Indigenous sovereignty in research and epistemic justice: Truth telling through research
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Epistemic justice is crucial for valuing Indigenous knowledge systems in research. Recognizing Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination is essential for health and wellness equity.
Area Of Science
- Public Health
- Indigenous Studies
- Epistemology
Background
- Indigenous knowledge systems are built on sovereignty, relationality, and generational knowledge sharing.
- Colonial systems often silence, devalue, and exclude Indigenous knowers and ways of knowing.
- Whitewashing in research obscures Indigenous contributions and reinforces systemic inequities.
Purpose Of The Study
- To advocate for epistemic justice in research contexts, particularly public health.
- To highlight how colonial knowledge systems perpetuate discrimination and exclusion.
- To emphasize the link between epistemic justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and health equity.
Main Methods
- Truth-telling to expose the silencing and devaluation of Indigenous knowledge.
- Analysis of how educational systems, research practices, and reported outcomes are "whitewashed."
- Examination of racialized logic within scientific research that claims transparency.
Main Results
- Colonial knowledge systems actively alter or omit Indigenous and non-Euro-Western perspectives to align with Euro-Western norms.
- Whitewashing obscures historical contributions and reinforces systemic biases and inequities.
- Public health research requires epistemic justice to acknowledge Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination.
Conclusions
- Epistemic justice is fundamental for recognizing and valuing Indigenous knowledge systems.
- Addressing colonial policies and regulations is necessary to rectify everyday inequities faced by Indigenous communities.
- Achieving epistemic justice is inherent to Indigenous peoples' health, wellness, self-determination, and sovereignty.
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