The third objective of the study presented in this report is to educate readers to the many variables which bear on counselling for First Nations individuals. 3.6 Terms Used in the Research. Names used to refer to cultural members. In this report the terms First Nation, Native, Indian, Indigenous, and Aboriginal are used interchangeably. In this research an informant is defined as a cultural member who is knowledgeable about the topic under study within the cultural context in question.
Key informants know a great deal about the workings of the cultural topic under question.
The strategy is to find key informants, let them say what they know and listen carefully without bias, to what they have to say. This term refers to the study or science of experience and personal meaning. It also refers to a method of study, i.e., the direct observation of experience as expressed in speech and other communicative acts. Phenomenological researchers rely upon accurate, unbiased listening and viewing. They consciously attempt to set aside, prejudices, assumptions, biases and stereotypes in reference to the topic being studied.