ROUND TABLE 1 | DAY 1 | 9:30am-10:30am | BALLROOM H

| MAYA MAGARATI, PhD (Indigenous Magar, Nepal), Associate Director, Seven Directions, University of Washington

| JESSICA KIPP (Blackfeet), Research Coordinator, Seven Directions, University of Washington

| KASE CRAGG, Research Coordinator, Seven Directions, University of Washington 

| CHRISTINA E. ORÉ, MPH, DrPH (Andean, Peru), Associate Director, Seven Directions, University of Washington

Seven Directions is an Indigenous public health institute located within the University of Washington. As the first national Indigenous public health institute in the U.S., we are poised to support the Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS)/Indigenous Data Governance (IDG) priorities and visions of our Indigenous and tribal public health partners. In this session, we will focus on our organization’s approach to centering Indigenous knowledge and our journey to decolonize and Indigenize data to support healing and wellness in Indigenous communities. We will share two examples: (1) digital StoryMap project, and (2) Our Nations, Our Journeys (ONOJ) summit and invite discussion for future directions. Through interviews with Indigenous public health researchers, practitioners, and community members, the StoryMap illuminates stories and meaning making approaches to public health data work. It exemplifies Seven Directions’ approach to creating more equitable resources and learning opportunities relevant and accessible to Indigenous communities. The 2023 ONOJ summit convened over 300 tribal and urban Indigenous public health leaders, professionals, and students to share resources and information related to healing from the opioid crisis with an emphasis on strengths-based, culturally grounded approaches and data sovereignty. The ONOJ summit demonstrates Seven Directions’ approach of connecting Indigenous community data and public health efforts to each other to promote collective healing. These efforts represent foundational steps in understanding how our organization’s work to center Indigenous peoples’ data in public health research and programming can coincide with the broader IDS/IDG movements to support Indigenous communities’ wellbeing.