Ben Robinson, Dayna Yankovich, Kris Ward, Nicole Doro

Faculty of Information and Media Studies, The University of Western Ontario

Territorial Acknowledgement Budget

The Attawandaran (Neutral) peoples once settled this
The total budget is $500:
region alongside the Algonquin and Haudenosaunee
peoples, and used this land as their traditional beaver • $300 for gifts to Indigenous Services and
hunting grounds. The three-other longstanding Indigenous Story as Methodology Our Question participants
groups of this geographic region are: • $200 for miscellaneous costs
The narrative is the research. Story What are the experiences of
1. The Anishinaabe Peoples (also referred to as the Three and knowing are inseparable. We value Indigenous students and faculty at • Labour done by students for credit, and no
Fires Confederacy including; Ojibwe, Odawa, and “story as both method and meaning” the University of Western Ontario, equipment costs
Pottawatami Nations); (Kovach, 2009, p. 94) specifically within the library
2. The Haudenosaunee Peoples (also known as the “positionality, storying and re-storying system? Timeline
Iroquoian people or Six Nations including Mohawk, ourselves come[s] first” Date Academic Milestone
Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscorora); (Absolon, 2011, p. 13)
3. The Leni-Lunaape Peoples (also referred to as the
Motivation for January 2018 Formulate interview questions with
Delaware and/or Munsee). Research help from Indigenous colleagues, and
complete Ethics Approval Form.
• Contextualize CFLA’s 7th overarching February 1st 2018 Interview questions and proposal to be
The three First Nations communities closest in proximity to
recommendation sent to Ethics Board for approval.
Western University are:
• To understand and report Upon Approval from Ethics Board Recruit participants through email,
1. Chippewa of the Thames First Nation (part of the actionable ways to fulfill with guidance from Indigenous Services

Anishinaabe) recommendations March- April 2018 Conduct interviews

2. Oneida Nation of the Thames (part of the April 30th 2018 Deadline to conduct all interviews and
Haudenosaunee) compile data
3. Munsee-Delaware Nation (part of the Leni-Lunaape) Data collection complete; data
compiled and ready to be coded.
End of Winter Session

Introduction May 2018 Code and analyze data

June 1st 2018 Begin to write report.
The purpose of this research is to listen to the
June 30th 2018 Complete and submit first rough draft.
stories of Indigenous people, specifically students
and academics, and to develop a deeper July 30th 2018 Submit final draft of research report.

understanding of their relationship to the

university institution and to libraries in general, Decolonizing Methodologies
with the possibility for future action. By listening Resources
to and engaging with the stories of Indigenous Story as Relationships Personal
students and academics about their relationship Self-location Listening • Decolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Methodology of Reciprocity Narrative • Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods by
to educational institutions and libraries, we
Shawn Wilson
intend to develop a critical analysis on the lack of
• Doing Respectful Research: Power, Privilege and Passion
Indigenous people in Library and Information Susan A. Tilley
Science (LIS) programs, conducting LIS research, • Kaandossiwin: How we come to know by K. Absolon
and within the larger profession. Methodology • Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics,
conversations and contexts by M. Kovach