It’s important to go about research properly, and something that has stood out for me in ETEC 521 is that cultural considerations should figure predominantly in research.
While researching for my final project I came across the cultural item of “tobacco in cloth.” In that paper it was listed in part of the study design, and I’d never heard of it. Intrigued, I investigated and found this: https://carleton.ca/indigenous/resources/tobacco-offering-protocol/
And also this: https://revivedrev.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/hello-world/
The first gives a good framework to work from, both offer step-by-step procedures that are identical, and the WordPress blog has this advice:
“This is a guideline for offering tobacco to Indigenous folks developed with Anishinaabeg near the Forks of the Red and the Assiniboine Rivers. It would be best to consult with local people to find out if the particulars are different. But this is a good starting point.”
For ourselves as masters students, and for any longer term scholars among us, loose tobacco wrapped in red cloth is a useful point of cultural reference to have in one’s tool belt.