Akia Is Conducting Field Research with a Group of Indigenous

Multiple Choice

Akia is conducting field research with a group of Indigenous women to understand their experiences of motherhood. Akia knows that Indigenous groups often have protocols that researchers must adhere to when asking gatekeepers' permission to begin a study. In Akia's study, the gatekeepers are ________.

A) the Indigenous community and their elders
B) the female research participants
C) the husbands and partners of the research participants
D) Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada