Epistemological challenges of indigenous people's research: reflections based on experience with conceptual map.

Objectives: to discuss the applicability of the conceptual map and its underlying theoretical anchors and analyze the challenges and potentialities of this method concerning the participation of Indigenous Peoples.

Methods: experience report of the use of the conceptual map as a data collection instrument.

Results: the study allowed us to discuss the epistemic approaches and distances, as well as to analyze to what extent the conceptual map favored the process of joint production of knowledge with Indigenous Peoples.