U.S. Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network

Working Group

Chair

Riley Taitingfong, PhD
(Chamoru)
Luce Foundation Postdoctoral Researcher

Co-Founders

Stephanie Russo Carroll, PhD
(Ahtna-Native Village of Kluti-Kaah)
Director, Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance
Desi Small-Rodriquez, PhD
(Northern Cheyenne and Chicana)
Director, Data Warriors Lab
Assistant Professor, UCLA

Members

Lydia Jennings, PhD
(Pascua Yaqui Tribe/Huichol)
Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College
Ibrahim Garba, SJD
(Karai-Karai)
Senior Researcher, Native Nations Institute
Joe Yracheta, MS Pharmaceutics
Joseph Yracheta, MS
(Pūrepecha – Mexican Indigenous)
Board Vice President, Native BioData Consortium
Dominique David-Chavez, PhD
(Arawak Taíno)
Director of the Indigenous Land & Data Stewards Lab,
Colorado State University
Cheryl Ellenwood, PhD
(Nez Perce)
Assistant Professor, Center for Native American Research & Collaboration, Washington State University
Nanibaa’ Garrison, PhD
(Navajo)
Associate Professor, UCLA
Randall Akee, PhD
Chair, American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program; Professor of Public Policy, UCLA
Andrew Martinez, B.S.
(Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community)
Research Coordinator, Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance
Christina E. Oré, DrPH
Senior Advisor, Seven Directions,
University of Washington
Michele Suina, PhD
(Cochiti Pueblo)
Program Director, Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
Nizhoni Hatch
(Navajo)
Honors Interdisciplinary Biomedical Science Student, Colorado State University
Carmela M. Roybal, PhD, MBGPH, MA
(Ohkay Owingeh)
Executive Director of the Native American Budget and Policy Institute,
University of New Mexico