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This research training is intended to support ISU researchers in developing and engaging in research with Native Nations. Initiating research with Native Nations is a challenging endeavor that has the potential to strengthen or harm the relationship between the University and Native Nations. ISU is working hard to build respectful and reciprocal relationships with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and the other Native Nations in Idaho.

The training was developed by the Tribal University Advisory Board Research & Cultural Preservation Committee Members, serving from 2020 to 2023:

• Elizabeth A. Redd, Anthropology, Idaho State University, Committee Chair
• Laticia J. Herkshan, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Indigenous Education Scholar, Geology and Office for Research, Idaho State University
• Colden Baxter, Biology, Idaho State University
• Morey Burnham, Sociology, Idaho State University
• Jessica James, Director of Education, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
• Georgia Hart-Fredeluces, Fulbright Fellow
• Julia Martin, Biology, Idaho State University
• Sammy Matsaw, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Councilperson
• Katherine Reedy, Anthropology, Idaho State University
• Robert Rieske, Clinical Psychology, Idaho State University
• Sunny Stone, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
• Yvette Towersap, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

and with support of Sacha Johnson, Instructional Technology Resource Center Acting Team Lead, Idaho State University.

Results from a research project investigating the research relationship between ISU and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, conducted by ISU researchers with approval from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and funded through the NSF EPSCoR GEM3 grant, from 2019 to 2022 indicated that acknowledging past harms and rebuilding trust is key to sustainable institutional research relationships (Herkshan et al., forthcoming). This research also indicated that researchers needed improved awareness of the research context informing these relationships. Additionally, participants in the (Re)ciprocating and (Re)Newing Respectful Research workshop series, funded through the NSF ESPSCoR GEM 3 workforce development grant, indicated a regional need for a training addressing appropriate research engagements with Native Nations.

This training is intended to address these needs and to better prepare ISU researchers and graduate students to engage meaningfully with Native Nations in support of long-term mutually beneficial research relationships. As Idaho State University sits on the traditional lands of the Shoshone, Bannock, and Paiute peoples, the research endeavors of the University and its personnel should support both Tribal Sovereignty in research decision making and embody respectful and reciprocal research practices. This training provides information and guidance on engaging with Native Nations on developing and conducting research.

This training may take several (2-4) hours to complete.

Contents:

• About Native American-Engaged Research Training
• Community-Based and Collaborative Research
• Past Research: Lessons Learned and Considerations
• Tribal Sovereignty
• About Native American Nations’ Histories
• Native History of Dispossession
• Native Nations in Idaho
• Levels of Collaboration in Indigenous-Engaged Research
• An ISU Code of Ethics for Collaborative Research
• Considerations In Designing Native American-Engaged Research
• Native Nations in Idaho Research Approvals Processes
• Final Steps and Certificate