It Is Only New Because It Has Been Missing for so Long

Anderson, Clara; Chase, Malinda; Johnson, James; Mekiana, Debbie; McIntyre, Drena; Ruerup, Amelia; Kerr, Sandy

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“…Indigenous nations are sovereign nations, with this sovereignty affirmed by treaties and agreements and recently by the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (United Nations, ). When evaluators step into Indigenous contexts they are stepping into sovereign contexts (Anderson et al., ). Within the United States, the sovereignty of Tribal nations is embedded within the U.S. Constitution, and Waapalaneexkweew (Bowman) and Dodge‐Francis (Chapter 1) maintain that it is a professional responsibility for evaluators working in Tribal nations to respect and strive to uphold their sovereign status.…”

Section: Uphold Sovereigntymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Gaotlhobogwe, Major, Koloi‐Keaikitse, and Chilisa (Chapter 3) advocate for the removal of a Western evaluation lens and its accompanying ignorance of context and culture, and the indigenization of evaluation theory and practice so that it serves community and not just sponsor or funder needs. At the same time, these authors remind us that Indigenous contexts are diverse, so one‐size will only fit one Indigenous context and then only if it is developed in partnership with the people in that context (Anderson et al., ).…”

Section: Collaboration Co‐design and Capacity‐buildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Conclusion: Lessons About Indigenous Evaluation

Cram¹

2018

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This last chapter draws together the key lessons from chapter authors for strengthening Indigenous evaluation (IE). These lessons are about evaluators acknowledging Indigenous sovereignty and building genuine relationships with Indigenous peoples. They are about the development of mutual respect between evaluators and Indigenous peoples and evaluators’ commitment to evaluation collaborations in Indigenous contexts, including the commitment to sharing knowledge and strengthening Indigenous evaluation capacity. From this foundation, evaluators might then represent Indigenous peoples well and produce evaluations that serve a larger decolonization agenda that is essential for the sustainability, resilience, vitality, and very existence of Indigenous peoples.

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Section: Uphold Sovereigntymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Collaboration Co‐design and Capacity‐buildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conclusion: Lessons About Indigenous Evaluation

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2018

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“…Respect for the legal ramifications of Tribal sovereignty is a critical aspect of any professional or academic pursuit undertaken in Indian country. Unfortunately, for many Tribal communities and governments, evaluation has not been an equal, collaborative, or value‐added process (Anderson et al., ). Few evaluation publications address the core issues that have the highest impact for Tribal communities, such as sovereignty, self‐determination, and decolonization within the context of an evaluation study.…”

Section: Ktanaxkihlaak (Kah‐taw‐nah‐x‐kee‐lock)—eastern Door: Origin mentioning

confidence: 99%

Culturally Responsive Indigenous Evaluation and Tribal Governments: Understanding the Relationship

Dodge-Francis¹

2018

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Over the last decade, culturally responsive (CR) indigenous evaluation resources have become more readily available to academia and evaluation practitioners within the mainstream literature. This is a direct result of the growing number of Indigenous evaluators in the field; the increased access and opportunities for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous partners collaborating on evaluation projects and academic initiatives; and changes in policy, programming, and funding that better support CR and/or culturally responsive indigenous evaluation (CRIE) initiatives. This chapter examines four overarching content summary areas for CRIE: historical and legal foundations; design approaches; application; and practical CRIE strategies for strengthening professional practice and building evaluation industry capacities for CRIE.

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“…Indeed, sustainability is a critical issue for the future of our civilization not just for the future of evaluation. I would have liked to see some inclusion of the work and voices of indigenous evaluators, who are, in many ways, leading the charge on this issue globally (e.g., Anderson et al, 2012; Wehipeihana, McKegg, Thompson, & Pipi, 2016).…”

Section: Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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Book Review: The Future of Evaluation: Global Trends, New Challenges, Shared Perspectives

Campbell‐Patton

Patton

2017

American Journal of Evaluation

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, joins and contributes to an important commitment of any profession that aspires to have a vibrant and relevant future, namely, to think about, analyze, speculate on, prepare for, and even plan for that future. Articles on the future of evaluation in AJE (including Evaluation Practice, the predecessor to AJE) span nearly three decades. The first that we can find was publication in Evaluation Practice of an American Evaluation Association presidential keynote on "The Future and Evaluation" (Patton, 1988). Wye and Sonnichsen (1992) analyzed and speculated on the future of program evaluation in the federal government. A special issue of Evaluation Practice was put together by Editor Midge Smith (1994) entitled "Review of the Past, Preview of the Future." Mel Mark and Midge Smith coedited a follow-up special issue of AJE in 2001 that featured soothsaying by many prominent evaluation scholars. Other notable gazes into evaluation's future include Donaldson's (2013) edited volume on The Future of Evaluation in Society: A Tribute to Michael Scriven, reviewed in AJE (Mabry, 2016). What stands out in this latest book on evaluation's future is the decidedly global perspective that runs through the volume, including contributions from evaluators in Africa, Asia, Australasia, North and South America, and Europe. Some prominent trends are not discussed: the global evaluation network of aboriginal and indigenous evaluators and data visualization trends being two prominent examples. Nor did these evaluation futurists foresee the explicitly anti-intellectual, antiempirical, antidata, misinformation, big lie, and fundamentally antievaluation phenomenon represented by the presidential election of Donald Trump. Review The Future of Evaluation is an edited volume based on a 2012 international conference held on the occasion of the 10-year jubilee of the Center for Evaluation at Saarland University, Germany. The book has 24 chapters organized into six parts that focus on general topic areas such as the role of evaluation in society, global trends in evaluation as a profession, new challenges for evaluation, and perspectives on evaluation's future, among others. There isn't space to review all 24 chapters, so we will provide an overview of the book while spotlighting some insights that stood out to us. (The table of contents, with sample chapters, is on the publisher's web page, provided above.) We have written this review together to offer the perspectives of an experienced evaluator (Michael has 45 years evaluation experience) and a relative

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It Is Only New Because It Has Been Missing for so Long

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Conclusion: Lessons About Indigenous Evaluation

Conclusion: Lessons About Indigenous Evaluation

Culturally Responsive Indigenous Evaluation and Tribal Governments: Understanding the Relationship

Book Review: The Future of Evaluation: Global Trends, New Challenges, Shared Perspectives

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