This article explores the credibility and rigor of yarning, an Indigenous cultural form of conversation, as a data gathering tool in two different Indigenous research projects: one in Australia and the other in Botswana. Yarning was used not only to collect information during interviews but also to establish relationships with Indigenous participants through storytelling. The authors discuss the different types of yarning that emerged during their research, including social yarning, research topic yarning, collaborative yarning, and therapeutic yarning, and how these types influenced the research process. They also address the influence of gender during interviews and the challenges and benefits of using yarning as a research method. The article concludes that yarning is a culturally safe and interpretive process that can be a legitimate and transferable method in Indigenous research, alongside other Western research methods.This article explores the credibility and rigor of yarning, an Indigenous cultural form of conversation, as a data gathering tool in two different Indigenous research projects: one in Australia and the other in Botswana. Yarning was used not only to collect information during interviews but also to establish relationships with Indigenous participants through storytelling. The authors discuss the different types of yarning that emerged during their research, including social yarning, research topic yarning, collaborative yarning, and therapeutic yarning, and how these types influenced the research process. They also address the influence of gender during interviews and the challenges and benefits of using yarning as a research method. The article concludes that yarning is a culturally safe and interpretive process that can be a legitimate and transferable method in Indigenous research, alongside other Western research methods.