Indigenous Data Sovereignty recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ inherent rights to access, use, and steward data critical for effective governance, and to govern those data according to their own values, principles, and practices.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Why Are We Gathering?

Indigenous Peoples in the US have a long history of taking sovereign action to protect and steward their data, knowledges, cultural heritage, specimens, and relatives through research codes, Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, and protocols. Yet, there are no national policies that address the data rights and needs for Indigenous Peoples in the US. Leveraging the affirmation of these rights within the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this gathering will bring together Indigenous Peoples and allies to create a collective force of action; connect Indigenous community data efforts with each other and with the international Indigenous Data Sovereignty movement; and develop priorities for Indigenous data governance in the US.

Summit Goals & Outcomes

We will convene Indigenous leaders, Indigenous community programs, academics, policy experts, and other data actors and rights holders from across the nation, both in person and virtually,  to develop guidance around appropriate data governance structures that support Indigenous Peoples’ own IDSov initiatives.

At the pre-conference Tribal Leaders and Scholars Workshop and during working sessions at the conference we will identify actions to advance Indigenous data governance in the US, specifically exploring efforts to: 

1. Establish an Indigenous data governance strategy in the US,
2. Create an Indigenous data standard via nation-to-nation partnerships between Indigenous Peoples and the federal government, and
3. Enhance Indigenous Peoples laws, policies, and systems for Indigenous data sovereignty led by their own priorities, visions, and strengths for our shared data futures.

Our Inclusive Approach

The Indigenous Data Sovereignty movement takes an inclusive view of Indigenous Peoples in the US, to include federally, state, un-recognized tribes, and peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and US Virgin Islands.

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