In this article, I reflect on my positionality as a'northern'Indigenous scholar doing PhD research in a Maya community in Yucatan, Mexico, and also describe how I applied Indigenous research methods. I discuss how my Indigenous cultural and family background informed my approch in learning from the Maya people to be'part of'the Maya home land--the Yucatan. I believe that my research approach could be useful to other Indigenous (and non-Indigenous) scholars in my position, who are thinking about doing research in a vastly different Indigenous con text and may be of benefit from a few directives or guidelines, which I have developed based on my personal experience.