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As a researcher who works in Indigenous health education I know the club need to and hope they do approach this issue carefully and respectfully.
Sharing of Knowledges and work for many Indigenous peoples is something that is fraught with many considerations (this is something I have had to approach carefully personally when engaging Indigenous people in research). This includes having been exploited in the past by white fellas and not having knowledge and/or ownership acknowledged appropriately (especially by white fella researchers like me), but also the fact that some things in many Indigenous cultures are not meant to be shared with others (this obviously doesn't include the jumper in this case else they wouldn't have developed it, but may include the rights to it).
I hope they work it out, and perhaps it is a future lesson to establish an understanding that is clear in the perspective of both parties very carefully at the outset (I'm not saying the club didn't do this, but two way communication and listening to people is very much needed in these contexts, and can help to avoid the situation we are now in).
Sharing of Knowledges and work for many Indigenous peoples is something that is fraught with many considerations (this is something I have had to approach carefully personally when engaging Indigenous people in research). This includes having been exploited in the past by white fellas and not having knowledge and/or ownership acknowledged appropriately (especially by white fella researchers like me), but also the fact that some things in many Indigenous cultures are not meant to be shared with others (this obviously doesn't include the jumper in this case else they wouldn't have developed it, but may include the rights to it).
I hope they work it out, and perhaps it is a future lesson to establish an understanding that is clear in the perspective of both parties very carefully at the outset (I'm not saying the club didn't do this, but two way communication and listening to people is very much needed in these contexts, and can help to avoid the situation we are now in).

