Approaching Indigenous Data

• In Event: Decolonizing Data: Navigating Gender, Sex, and Indigenous Knowledge in Research

Abstract

This paper reflects on the challenges faced by researchers in utilizing institutional and national datasets to study Indigenous educational outcomes, proposing a transformative approach through Indigenous theoretical frameworks and quantitative research methods. The intention of the following is to provide quasi-completed and proposed studies within Indigenous communities to illustrate the needs and principles we need to take while collecting data in Indigenous populations. We present three examples examining 1. How researchers might integrate an Indigenous theoretical framework with critical quantitative methods to measure postsecondary outcomes. 2. The collaboration of Native American non-profits to create more cohesive data And 3. to addresses the need for critical quantitative approaches in international contexts, using the example of Colombia and the SABER 11 test dataset.

Authors

• Jameson David Lopez, University of Arizona

• Ruth E. Cuasialpud-Canchala, University of Arizona