DAY 1 | 10:45-11:45am | BALLROOM E
| SHANIA KEE (Navajo/Diné), J.D. Candidate 2024, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona School of Information
This presentation is based on a forthcoming article (with the same title) that attempts to determine how tribal governments such as the Navajo Nation can exercise greater control over and protect their nation’s data from external entities, exercising their political and cultural sovereignty by utilizing both IDSov and IDGov. Overall, the goal is to demonstrate the legal mechanisms available to the Navajo Nation to implement its own set of data sovereignty principles aligning with its own traditional values, similar to the Māori. The presentation will examine the Māori’s application of IDSov within their own culturally-specific IDGov framework. Then, there will be an overview of the existing mechanisms available within the Navajo Nation legal system that govern data and the fundamental cultural principles embedded in the lifeway of Navajos. Finally, it will discuss recommendations that the Navajo Nation can incorporate into its legal system using the Māori’s example of its own data governance model and tools as a template.