowledges and practices. As three Métis scholars, we argue that we have reached a tipping point in the movement toward nation-specific work, and we offer three recommendations to scholars writing with, for, and about Indigenous Peoples.
Keywords:
- umbrella scholarly work,
- nation-specific,
- methodology,
- epistemology,
- Indigenous knowledge,
- Métis knowledge
Résumé
Les études générales sur les peuples autochtones traitent ces derniers, leurs savoirs et leurs cultures comme un tout homogène, au lieu de reconnaître les nations dans leurs spécificités. Une telle approche généraliste s’est longtemps justifiée par la rareté des recherches portant sur des nations spécifiques. Or, ces dernières années, les chercheuses et chercheurs universitaires autochtones ont réalisé des avancées majeures en légitimant les savoirs et les pratiques propres à nos communautés. En tant que trio de chercheuses métisses, nous soutenons que le mouvement vers la recherche axée sur les nations a atteint un point de bascule. Nous proposons à cet égard trois recommandations pour les chercheuses et chercheurs qui travaillent avec, pour ou sur les Autochtones.
Mots-clés :
- recherche généraliste,
- recherche axée sur les nations,
- méthodologie,
- épistémologie,
- savoirs autochtones,
- savoirs métis
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