Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Explore our work on Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Indigenous Data Governance, along with a wide range of resources.
Frameworks and guides
Key readings
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an agenda
The first book to explore data sovereignty from an Indigenous perspective.
Indigenous Peoples Breathing Data Back
Dr. Stephanie Russo Carroll posits a way to bring “databack” into relationship with our messy, 3D, colonized world at TEDxUArizona.
Data Sovereignty: Hei Tīmata | Getting Started
Explore some of the ways that researchers can engage ethically and responsibly with Māori data.
Resource kete
- Principles of Māori Data Sovereignty
- Māori Data Governance Model
- CARE Data Maturity Model
- Guidelines for the Governance of Indigenous Data in Scholarly Publishing
- Framework for Governance of Indigenous Data
- Vrije Universiteit Research Support Handbook
- University of Saskatchewan Research Data Management: Indigenous Data Governance & Sovereignty
- Native Women’s Association of Canada Indigenous Data Sovereignty Toolkit
- Indigenous Data Sovereignty Readiness Assessment and Evaluation Toolkit
- The CARE Principles and data ethics: A practical guide for SSH researchers in The Netherlands
- Framework for the Governance of Indigenous Data: Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Indigenous Research Data Commons.
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Data Do's and Don'ts: A Primer on Indigenous Data Sovereignty
- The state of open data: Histories and horizons
- Indigenous Data, Indigenous Methodologies and Indigenous Data Sovereignty
- The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
- Applying the ‘CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance’ to ecology and biodiversity research
- Using Indigenous Standards to Implement the CARE Principles: Setting Expectations through Tribal Research Codes
- Global Indigenous Data Alliance
- Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance
- First Nations Indigenous Governance Centre
- Indigenous Data Alliance
- Relational Infrastructures
- Te Mana Raraunga Māori Data Sovereignty Network
- Te Kahui Raraunga
- Local Contexts
- Maiam nayri Wingara
- US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network
Networks and Organisations
Te Mana Raraunga
Te Mana Raraunga advocate for Māori rights and interests in data to be protected as the world moves into an increasingly open data environment.
Te Kāhui Raraunga
Te Kāhui Raraungam (TKR) Charitable Trust is an independent body established in 2019 to lead the action required to realise the advocacy of the Data Iwi Leaders Group (Data ILG).
Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA)
The Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) is a network of Indigenous researchers, data practitioners, and policy activists advocating for Indigenous Data Sovereignty within their nation-states and at an international level.
Indigidata Aotearoa
The Indigidata Aotearoa wānanga aims to build capacity amongst Māori in: Māori data science, Māori data sovereignty, Māori data ethics, and Māori data applications.
Whāki Webinar Series
The Whāki Webinar Series allows speakers to share with communities their insights into the issues of Māori data sovereignty, Māori data governance, and Māori data science.