This article by Sarah Panofsky, Lisa Hartwick, and Marla J. Buchanan explores how settler scholars can engage in Indigenous research in ways that repair harm and support healing, emphasizing humility, relational accountability, and community benefit. It draws on frameworks such as Indigenous Storywork, OCAP, and decolonizing methodologies to argue that culturally safe research must center Indigenous knowledge, land-based relations, and community control. The authors discuss challenges like extractive academic practices, tokenism, and rushed timelines, while showing that meaningful research requires long-term relationships and invitation from communities. They conclude that research should privilege survivance over deficit narratives and be evaluated by its usefulness to Indigenous peoples.

Panofsky, Sarah, Lisa Hartwick, and Marla J. Buchanan. 2023. “Potential and Pitfalls: Settler Scholar Engagement in Indigenous Research.” Qualitative Inquiry 30 (3–4): 318–32. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004231163537.