KNOWLEDGE SOVEREIGNTY

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Kawerak, Inc.
    P.O. Box 948
    Nome, AK 99762

  • 907.443.4273
  • 907.443.4458
  • socsci@kawerak.org
  • Sandhill.Culture.Craft.
    P.O. Box 924
    Girdwood, AK 99587-0924
  • 907.434.1413
  • info@SandhillCultureCraft.com

Knowledge Sovereignty and the Indigenization of Knowledge

Facilitated by Kawerak and social science partner Sandhill.Culture.Craft, this is a co-productive, collaborative, and Tribally-based effort with its roots in the Bering Strait and western Alaska region but with broad reach across Alaska and the wider Arctic.

The effort has many aspects, from research activities to different kinds of collaborations, implementation, outreach, engagement and advocacy.

The fundamental goal of this work is to advance, through various means, the knowledge and research sovereignty of indigenous people, the indigenization of knowledge and research, and the promotion of positive relationships between indigenous communities and research.

The multi-faceted, multi-cultural, and multi-disciplinary effort sets a model for these goals, and is relevant, applicable and scalable at all levels from individuals and communities to international levels.

This effort has already involved working extensively in collaboration with Tribes and indigenous partners across Alaska (including western Alaska, interior Alaska, the North Slope, and the Gulf of Alaska). This work has also involved engagement with governmental and non-governmental entities and partners, and been presented in local, state, national and international fora.

Aspects of this work have been supported by the National Science Foundation, National Park Service, NOAA-NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Kawerak Marine Program, the Moore Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Ocean Conservancy.

This effort has been underway extensively for years, with numerous developments already completed and many exciting events and developments planned for the future. Some aspects of this work include the following:

Recent Activities and Publications

Recent presentations:

  • Raymond-Yakoubian and B. Raymond-Yakoubian (2018) “Knowledge, Sustainability, and the Indigenization of Research.” Paper presented at the Arctic Council Social, Economic, and Cultural Expert Group Workshop, Inari, Finland, September 23, 2018.
  • Raymond-Yakoubian and J. Raymond-Yakoubian (2016) “Perspectives on the impacts of research on Alaskan indigenous communities: Notes from an anthropological inquiry into research processes.” Paper presented at the National Park Service Centennial Science and Stewardship Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska, October 19, 2016.
  • Raymond-Yakoubian and J. Raymond-Yakoubian (2016) “Power, reason, and cosmology in the researched North: How knowledge, sovereignty, and reality are shaped by gatekeepers of the research processes affecting Alaska Native communities.” Paper presented at the University of Tartu Arctic Workshop, Tartu, Estonia, June 3, 2016.
  • Raymond-Yakoubian and J. Raymond-Yakoubian (2015) “At the Intersection of Bering Strait Inuit Subsistence Lifeways, Western Science and Management, and Environmental Change: Scientific and Regulatory Ideology, Human-Environmental Justice, and the Indigenization of Climate Change.” Paper presented at the Climate Change in Culture Conference. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Some Other Items of Interest

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States: Conducting Research with Northern Communities 

Collaboratively Harnessing Indigenous Principles, Protocols, and Practices (CHIRP3) Working Group

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Principles for Conducting Research in the Arctic 

National Science Foundation (NSF) Arctic Horizons 

North Pacific Research Board (NPRB)Arctic Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (AIERP)

North Pacific Fishery Management Council – Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan 

State of Alaska Salmon and People (SASAP)

Kawerak Social Science Program (SSP) 

The Kawerak SSP works to document and advocate on behalf of Bering Strait region Tribes’ knowledge and perspectives.

Sandhill. Culture. Craft

This project is in collaboration with Sandhill.Culture.Craft a social science consulting business based in Alaska.

Knowledge Sovereignty and the Indigenization of Knowledge

Facilitated by Kawerak and social science partner Sandhill.Culture.Craft, this is a co-productive, collaborative, and Tribally-based effort with its roots in the Bering Strait and western Alaska region but with broad reach across Alaska and the wider Arctic.

The effort has many aspects, from research activities to different kinds of collaborations, implementation, outreach, engagement and advocacy.

The fundamental goal of this work is to advance, through various means, the knowledge and research sovereignty of indigenous people, the indigenization of knowledge and research, and the promotion of positive relationships between indigenous communities and research.

The multi-faceted, multi-cultural, and multi-disciplinary effort sets a model for these goals, and is relevant, applicable and scalable at all levels from individuals and communities to international levels.

This effort has already involved working extensively in collaboration with Tribes and indigenous partners across Alaska (including western Alaska, interior Alaska, the North Slope, and the Gulf of Alaska). This work has also involved engagement with governmental and non-governmental entities and partners, and been presented in local, state, national and international fora.

Aspects of this work have been supported by the National Science Foundation, National Park Service, NOAA-NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Kawerak Marine Program, the Moore Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Ocean Conservancy.

This effort has been underway extensively for years, with numerous developments already completed and many exciting events and developments planned for the future. Some aspects of this work include the following:

Recent Activities and Publications

Recent presentations:

  • Raymond-Yakoubian and B. Raymond-Yakoubian (2018) “Knowledge, Sustainability, and the Indigenization of Research.” Paper presented at the Arctic Council Social, Economic, and Cultural Expert Group Workshop, Inari, Finland, September 23, 2018.
  • Raymond-Yakoubian and J. Raymond-Yakoubian (2016) “Perspectives on the impacts of research on Alaskan indigenous communities: Notes from an anthropological inquiry into research processes.” Paper presented at the National Park Service Centennial Science and Stewardship Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska, October 19, 2016.
  • Raymond-Yakoubian and J. Raymond-Yakoubian (2016) “Power, reason, and cosmology in the researched North: How knowledge, sovereignty, and reality are shaped by gatekeepers of the research processes affecting Alaska Native communities.” Paper presented at the University of Tartu Arctic Workshop, Tartu, Estonia, June 3, 2016.
  • Raymond-Yakoubian and J. Raymond-Yakoubian (2015) “At the Intersection of Bering Strait Inuit Subsistence Lifeways, Western Science and Management, and Environmental Change: Scientific and Regulatory Ideology, Human-Environmental Justice, and the Indigenization of Climate Change.” Paper presented at the Climate Change in Culture Conference. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Some Other Items of Interest

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States: Conducting Research with Northern Communities 

Collaboratively Harnessing Indigenous Principles, Protocols, and Practices (CHIRP3) Working Group

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Principles for Conducting Research in the Arctic 

National Science Foundation (NSF) Arctic Horizons 

North Pacific Research Board (NPRB)Arctic Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (AIERP)

North Pacific Fishery Management Council – Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan 

State of Alaska Salmon and People (SASAP)

Kawerak Social Science Program (SSP) 

The Kawerak SSP works to document and advocate on behalf of Bering Strait region Tribes’ knowledge and perspectives.

Sandhill. Culture. Craft

This project is in collaboration with Sandhill.Culture.Craft a social science consulting business based in Alaska.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Kawerak, Inc.
    P.O. Box 948
    Nome, AK 99762

  • 907.443.4273
  • 907.443.4458
  • socsci@kawerak.org