Introduction
Chapter 1: Deficit Indigenes
Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Quantitative Methodologies
Chapter 3: The Paradigm of Indigenous Methodologies
Chapter 4: nayri kati (“Good Numbers”)—Indigenous Quantitative
Methodology in Practice
Chapter 5: Indigenous Quantitative Methodological
Practice—Canada
Chapter 6: Conclusion—Indigenous Peoples and Statistics
Maggie Walter is Professor of Sociology and the inaugural Pro
Vice-Chancellor of Aboriginal Research and Leadership at the
University of Tasmania, Australia.
Chris Andersen is Dean and Professor in the Faculty of Native
Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada.
"[T]his book should be required reading for those who produce
quantitative data about Indigenous peoples, not least colonial
state officials, for those curious about quantitative methodologies
and for those who resist these as "incompatible" with diverse
Indigenous worldviews....The book makes an important contribution
to debates about the future of Indigenous social sciences as
intimately bound up with the possibilities for Indigenous
self-determination in and beyond the academy." --Elaine Coburn,
Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education and Society
"A fascinating contribution to what is known as the decolonization
paradigm in multidisciplinary fields, Indigenous Statistics
encourages researchers to question the ideological practices that
are routinely encoded in quantitative analyses. This ideological
character of statistics as properties of the state is even more
crucial for indigenous peoples, given the way such records serve to
increase the subjugation of the colonized to enhance domination.
The book surveys the complicity of statistics in the colonization
of indigenous peoples, like those of the authors in Australia
(Walter is Trawlwoolway) and Canada (Andersen is M�tis). They
present the epistemology, paradigm, and practice of indigenous
statistics in accessible language. Sociologist Walter (Univ. of
Tasmania, Australia) and Native studies professor Andersen (Univ.
of Alberta, Canada) reflect what is known as the centered and
critical scholar-activist paradigm with specific reference to
indigenous studies, but with applicability to every discipline that
takes methodology seriously. The book demonstrates that the
statistical objectification of indigenous peoples is a project with
global implications in societies structured in dominance. The
authors challenge all researchers to consider decolonization
methodologies. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Undergraduate to
faculty and professional users." --CHOICE
"Indigenous Statistics is a powerful and insightful critique of how
apparently 'objective' statistics are used to frame indigenous
peoples as objects of demographic inquiry. More than that it offers
an alternative vision for how to engage with indigenous statistics
through Walter's innovative nayri kati model. Such a book is long
overdue. It cannot and ought not be ignored." --Tahu Kukutai,
National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis / Te
Runanga Tatari Tatauranga, University of Waikato
"Walter and Anderson provide a fresh and critical look at the
quantitative data used to describe indigenous people. Their
perspective is unique insofar as it brings an indigenous
understanding of the inherent limits embedded in these data. This
is an exceptional work and I can think of nothing similar to it."
--C. Matthew Snipp, Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor
of Humanities and Sciences in the Department of Sociology and Chair
of Native American Studies, Stanford University
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