| ALEXANDER SOTO (Tohono O’odham), Director of Labriola National American Indian Data Center, Arizona State University Library &

| VINA BEGAY (Navajo/Diné), Assistant Librarian of Labriola National American Indian Data Center, Arizona State University Library

Indigenous librarianship is emerging as a critical framework to foster Indigenous data sovereignty (IDSov). This is mainly because it centers Indigenous perspectives on how Indigenous-centric information should be shared, curated and preserved in contemporary library and archival settings. But despite its utility to center Indigenous ways of knowing and protocols in Western information institutions, Indigenous librarians and archivists are often an afterthought among scholars, activists, policymakers, and community members due to cliche stereotypes of librarianship. But acting as intermediaries between institutions and Indigenous communities, Indigenous librarians and archivists can serve as cultural keepers that enforce critical mandiates to support Indigenous information governance, such as the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials (PNAAM).

In this presentation, an Indigenous Library Director and Indigenous Librarian who work in an Indigenous-led library center located within a doctoral research university library system will detail how their implementation of PNAAM is simultaneously operationalizing principles of IDSov. Through their praxis of Indigenous librarianship, presenters will underscore how their library is a prime example of how to support Indigenous information governance since it centers Indigenous values of kinship, community, consent and sovereignty. Presenters will detail: 1) the importance of Indigenous placemaking to inform community on principles of IDSov; 2) the need to adhere to Indigenous protocols in information stewardship and; 3) the importance of Indigenous administrative advocacy within Non-Indigenous institutions to enact IDSov policy. This presentation will emphasize how Indigenous librarians and archivists hold critical skill sets and expertise needed to enact a sustainable commitment to IDSov.