This chapter explores how digital information and communication technologies can support collaboration between researchers, educators, and remote Indigenous communities. It highlights the challenges of adapting digital tools to build meaningful relationships, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Focusing on participatory action research in rural Indigenous communities in the Northwest Territories, Canada, the chapter discusses how southern university researchers and local partners worked together to overcome structural, ethical, and methodological barriers, adapting digital tools and processes to enhance digital inclusion and literacy