Indigenous women’s health and data sovereignty: imagining an Indigenous research methodology using quantitative methods

This article explores Indigenous Research Methodologies (IRM) in the context of Indigenous women’s health, integrating principles of Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS) and theoretical ideas from Critical Indigenous Feminism (CIF) and Red Intersectionality (RI). Building on ongoing critiques of dominant Eurocentric health research paradigms, we advocate for IRM to guide quantitative methods that typically exclude Indigenous Peoples and perspectives, perpetuating colonial practices. Incorporating ideas underpinning notions of RI into quantitative studies centers analyses of how colonialism and racism intersect with gender in research with Indigenous women. The authors also call for IDS to ensure Indigenous women have authority over health data and highlight the importance of relational accountability and ethics in research involving Indigenous communities.