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ArticleSSM. Mental health2026

Indigenous Research Sovereignty Within Academia: Challenges and Opportunities.

Sophie J Blackmore, Natalia Gala, Hannah Fraser-Purdy, Ireland C Moore, Darah Olaogun, Danielle Ovtsyn, Cole Allick, Kristin Arola, Clive Aspin, Jacob A Burack and 22 more

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Article in SSM. Mental health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors.

Sophie J BlackmoreDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, 3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Natalia GalaDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, 3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Hannah Fraser-PurdyDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, 3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ireland C MooreDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, 3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Darah OlaogunDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, 3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Danielle OvtsynDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, 3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Cole AllickInstitute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH), Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA.
Kristin ArolaAmerican Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Clive AspinVictoria University of Wellington- Te Herenga Waka, Kelburn Parade, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand.
Jacob A BurackDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, 3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Amélie Blanchet GarneauCReSP, Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Aimee N C CampbellDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
Iloradanon EfimoffDepartment of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Anna Kawennison FetterDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Joseph P GoneDepartment of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Brenna L GreenfieldDepartment of Family Medicine & Biobehavioural Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus, Duluth, MN, USA.
Srividya N IyerDouglas Mental Health University Institute, Verdun, QC, Canada.
Laurence KirmayerDivision of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Frankie B KroppDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Carolyn MelroACCESS Open Minds Indigenous Youth Mental Health and Wellness Network, Canada.
Lonnie A NelsonFred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Division of Population Health Sciences, Cancer Prevention Program, Seattle, WA, USA.
Roisin M O'ConnorDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Jocelyn PaulDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Morgan PhillipsDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, 3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Tara PrideSchool of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University, Halifav, NS, Canada.
Monica C SkewesDepartment of Psychology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.
Jon Petter Anders StoorDepartment of Epidemiology and Global Health, Lávvuo-Research and Education for Sámi Health, Umeå University, Sweden.
Marie-Claude TremblayDepartment of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Ferdinand Vandry Pavillon, Québec, QC, Canada.
Jessica Saniguq UllrichInstitute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH), Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA.
Melissa L WallsCenter for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Donald WarneCenter for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Dennis C WendtDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, 3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Funding

The Ohio Valley Node of the Clinical Trials Network (CTN-0153)UG1DA013732 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI T John WINHUSEN · 2015 to 2026
$42.5M
NIDA NIH HHS UG1 DA013732
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indigenous Peoples' inherent right to self-determination includes authority over research, yet university systems centralize control in ways that constrain Indigenous sovereignty. This article examines how academic institutional structures and processes-well beyond the actions of individual researchers-shape the possibilities and limitations of Indigenous-focused research within universities. Drawing on a collaborative, story-based process involving Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers working with Indigenous communities across diverse regions and contexts internationally, we synthesize shared experiences to identify recurrent challenges and the systemic conditions that produce them. We describe both barriers and solutions within five themes: governance, institutional fit, burden, capacity, and relationships. Examples of barriers include paternalizing ethics boards, cumbersome financial systems, rigid timelines, and narrow evaluation metrics, which often conflict with community-defined governance and relational approaches to research. Examples of solutions include Indigenous-governed funding pathways, community ethics bodies, Indigenous-led research units, and institution-level efforts to embed relational accountability. We argue that strengthening Indigenous research sovereignty requires universities and funders to redesign their infrastructures (not simply adjust procedures), meaningfully share authority, align practices with Indigenous governance, and support long-term relationship building. By centering community leadership and relational accountability, universities can move beyond symbolic or superficial commitments to Indigenous self-determination in research, toward research environments rooted in respect, reciprocity, and community-defined outcomes.

Indexed as

Community-engaged researchDecolonizationIndigenous research sovereigntyIndigenous self-determinationIndigenous-university partnershipsInstitutional barriersResearch administration

Identifiers

PMID42294510
PMCPMC13262797

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