“…Because on the focus of this study is the shared folk health practices and information needs of an indigenous Mexican immigrant community, we apply an indigenous ways of knowing (IWOK) theoretical approach. As a theoretical framework, IWOK has been applied to research focusing on Native American or First Nation communities (Marshall, Kendall, Catalano, & Barnett, ), and on ethnic groups throughout Africa as well as Asia (Ngulube, ; Lwoga, Ngulube, & Stilwell, ). Indigenous knowledge (IK) is a highly localized, holistic, experience‐driven, and dynamic type of knowledge that is transmitted orally within a community (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 2003).…”