*4.3. Finding 3 Entrenching Indigenous Knowledges in Curriculum, Research, Facility Operations, Institutional Governance Processes, and Community Outreach Is to Sustain Cultural Identity*

This finding indicated that the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges within PSE institutions is primarily for Indigenous learners. Meeting this need requires that others are equipped with some knowledge to be able to create the processes that can support the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges. It also suggests that broader society and other PSE learners become part of the learning process. Indigenous community members must be involved in partnerships with PSE institutions to facilitate the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges and to avoid breaches of traditional protocol. One of the Indigenous participants explained:

The university has to recognize my way of thinking and my way of conducting research ... I had to tell him, I think it's the university that has to reconcile that, not me. I'm just following what I've been exposed to all my life. I'm just following our worldview. I think the university has an obligation to recognize that and give it some validity so that we don't have to assimilate into the western methods of doing things. [6] (p. 89)

A conclusion drawn from this finding is that institutional personnel, including leaders of governance processes, faculty, administrators, and others need to understand why Indigenous knowledge should be included in their institutions. Because systems are integrated and comprise part of the holistic framework, relying solely only on Indigenous personnel is insufficient to understand the rationale of including Indigenous knowledge within institutions [6] (p. 136).
