Introduction: our shared journey: lessons from the past to protect the future / Joseph E. Trimble and Celia B. Fisher -- Part I. Foundations of ethnocultural research and research ethics. A goodness-of-fit ethic for multicultural research / Celia B. Fisher and Kathleen Ragsdale -- Scientist-community collaborations: a dynamic tension between rights and responsibilities / John Fantuzzo, Christine McWayne, and Stephanie Childs -- First, do no harm: culturally centered measurement for early intervention / Nancy Busch-Rossnagel -- Part II. Research ethics challenges involving diverse ethnocultural groups. Addressing health disparities through relational ethics: an approach to increasing African American participation in biomedical and health research / Scyatta A. Wallace -- In their own voices: American Indian decisions to participate in health research / Tim D. Noe, Spero M. Manson, Calvin Croy, Helen McGough, Jeffrey A. Henderson, and Dedra S. Buchwald -- "I wonder, why would you do it that way?" Ethical dilemmas in doing participatory research with Alaska Native communities / Gerald V. Mohatt and Lisa R. Thomas -- Ethical conduct of research with Asian and Pacific Islander American populations / Jean Lau Chin, Jeffery Scott Mio, and Gayle Y. Iwamasa -- Ethical community-based research with Hispanic/Latina(o) populations: balancing research rigor and cultural responsiveness / Felipe González Castro, Rebecca Rios, and Harry Montoya -- Ethical issues in research with immigrants and refugees / Dina Birman -- Part III. Socially sensitive research involving ethnocultural families and communities. Ethical research with ethnic minorities in the child welfare system / Katherine Ann Gilda Elliott and Anthony J. Urquiza -- With all due respect: ethical issues in the study of vulnerable adolescents / Ana Mari Cauce and Richard H. Nobles -- Ethical research with ethnic minority elders / Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Joshua R. Bringle, Barbara W.K. Yee, David A. Chiriboga, and Keith Whitfield -- Changing models of research ethics in prevention research within ethnic communities / Fred Beauvais -- Ethnographic research on drugs and HIV/AIDS in ethnocultural communities / Merrill Singer and Delia Easton -- Part IV. The rights and responsibilities of individuals, communities, and institutions. Safeguarding sacred lives: the ethical use of archival data for the study of diverse lives / Copeland H. Young and Monica Brooker -- Ethical issues when white researchers study ALANA and immigrant people and communities / Janet E. Helms, Kevin T. Henze, Jackquelyn Mascher, and Anmol Satiani -- Coda: the virtuous and responsible researcher in another culture / Joseph E. Trimble and Gerald V. Mohatt.