As part of a continuing conversation related to Indigenous methodologies in Western academic contexts, this manuscript includes a summary of the scholarly dialogue by providing background information and situatedness to an exchange that is positioned in the academy and Indigenous community simultaneously. The dialogue thus far includes a keynote presentation and a series of manuscripts that collectively help explain Indigenous research methodologies (IRMs) and delineates important considerations for practitioners and communities who relate to Indigenous research. The authors share where they agree, and where they diverge as well as their rationale for continuing the discourse in an academic forum. The paper concludes with an alternative method for dissemination (a winter count), that reimagines epistemological pluralism and knowledge protection through bicultural accountability. We consider the repatriation of Indigenous knowledge to be paramount in this process.

作为与西方学术背景下土著方法论相关的持续对话的一部分，本手稿包括学术对话的摘要，为同时定位于学院和土著社区的交流提供背景信息和情境。迄今为止的对话包括一个主题演讲和一系列手稿，这些手稿共同帮助解释了土著研究方法 (IRM)，并为与土著研究相关的从业者和社区描述了重要的考虑因素。作者分享了他们同意的地方，他们的分歧以及他们在学术论坛上继续讨论的理由。该论文以另一种传播方法（冬季计数）结束，通过双文化问责制重新构想认识论多元化和知识保护。我们认为原住民知识的遣返在此过程中至关重要。