Sierra Hicks
This session encourages moving from principles to practice through the invocation of the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance in relation to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). To explore how the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) is consistent with Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov) aims, we are analyzing its alignment with the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. Using the Indigenous Data Governance (IDGov) Bundle for Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Nations, we’ll present opportunities to promote successful actions around NAGPRA in effect. A case study of the Karuk Tribe’s existing data governance mechanisms (policy, protocols, etc.) will be conducted. It will contribute to suggestions and analysis around how Indigenous Peoples might bolster their own legal systems to assert intellectual property rights. As a cross-sector collaboration involving academia and Tribal governance, this work takes a decolonizing approach in emergence from community desire and in continuation under Tribal oversight. We aim towards generating discourse about Tribal operationalization of IDSov principles and US legal infrastructure for Indigenous Data Rights. The session will begin with introductions, followed by a presentation from Sierra Hicks, Jewel Cummins & Leece LaRue, emphasizing ties to Day 1 themes of Authority to Control and Responsibility. The session will then proceed to a roundtable conversation to gather participant perspectives on data being considered cultural patrimony under NAGPRA. The session will conclude with an open discussion on relevant topics and areas of consideration for presenters and attendees.