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Common Rule Revisions to Govern Machine Learning on Indigenous Data: Implementing the Expectations
We agree with Chapman et al. that the Common Rule needs revision, particularly regarding the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) in health research with Indigenous Peoples. Without greater consideration of collective harms in human subjects research, this…
Governance of Indigenous data in open earth systems science
In the age of big data and open science, what processes are needed to follow open science protocols while upholding Indigenous Peoples’ rights? The Earth Data Relations Working Group (EDRWG), convened to address this question and envision a research landscape that acknowledges the legacy of…
‘For the good of the Gugu Badhun people’: Indigenous Nation building, economic development and sharing as sovereignty
As part of an ongoing process of Indigenous Nation Building, Gugu Badhun Nation is engaged in developing an economy according to Gugu Badhun values. Rather than simply mimicking capitalism, the practice of visioning this economy begins with considering core cultural principles for the Nation.…
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Genomics: Ethical Complementarity for Just Research
Governance of biomedical research in the United States has been characterized by ethical individualism, a mode of reasoning that treats the individual person as the center of moral concern and analysis. However, genomics research raises ethics issues that uniquely affect certain genetically related…
The Employment Situation of Native Americans
Federal, state, and Tribal policies focused on full employment could have a significant effect on the lives and livelihoods of American Indians and Alaska Natives (collectively called Native Americans in this brief). While the overall employment rate for Native Americans has been trending upward…
Aligning policy and practice to implement CARE with FAIR through Indigenous Peoples’ protocols
In 2019, members of the Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) published the CARE Principles (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics) for Indigenous Data Governance (IDGov). CARE has since been referenced, leveraged, and adopted in various ways across disciplines and…
Indigenous Data Governance Brief
This Brief reports on the “Tribal Leaders and Indigenous Scholars Workshop” and the “Action Planning and Forward Thinking Session” held at the Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance Summit convened by the US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network (USIDSN) on the lands of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and…
Intersection of Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Tribal Agriculture Data Needs in the US
Indigenous Peoples have always been agriculture data developers and keepers. Acknowledging the importance of Indigenous agriculture data to communities, an eight member Indigenous steering committee representing eight different Tribal Nations throughout the United States (US) designed and…
Landback: The Return of Upper Sioux Agency State Park to the Upper Sioux Community
After decades of campaigning by Upper Sioux Indian Community Chairman Kevin Jensvold, the State of Minnesota finally returned the land formerly known as Upper Sioux Agency State Park to its rightful Dakota stewards in March 2024. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Director of Tribal…
Justice Matters Podcast: (Re)Building Nations with Indigenous Governance | EP 79
On this episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Megan Minoka Hill, the Senior Director of the Project on Indigenous Governance and Development and the Director of the Honoring Nations program at the Harvard Kennedy School. The Project on Indigenous Governance and…
University of Arizona Land Grant Project
Tracking the History of Land-Grant Enrichment at the University of Arizona An interactive story map built by the James E. Rogers College of Law Land-Grant Project Team, the goal of the University of Arizona Land-Grant Project is two-fold: (1) to research, share, and begin to understand how…
Gugu Badhun Sovereignty Sundays: An adaptable online Indigenous nation-building method
Nation-building research is a flexible approach to research that prioritises the voices and self-determination agendas of Indigenous Nations. This paper discusses our application of the Indigenous nation-building (INB) methodology in our research with Gugu Badhun Aboriginal Nation, Australia,…
Emergence of a Distinct Legal Identity From the Forces of Assimilation: The Mesquakie Indians and the Fight for Citizenship, 1842-1912
This paper, “Emergence of a Distinct Legal Identity From the Forces of Assimilation: The Mesquakie Indians and the Fight for Citizenship” presents a close examination of the various legal disputes that led to Mesquakie citizenship. Among these disputes are a few cases that intersect with parents’…
ʻAʻole Pau Ka ʻIke I Ka Hālau Hoʻokahi (Knowledge Is Not Restricted To One School Of Thought): Reflecting on the Significance of Indigenous Knowledge in Geography
Geography is a discipline that has traditionally been focused on the study of place and space, but understanding and interpreting its concepts has been shaped by a dominating Eurocentric influence. Indigenous knowledge (IK) and perspectives have historically been marginalized or excluded altogether…
Earth Science Data Repositories: Implementing the CARE Principles
Datasets carry cultural and political context at all parts of the data life cycle. Historically, Earth science data repositories have taken their guidance and policies as a combination of mandates from their funding agencies and the needs of their user communities, typically universities, agencies…
A Conversation with Deron Marquez
Native Nations Institute (NNI) Co-founder Stephen Cornell sits down with Deron Marquez, former Tribal Chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians (1999-2006), to discuss hot topics in Indian Country today. Subjects covered include per capita payments, Tribal disenrollment, education,…
In Lakota Nation, people are asking: Who does a language belong to?
From NPR's "Code Switch" podcast episode page: Many Lakota people agree: It's imperative to revitalize the Lakota language. But how exactly to do that is a matter of broader debate. Should Lakota be codified and standardized to make learning it easier? Or should the language stay as it always has…
Growing Indigenous Resilience
Michael Kotutwa Johnson represents the 250th generation of his Hopi ancestors who have farmed their homelands for at least 3,000 years. "You're not only planting seeds, but you're planting yourself. You're also planting the next generation, too," Johnson says. "I think that's the thing that people…
Indigenous Metadata Bundle Communiqué
Indigenous metadata provides critical organization and structure for Indigenous Peoples’ data to be findable, accessible, interoperable and with proper attribution, which enables governance, decision-making and cultural authority by Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous metadata guides the inclusion…
Indigenous Data Governance and Universities Communiqué
Universities create, use, and hold enormous amounts of Indigenous data. These data range from old historical records to contemporary large datasets, including Open Data2 and the data underpinning emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies. Indigenous Peoples’ data include information about…