Three stories: centering Indigenous feminisms as self-determination

Our article centers Indigenous feminisms as a way to encounter, understand, and research norms such as ‘agency’ and ‘self-determination’ in peace and conflict contexts. We do not claim to be ‘experts,’ nor do we present a ‘perfect picture’ of our research journey. We forward three stories to center Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being as a form of agency and self-determination. This article focuses on decolonizing the act of research itself against a backdrop of the erasure and relegation of Indigenous feminisms when conceptualizing and researching issues of agency and self-determination in Peace Studies and Peace Education scholarship. By centering this lens, we contribute to scholarship by naming Turtle Island (North and Central America) as a site of conflict and lifting up Indigenous women’s agency in standoffs over land, territory, and lifeways.