The Native Nations Institute collaborates with Native nations and organizations to produce robust, usable research on governance and development strategies that support those nations’ and organizations’ objectives. We use both qualitative, field-based methods and quantitative analysis in search of solutions to the contemporary challenges of Native nation rebuilding. While we seek to contribute to academic conversations, the primary intended audience for our work is the Native nations that are working to reclaim and enact self-governing power.
We have sometimes written about our approaches; these discussions can be found in the following publications:
Making Research Count in Indian Country: The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
Full citation: Cornell, Stephen, Manley Begay, and Joseph P. Kalt. 1998. "Making Research Count in Indian Country: The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development." Journal of Public Service and Outreach 3 (1):42-51.
That's the Story of Our Life
Full citation. Stephen Cornell. 2000. “That’s the Story of Our Life: Ethnicity and Narrative, Rupture and Power.” In We Are a People: Narrative and Multiplicity in the Construction of Ethnic Identity, edited by Paul R. Spickard and W. Jeffrey Burroughs. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Full citation: Robertson, Paul, Miriam Jorgensen, and Carrie Garrow. 2004. "Indigenizing Evaluation Research: How Lakota Methodologies Are Helping "Raise the Tipi" in the Oglala Sioux Nation." American Indian Quarterly 28 (3/4):499-526. doi: 10.1353/aiq.2004.0106.
Full citation: Cornell, Stephen. 2009. "Becoming Public Sociology: Indigenous Nations, Dialogue, and Change." In Handbook of Public Sociology, edited by Vincent Jeffries, 263-279. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.
Native Nations and Universities: Collaborative Strategies for Nation Building
Full Citation: Norman, Dennis K., and Joseph P. Kalt. 2015. In Universities and Indian Country: Case Studies in Tribal-Driven Research, edited by Dennis K. Norman and Joseph P. Kalt. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
Implementing a Project Within an Indigenous Research Paradigm: The Example of Nation-Building Research
Full citation: Vivian, Alison, Miriam Jorgensen, Damein Bell, Daryle Rigney, Stephen Cornell, and Steve Hemming. 2016. “Implementing a Project Within an Indigenous Research Paradigm: The Example of Nation Building Research.” Ngiya: Talk the Law 5:47-74.
Evaluating the Social Impact of Indigenous Art Projects by Way of Aesthetic Impact
Full citation: Jorgensen, Miriam. 2017. Evaluating the Social Impact of Indigenous Art Projects by Way of Aesthetic Impact. Americans for the Arts’ Excellence and Equity in Arts for Change Blog Salon. http://blog.americansforthearts.org/2017/07/26/evaluating-the-social-impact-of-indigenous-art-projects-by-way-of-aesthetic-impact