“…Indigenous academics and experts converge on the need for an Indigenous research and evaluation framework that centers on core aspects of: relationship and reciprocity (Cajete, ; Smith, ; Walters et al., ); locally specific cultural knowledge, expertise, and control (Hart, ; Walters et al., ); Indigenous values, beliefs, and worldview (LaVeaux & Christopher, ; Roe, Zeitz, & Fredericks, ); decolonization/Indigenization (Smith, ; Walters et al., ); and healing (Brave Heart, Chase, Elkins, & Altchul, ). Specific methods defined as congruent with Indigenous frameworks for research include digital storytelling (Day et al., ; Williams et al., ), photovoice, autoethnography, journaling, and storytelling or other conversational methods (Drawson et al., ). Local methods such as yarning (McKenna & Woods, ; Roe et al., ), talking circles, drumming, prayer songs, chanting, medicine wheel, smudging, and meditation are also specific to Native communities (Drawson et al., ; Kovach, ; Lavellée, ).…”