Abstract:

The study that this paper is based on a Master’s Thesis, the purpose of which is to understand Indigenous epistemologies of power from the standpoint of Indigenous par-ticipants who are originally from or currently living in the Sudbury and Manitoulin Island areas of Ontario, Canada. Indigenous research methods are privileged throughout, and key aspects of grounded theory are woven in to add support. Comparisons between the Indigenous epistemological concept of power and the Western theories of power of mainstream academia are made, as are relevant criticisms of Western epistemology