Research partnerships between Tribal Nations and rural colleges and universities can support rural development and strengthen Tribal Nation building through reclamation of economic, political, cultural, and social affairs. However, Tribal Nation–University relationships have received little attention in rural sociology. While scholars identify best practices for research engagement in light of colonial harms, the ideal visions that Tribally and university‐affiliated people have for research partnerships and the barriers to achieving those ideals are poorly understood. Without identifying these visions and barriers, we risk making wrong assumptions about each party's needs and cannot implement appropriate policies. Semi‐structured interviews with Tribally‐affiliated (n = 20) and university‐affiliated (n = 20) people in rural southeastern Idaho suggest, contrary to literature on best practices for collaborative research, that participants in both groups viewed what we term “Tribally‐responsive research engagement” as ideal, though few projects met this goal. Tribally‐responsive research directly addressed Tribal priorities but did not necessarily involve close collaboration. The University's failure to acknowledge past or colonial harms, university‐affiliated researchers' historicization of those harms, and negative Native student experiences reinforced distrust, limiting desired research engagement. In sum, Tribally‐responsive research engagement could strengthen Native Nation building, but requires universities to acknowledge harms, create more welcoming campus environments, and prioritize Tribal benefits in research.

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共同的理想，但持续存在的障碍：提高部落大学的研究参与度，以加强土著民族建设和农村发展☆


部落国家与农村学院和大学之间的研究伙伴关系可以通过经济、政治、文化和社会事务的开拓来支持农村发展并加强部落国家建设。然而，部落国家与大学的关系在农村社会学中很少受到关注。尽管学者们根据殖民危害确定了研究参与的最佳实践，但人们对部落和大学附属人士对研究伙伴关系的理想愿景以及实现这些理想的障碍知之甚少。如果不识别这些愿景和障碍，我们就有可能对各方的需求做出错误的假设，并且无法实施适当的政策。对爱达荷州东南部农村地区的部落成员 (n = 20) 和大学成员 (n = 20) 进行的半结构化访谈表明，与合作研究最佳实践的文献相反，两个群体的参与者都认为我们所说的“部落成员” “响应式研究参与”是理想的选择，尽管很少有项目达到这一目标。部落响应研究直接解决部落优先事项，但不一定涉及密切合作。大学未能承认过去或殖民时期的危害，大学附属研究人员对这些危害的历史化，以及本土学生的负面经历加剧了不信任，限制了所需的研究参与。总之，响应部落的研究参与可以加强土著民族的建设，但要求大学承认危害，创造更受欢迎的校园环境，并在研究中优先考虑部落的利益。