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| WILLIAM CARSON (Ohkay Owingeh), Doctoral Student and Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
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Lydia Jennings The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance are increasingly referenced across the research and data ecosystem, yet their application remains uneven and inconsistently practiced throughout the data lifecycle. As data creation, curation, sharing, and reuse expand through open science initiatives, the need for coherent, implementable standards that uphold Indigenous rights and interests has…
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Bobby SaunkeahLauren W. Yowelunh McLester-DavisAmanda Urbina HunterDebra DanforthJulie Beans In this Roundtable discussion, Indigenous presenters will discuss different ways they have experienced review of research by Tribal Nations. A brief review of Tribal Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and other mechanisms Tribes govern reviewing research will be provided for attendees. Indigenous researchers supporting creation of Tribal…
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Max HalvorsonSantino CamachoJenn Nguyen Public schools in the United States often fall short of meeting Indigenous students’ needs. Educational leaders, however, may seek to enhance these services and address these opportunity gaps, operating within the constraints of a large, federally- and state-funded system. These systems do not always provide Indigenous communities with ownership and full…
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| MARISELLA MOLINA (Pascua Yaqui Tribal Citizen), Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Arizona | LILITH SHEA CLARK, Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Arizona
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Emily PetersonPamela Gutman Tribal Nations often lack accurate, granular, and comprehensive information on the true burden of health indicators across diverse American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) population structures needed for different use cases. Racial misclassification in state health records is 30% higher for the AI/AN population compared to other race groups due to higher proportions of…
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| GRACE BULLTAIL (Crow Tribe), Assistant Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison | PARISA SARZAEIM, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Kehli HenryMelissa Isaac We will share strategies, successes and lessons learned around Tribal data sovereignty (TDS) and governance (TDG) happening in the homelands of the Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Bodewadomi which share geography with what is now Michigan. Telling our own stories and countering inaccurate/damaging narratives about our communities is a fundamental…
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Kimberly Marion SuiseeyaEric GreenleeJosiah Hester As global grand challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss have grown more pressing, so too have the interdisciplinary environmental research endeavors seeking to understand and address these problems. At the same time, policymakers and scientists increasingly acknowledge the contributions that Indigenous Peoples make in global environmental governance and have…
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Alexander SotoVina BegayJacob Moore Asserting Cultural Sovereignty in Academia: Why Indigenous Leadership Matters (Day 1) The Protocols of Native American Archival Materials (PNAAM) have challenged non-Indigenous libraries and archival repositories to re-examine internal archival practices towards ethical stewardship of Indigenous information. Despite good intentions, many lack Indigenous leadership in-and-out of their libraries, yet alone Indigenous…
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Angely Vargas Synthetic biology has the potential to sustainably address global environmental challenges. Genetically engineered microbes (GEMs) show promise, however, there is limited research on their environmental effects, especially in agriculture. One way to prevent the unwanted spread of GEMs in the environment is engineered auxotrophy, where a microbe has an engineered reliance upon an…
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| ANDREW MARTINEZ (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community), Research Coordinator, Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance, University of Arizona & | RILEY TAITINGFONG (CHamoru), Postdoctoral Researcher, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona & | BECKETT STERNER, Associate Professor, Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Human Dimensions
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Ibrahim GarbaRebecca PlevelMarisella MolinaStephanie Carroll Tribes sharing geography with the United States (US) have adopted laws and policies to ensure that research on their territories and with their citizens is ethical and aligned with community priorities. However, these exercises of sovereignty are often hampered in their enforcement beyond Tribal territorial boundaries imposed by US settler…
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ROUND TABLE 15 | DAY 2 | 9:30am-10:30am | BALLROOM J | JOSEPH YRCHETA (Pūrepecha – Mexican Indigenous), Native BioData Consortium
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Khalid Lemzouji Indigenous communities increasingly face challenges in ensuring environmental data is trustworthy, culturally meaningful, and under community control. This presentation introduces an Indigenous-led, open-source platform co-designed and governed by the Fort McKay Métis Nation for their community-based environmental monitoring. By integrating Western scientific monitoring (air, water, wildlife) with Indigenous knowledge — including land-based observations,…
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Dr. John L. Garland (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Director of Research & Scholar Success, Cobell Scholarship Program Dr. David Sanders (Oglala Sioux Tribe), Vice President of Research, Evaluation & Faculty Development, American Indian College Fund Dr. Johnny Poolaw (Delaware, Chiricahua Apache, Comanche, Kiowa), Director of Student Success, AISES This roundtable presents the origin, evolution, and…
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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…
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| ALEXIS ELLSWORTH-KOPKOWSKI, Assistant Professor, Indigenous Liberal Studies, Institute of American Indian Art
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ROUND TABLE 12 | DAY 1 | 2:45pm-3:45pm | BALLROOM J | REBECCA RAE (Jicarilla Apache), Research Lecturer III, University of New Mexico-Center for Participatory Research and Santo Domingo Pueblo | OLIVIA ROANHORSE (Navajo/Diné), Chief Operating Office and Portfolio Lead, Roanhouse Consulting, LLC. | BEVERLY GORMAN (Navajo/Diné), Program Specialist/Social Worker, University of New Mexico-Center for…
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ROUND TABLE 2 | DAY 1 | 9:30am-10:30am | BALLROOM I | ALEC CALAC (Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians), UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science | JOSEPH YRACHETA (Pūrepecha – Mexican Indigenous), Native BioData Consortium | TIM K. MACKEY, Professor, UC San…
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| RALPH CAMMACK (Wolastoqiyik), Director of Research, Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness
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Michael Merola The American Indian College Fund is the largest scholarship provider in the country for Native students seeking higher education, and as such we collaborate closely with Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) on our mission to transform Native communities by investing in these institutions and their students. So far in 2025, we have received…
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| LEECE OLIVER LARUE (Karuk Tribe), Fire Grant Program Manager, Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources
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ROUND TABLE 3 | DAY 1 | 9:30am-10:30am | BALLROOM J | REGINA SIEVERT, Program Director, National Science Foundation | JEAN FELDMAN, Head, Policy Office, Division of Institution and Award Support, National Science Foundation | LIAM FRINK, Program Director, Arctic Social Sciences, National Science Foundation
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| TRACI MORRIS, PhD (Chickasaw), Executive Director of Arizona State University’s American Indian Policy Institute | GEOFFREY BLACKWELL, JD (Chickasaw, Choctaw, Omaha, and Muscogee Creek), General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of the National Congress of American Indian
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| STEPHEN R. CURLEY (Navajo/Diné), Director of Digital Archives, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
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Joseph Yracheta In this talk, conference attendees will get some history of harmful research and descriptions of possible data misuse where Indigenous groups were not fully provided Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC), the drastic changes in technology and funding that make the Belmont Report and Common rule useless if not harmful in today’s Big…
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| KELLE DHEIN (Diné, Enrolled Tribal Member), Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute Consulting Bioethicist at the Native Biodata Consortium
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Tybur Casuse The proposed presentation provides a framework for using data to transform and redfine the tribal consultation space. Key insights into state and federal consultation will lay a foundation for using data to create policy change, funding opportunities, and owning ones narrative.
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Tillie StewartMatthew Croxton The Montana Consortium for Urban Indian Health is a membership organization for the five Urban Indian Organizations in Montana. Since the Fall of 2024, MCUIH staff have worked closely with staff from each of the UIOs to develop a formal Data Governance Committee. The Committee is intended to provide a collective space…
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Jordan Loewen-ColónPhil Arnold This paper investigates the historical throughline connecting the 15th-century Doctrine of Discovery (DOD) and contemporary challenges in Indigenous Data Governance (IDG) amid emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. The DOD was predicated on terra nullius, the legal fiction that lands deemed “unproductive and, thus, empty” could be claimed, justifying the extinguishment of Indigenous…
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ROUND TABLE 9 | DAY 1 | 1:30pm-2:30pm | BALLROOM J | PHILIP GOVER (Northern and Southern Paiute, Pawnee, and Comanche), Policy Fellow at the Center for Indian Country Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | VANESSA PALMER, Data Director at the Center for Indian Country Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | LAUREL WHEELER,…
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Daphne LittlebearFrancis Vigil A movement for data sovereignty in education is expanding as Tribal nations, schools, and Native educators work to reclaim how information about their students and community is interpreted and applied. This session positions Data Sovereignty in Education as a critical and timely discussion shaped by shifting governance landscapes, community priorities, and the…
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Desi Small-Rodriguez Like many Tribal Nations, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe was disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. As the pandemic raged, the Tribe faced life or death crises daily, which were exacerbated by a messy web of data from local, state, and federal government entities. Data inconsistency and barriers to access negatively impacted tribal decision…
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Phillip Gover In this oral presentation CICD will demonstrate Native Economic Trends – the Center for Indian Country Development’s newest data tool for better understanding tribal economies and communities. Using a variety of public data sources, we created a tool that tracks over 70 economic and demographic indicators for hundreds of tribal geographies going all…
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Rae O’Leary Successful research with Tribal Nations begins with relationships, not data collection. This presentation introduces a relational framework for building and sustaining research partnerships with Tribal communities that honor sovereignty, trust, and shared benefit. The framework, which provides examples of roles for tribal communities and external researchers, starts with a research concept and study…
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Jim Sill Day 1: Theme 2, “Authority to Control”. The presentation will explore how indigenous authority to control data can be recognized, operationalized, and protected within modern digital ecosystems. The mixed method research models that I have utilized has yielded historical; legal; and empirical data. The presentation will also provide concrete models of governance that…
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Nicole Kuhn American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) individuals, communities, and organizations are leveraging popular social media platforms to share relevant and timely health content. Human-computer interaction (HCI) social media research can provide insights about this content that supports AIAN communities with their health communication strategies. However, many serious ethical concerns exist within HCI social…
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ROUND TABLE 17 | DAY 2 | 10:45am-11:45am | BALLROOM I | DR. RANDALL AKEE (Native Hawaiian, Taino), Chair, American Indian Studies, UCLA; Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs & | DR. PĀLAMA LEE, Director, Research and Evaluation, Lili’uokalani Trust & | DR. BRANDON LEDWARD, Principal Strategist, Kamehameha Schools…
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| TESHIA G. ARAMBULA SOLOMON, PhD, Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health, University of Arizona | CELINA VALENCIA, PhD, Co-Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health, University of Arizona | FATIMA MOLINA-VERRIJT, MA, Program Director, National Institutes of Health, University of Arizona
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Taylor Billey The Diné Household Water Survey (DHWS) aims to understand Navajo household water access, usage, and behaviors through community-engaged research. Using cross-sectional, population-based sampling, the DHWS draws a representative sample of households within each study region. A community-engaged mapping exercise was used to identify all possible households for random selection. The DHWS was conducted…
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| ASHLEY THACKER, BA (Navajo/Diné), Community Principal Investigator & Senior Research Program Supervisor, Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health & | TAISHIANA TSOSIE, BA (Navajo/Diné), Data Collector & Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health
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| BRYAN MCCOY (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe), Tribal Planner
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Wai Allen Early geologic research directly influenced land dispossession and the disenfranchisement of Indigenous peoples in North America. Geologists were tasked with determining “land value” by identifying and evaluating natural resources, and in the United States their findings drove industrial development and westward expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries. Indigenous peoples were forcibly removed…
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Tristan Paulino Over the past two decades, genomics has transformed how scientists understand evolution, health, and disease. However, Indigenous Peoples remain underrepresented in genomic research due to historical misuse of biospecimens, lack of consent, culturally insensitive findings, and inequitable benefit sharing. These challenges have catalyzed the Indigenous Data Sovereignty movement, which emphasizes community control, self-determination,…
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| SHELBY KINLICHEE (Navajo/Diné), Data Coordinator for DigDeep Labs & | LETICIA MARQUES, Data Coordinator for DigDeep Labs & | SUSAN LAMB, Data and Strategy Manager, DigDeep Labs & | ANNIE FEIGHERY, Cofounder and CEO of mWater & | JOHN FEIGHERY, Cofounder and CEO of mWater
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Crystal LoudHawk-Hedgepeth In June 2024, the American Indian College Fund, the Brookings Institution, and the Institute for Higher Education Policy came together to convene a group of Native scholars, higher education leaders, and policy advocates to explore the landscape of Native Higher education policy. This collaboration resulted in the Report on Success in Native Higher…
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Stephanie Carroll Across the world, there are significant decentralized activities where Indigenous Peoples, their nations, leaders, advocates, and communities are actively exercising and using various Indigenous data for governance, teaching, archiving, and restorative work. There is also an increasing number of Indigenous data governance regulations, protocols, principles, and preferences across scales, including Indigenous Peoples’ own…
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Hailey Maria Salazar Indigenous Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge (ITECK) has sustained biodiverse ecosystems for millennia. In the current technological landscape, the collection and digitization of these knowledges may create new vulnerabilities to appropriation and privatization of life. The Regenerative Relations Initiative (RRI), stewarded by Copyleft Cultivars, a nonprofit organization, is focused on protecting biodiversity,…
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Fatima Verrijt Theme 3: Responsibility American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities are offering culturally-based programs to address health disparities including depression, anxiety, and substance misuse. This presentation focuses on the evaluation of a culturally- and community-based program, called Native Spirit (NS), that serves as one example of creating our own evidence to promote wellbeing.…
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Alexander SotoAlycia de Mesa The rapid expansion of digital technologies brings both opportunities and challenges for gathering, preserving, and sharing Indigenous Knowledge and cultural practices in Tribal communities. However, institutional archiving– even community archival– practices often replicate colonial frameworks that marginalize Indigenous perspectives, perpetuate extractive methodologies, and disregard cultural protocols. This presentation highlights how the…
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| JIM SILL, MS (Cherokee), CISSP CompTIA Sec+ Cyber Fellow, PhD Candidate and Data Privacy Researcher, University of Tulsa
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Laura ZanottiEmily Colón In 2012, the M’bêngôkre-Kayapó community of A’Ukre established a media collective, Djamtire (formerly Kôkôkagõti), to support ongoing localized efforts to document their heritage for and with the community. This effort strengthened other long-term expressions of self-determination, including storytelling as survivance, media as advocacy, and films as self-expression. To sustain this initiative, community…
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Jennifer O’NealClara Gorman This presentation will examine recent case studies and projects addressing the local application of the CARE Maturity Model to University Research Policies through Indigenous protocols, data sovereignty, and data governance. We argue how the CARE Principles must be applied at a local level for direct benefit and impact to Indigenous communities to…
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Caleigh Curley The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), in partnership with the University of Arizona’s Native Nations Institute (NNI), the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance, and Arizona Tribes, is developing the state’s first Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov) Policy. This initiative aims to honor Tribal sovereignty, safeguard Tribal data, reconnect Tribes with their data and…
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Selena Ortega-Chiolero This session invites dialogue on developing a Tribal community digital archive that restores balance between community-held knowledge and externally housed materials. Focusing on the Ahtna community’s efforts to reunite intangible cultural heritage—such as recordings, stories, and historical documentation—participants will examine approaches to digital repatriation that honor Indigenous protocols, values, and sovereignty. Discussion will…
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Leece Oliver LaRue Emerging from two chronological projects with University of California (UC) in 2014 and 2015, the Sipnuuk Digital Archive digital platform started as a means of disseminating research and institutional knowledge ABOUT Karuk people BACK into Karuk community. A collective space for gathering cultural memory and knowledge, the Sipnuuk Digital Archive, Library, and…
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Toni Clark The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is the largest, most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the country. As part of ANTHC’s Community Health Services Division, the Alaska Native Epidemiology Center (ANEC) monitors and reports on health data, provides technical assistance, and supports initiatives that promote the health and wellness of Alaska Native…
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Katie Jones Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and Local Communities (LCs) steward lands and waters that sustain much of Earth’s biodiversity, yet their expertise and place-based knowledge are often overlooked in mainstream conservation. Wise Ancestors, a non-profit organization, challenges this by positioning IPs and LCs as essential partners rather than participants in outreach. Wise Ancestors co-develops Conservation…
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Jocelyn Chee Santiago One of Genomics’ most important duties is to understand the complexity of what makes life life. To accomplish this duty, the field relies on the large-scale collection and sharing of data through open access among universities and other institutions. Many of these datasets are gathered and generated through fieldwork in Indigenous territories,…
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| KENDALL EDMO (Blackfeet), Master’s Student, Interdisciplinary GIS Analyst, Earth Sciences – Montana State University, Blackfeet Tribal Historic Preservation Office
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| ASHLYNN GERTH, PhD (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe), Grants and Policy Manager, Native BioData Consortium
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Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo Kimberly Harris MONIQUE LISTON This roundtable, led by members of HEAPS (Highly Educated and Politicized Sisters), creates space for dialogue between Black women’s sovereignty and Indigenous data governance through the concept of solidarity. We position solidarity not as sameness but as shared accountability —a relational practice of mutual recognition that deepens our understanding…
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| SERENA NATONABAH (Navajo/Diné), Graduate Researcher and Project Lead, Colorado State University & | AIDA WATES, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University
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Leece Oliver LaRue
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DAY 2 | 10:45am-11:45am | BALLROOM J | DR. DOMINIQUE DAVID-CHAVEZ & RILEY TAITINGFONG As Indigenous data sovereignty (IDSov) and Indigenous data governance (IDGov) gain momentum across the United States, numerous Indigenous Peoples, communities, and nations within US territories, and tribes without federal or state recognition face unique challenges. Despite the myriad ways the US…
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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…
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Paige Johnson This project investigates how Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS) protocols apply to environmental data collected on Tribal lands by federal/state entities. The 2011/2014 flooding of the Missouri River and need for further soil moisture data led the United States Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District to implement a Mesonet weather station monitoring network across…
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| MATTHEW TAFOYA (Navajo/Diné, Tewa), Director, Research Coordinator, Navajo Technical University Innovation Center, University of Arizona and Navajo Technical University
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| LAUREN W. YOWELUNH MCLESTER-DAVIS (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin), Scientist and Director of Indigenous Science Advocacy in the Native American Center for Health Professions at the University of Wisconsin – Madison | JORDAN P. LEWIS (Aleut, Native Village of Naknek), Associate Director of Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team; Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health…
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Cheryl Ellenwood In this presentation, we introduce the Indigenous Data Alliance. The Indigenous Data Alliance (IDA) is a new independent non-profit organization catalyzing change through data and policy by Indigenous Peoples for Indigenous Peoples on Indigenous lands and water. We are an Indigenous women-led community of data scientists, researchers, policy analysts, and relatives. IDA creates…
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| TROY WIIPONGWII (Chickahominy), PhD, MPP. Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Conservation, Institute for Integrative Conservation at William & Mary
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Skylar Begay (Diné, Mandan and Hidatsa), Moderator Joshua Watts & Caitlynn Mayhew (Diné) – cyberSW.org Katharine Williams (Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma), Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Shannon Cowell, BIA ARPA Assistance Program Amy Gillaspie & Anastasia Walhovd (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), BIA NAGPRA Assistance Program Susan Ryan, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center American…
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Skylar BegayJoshua Watts In 2021, the Tucson-based nonprofit Archaeology Southwest (ASW) adopted its Model for Tribal Collaboration, which guides the organization in its efforts to partner with Tribal Nations across all program areas. The collaboration model was published as an ASW position paper, and is available at https://bit.ly/3JhENRV. Before developing that model, work at ASW…
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| SOFIA LOCKLEAR (Lumbee), Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto Mississauga | ABBY FEATHER (Aamjiwnaang First Nation), Undergraduate Research Assistant, Western University
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| CHRISTOPHER B. CHANEY (Seneca-Cayuga Nation), Principal Deputy Director (Virtual Presentation)
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| ALISHA L. MURPHY (Navajo/Diné), PhD Candidate, Economist at the Navajo Nation Division of Economic Development & | CAROL ANNE HILTON (Hesquiaht First Nation), MA, Founder and CEO of the Indigenomics Institute & the Global Centre of Indigenomics & | JESSICA ERICKSON (Binche Whut’en First Nation and Indian Ethnicity), BA , Founder and Owner of…
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| DR. M. MURPHY (Red River Métis), Professor, University of Toronto & | DR. KISTEN BOS (Métis), Assistant Professor, University of Toronto & | M. FERNANDA YANCHAPAXI (Kichwa-Panzaleo/Mestiza), PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
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| FRANK K. LAKE (Karuk/Yurok), Research Ecologist/Tribal Liaison
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Kali Dale NativeBio Data Consortium and partners constructed a Tribal Data Repository (TDR) to provide a safe haven for data from Tribal Nations that is generated from federally funded projects and to empower Tribal communities to directly govern their data. Indigenous Data Sovereignty is a foundational principle to the TDR; these principles guide co-creation of…
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| VERONICA LANE, PhD (Diné – Navajo Nation), Chief Data Officer, Office of Budget and Performance Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior & | MAGGIE HARDY, PhD, Senior Advisor for Statistics and Evidence – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Office of the Policy Analysis, Office of the Secretary,…
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Sandra LittletreeJoshua Brown Few libraries and data repositories have the digital and human infrastructure to support the diverse data needs of Indigenous scholars who use qualitative research methods and collect culturally sensitive data. Additionally, archives holding established collections of qualitative research data often lack the data stewardship infrastructures aligned with the values and desires of…
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Matthew CroxtonChristian Goes Ahead LopezDana KingfisherBlakely BrownKim GilchristAli Manuel We would like to share information about our data sovereignty project that engages three Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs) in Montana. The primary goals of this project are to talk with data sovereignty experts and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) community members living in urban areas…
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Emiliano Manriquez This study identifies plant specimens of deep cultural and spiritual significance to Arizona’s Indigenous Nations within the Arizona State University Biocollections and examines how digitization, collection geography, and potential genomic sequencing intersect with Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Stewardship is framed through both the FAIR data principles, which promote accessibility and reuse, and the CARE…
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| SHARON ATTIPOE-DORCOO (Indigenous Ewe native from Ghana), Principal, TERSHA LLC; Evaluation Focused Consulting | NORMA MARTINEZ-RUBIN, Principal, TERSHA LLC; Evaluation Focused Consulting
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| KYLE X. HILL, PhD, MPH (Anishinaabe, Dakota Lakota), Assistant Professor, Division of Environment Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota| JAMESON D. LOPEZ, PhD (Enrolled member of Quechan Tribe), Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice, University of Arizona
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Riley Taitingfong Stephanie Carroll Andrew Martinez Cassandra Sedran-Price This roundtable marks the launch of the CARE Data Maturity Model (CARE DMM), an assessment tool designed to evaluate and strengthen the implementation of the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance in diverse data ecosystems and infrastructures. Developed over three years with contributions from Indigenous communities, data…
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Hannah-Marie LaddChris Turner Led by the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island (ACSPI) Tribal Government, this presentation shares how Indigenous communities across Alaska are exercising sovereignty over the data and processes that guide governance and environmental resource stewardship. Through initiatives such as the Indigenous Sentinels Network (ISN) and the Bering Sea Research Center (BSRC), Tribes…
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Brandn GreenTillie StewartFrances Kim In 2024, the Montana Consortium for Urban Indian Health (MCUIH) was one of 14 Tribal or Native Service Organizations that received an award from the National Institutes of Health Native Collective Research Effort to Enhance Wellness (NCREW) Program. The award has enabled MCUIH and our project partner, JG Research & Evaluation,…
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Katharine Williams Indigenous Data include maps of ancestral landscapes. LiDAR has been widely embraced by archaeologists because it allows for visualization and examination of bare earth landscapes, thus often significantly reducing the time and costs required for preliminary site location and identification processes. However, this level of access and exposure of ancestral landscapes is a…
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| STEPHANY RUNNINGHAWK JOHNSON (member of the Oglala Lakota Nation), Founding Executive Director, Local Contexts | CORRIE ROE, Director of Outreach & Strategy, Local Contexts
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Rolando Perez
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| DONALD WARNE, MD, MPH (Oglala Lakota), Professor and Co-Director, Center for Indigenous Health; Provost Fellow, Indigenous Health Policy, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
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Latipa Dizon The Memory and Resistance Laboratory, or MEM-RES for short, is a multi-disciplinary research initiative that advances emergent practices for memory work in the twenty-first century. We live in moment of unprecedented crisis– settler warfare, extraction, and climate catastrophe– a moment when artists, writers, librarians, archivists, and teachers are being attacked, and entire ecosystems…
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| JASHA LYONS ECHO-HAWK (Seminole, Pawnee, Mvskoke Creek, Omaha, Ioway), Intertribal Birthworker, Indigenous Lactation Counselor, Co-founder of Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective | KIMBERLY MOORE-SALAS (Navajo/Diné), International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective
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| KALI DALE (White Earth Ojibwe), Director of Research, Native BioData Consortium
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ROUND TABLE 13 | DAY 2 | 9:30am-10:30am | BALLROOM H | BETH Y. DAVIS, Graduate Research Assistant and MS Student at the University of Maine & | JENNIFER SMITH-MAYO, Graduate Research Assistant and PhD Candidate at the University of Maine
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Hannah Golden The Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (NAFWS), in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), launched the Tribal Mapping Analytics Project to strengthen Indigenous leadership and capacity in the collection, management, and analysis of wildlife movement data. Rooted in the principles of Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Responsibility, this initiative ensures that tribal…
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| CLAUDIA R. DURAN, MLS (Apache Mescalero), Indigenous Affairs Coordinator, University of Arizona & | CARLOS GONZALES (Yaqui), MD, Assistant Vice President Indigenous Affairs, University of Arizona
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Melissa WallsJaclyn SmithKathy EtzChristina Ore The Native Collective Research Effort to Enhance Wellness (NCREW) Program is a NIH funded initiative to support Tribes and Tribal/Native-Serving organizations (TNSOs) in the US to do research that addresses overdose, substance use, pain, and other related factors. NCREW provides federal funding for research led by and for Native communities.…