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Patricia A. L. Cochran, EIT, Catherine A. Marshall, PhD, Carmen Garcia-Downing, MSc, Elizabeth Kendall, PhD, Doris Cook, MPH, Laurie McCubbin, PhD and Reva Mariah S. Gover, MA

Patricia A.L. Cochran is with the Alaska Native Science Commission, Anchorage. Catherine A. Marshall is with the Department of Educational Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, and the National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, University of Arizona, Tucson. Carmen Garcia-Downing is with the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson. Elizabeth Kendall is with the Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine, Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Australia. Doris Cook is with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario. Laurie Mc-Cubbin is with the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman. Reva Mariah S. Gover is a community advocate, writer, and consultant in Tucson.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Elizabeth Kendall, Disability and Rehabilitation Research Unit, Griffith University, Logan Campus, University Dr, Meadowbrook, Queensland, 4131, Australia (e-mail: e.kendall{at}griffith.edu.au).

Researchers have a responsibility to cause no harm, but research has been a source of distress for indigenous people because of inappropriate methods and practices.

The way researchers acquire knowledge in indigenous communities may be as critical for eliminating health disparities as the actual knowledge that is gained about a particular health problem. Researchers working with indigenous communities must continue to resolve conflict between the values of the academic setting and those of the community. It is important to consider the ways of knowing that exist in indigenous communities when developing research methods.

Challenges to research partnerships include how to distribute the benefits of the research findings when academic or external needs contrast with the need to protect indigenous knowledge.

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