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Principles of Data Sovereignty & Governance

When conducting research with Indigenous communities, Indigenous data, and Indigenous knowledge, crafting a data management plan will entail conversations with your Indigenous research partners or research participants. The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance, the First Nations principles of OCAP^®, and the Principles of Māori Data Sovereignty can help guide these conversations.

The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance are people and purpose-oriented, reflecting the crucial role of data in advancing Indigenous innovation and self-determination. These principles complement the existing FAIR principles (www.go-fair.org) encouraging open and other data movements to consider both people and purpose in their advocacy and pursuits.
OCAP - Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession
The OCAP® stands for Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession and is a registered trademark of the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC). "OCAP® asserts that First Nations alone have control over data collection processes in their communities, and that they own and control how this information can be stored, interpreted, used, or shared."
Principles of Māori Data Sovereignty
The Principles of Māori Data Sovereignty "advocates for the realisation of Māori rights and interests in data, and for the ethical use of data to enhance the wellbeing of our people, language and culture." The six principles are: Authority, Relationships, Obligations, Collective Benefit, Reciprocity, and Guardianship. The Māori Data Audit Tool can help you assess readiness to address the principles in the Te Mana Raraunga Charter.

Considerations for Data Management & Sharing Plans

Data management and sharing plans (DMP or DMSP) are important tools for establishing transparency and a shared understanding with your research partners on the kinds of data and metadata that will be collected, how and where the data will be stored, who will have access to the data, whether or not the data will be shared publicly, roles of research partners for the responsible management of data, and questions of ownership and intellectual property rights. There are special considerations for areas such as ownership of data, intellectual property, and restrictions on sharing when conducting research with Indigenous partners or Indigenous participants.

The National Congress on American Indians (NCAI) Policy Research Center
In their response to NIH request for information on their Draft Data Management and Sharing Policy, the NCAI Policy Research Center recommended including: “All [Data Management] Plans involving research and Scientific Data with American Indian and Alaska Native tribe(s) should include specific information on how the Plan complies with their tribal research codes, documentation of official tribal approval(s) for the Plan, and should describe in detail how the Plan implements tribal requirements and preferences on data management and sharing to ensure that tribal nation(s) and their citizens, lands, and resources are protected, along with how the Plan will implement any tribal restrictions to data sharing.”
Supplemental Information to the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Responsible Management and Sharing of American Indian/Alaska Native Participant Data
Supplemental Information to the NIH's new Policy for Data Management and Sharing about the Responsible Management and Sharing of American Indian/ Alaska Native Participant Data provides important considerations for all researchers working with American Indian/Alaska Native communities and Tribal Nations.
Considerations for Researchers Working with AI/AN Communities (NIH)
The National Institutes of Health provides "some relevant considerations and best practices for developing partnerships with American Indian/Alaska Natives through the development and implementation of research studies."
Government of Canada, Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy
"For research conducted by and with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, collectives and organizations, DMPs must be co-developed with these communities, collectives and organizations, in accordance with RDM principles or DMP formats that they accept. DMPs in the context of research by and with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, collectives and organizations should recognize Indigenous data sovereignty and include options for renegotiation of the DMP."
Government of Canada, Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy - Frequently Asked Questions
How does this policy relate to the management of Indigenous research, knowledge and data?
The agencies acknowledge the importance of Indigenous data sovereignty and RDM principles that recognize and respect self-determination for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples through a distinctions-based approach

Indigenous Data Sovereignty Networks

The United States Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network
"The United States Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network (USIDSN) helps ensure that data for and about Indigenous nations and peoples in the US (American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians) are utilized to advance Indigenous aspirations for collective and individual wellbeing. USIDSN’s primary function is to provide research information and policy advocacy to safeguard the rights and promote the interests of Indigenous nations and peoples in relation to data."
The Maiam nayri Wingara Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Sovereignty Collective
"The Maiam nayri Wingara Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Sovereignty Collective was formed in early 2017 in order to develop Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data sovereignty principles and to identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strategic data assets. The intent of Maiam nayri Wingara is to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to engage in Indigenous Data Sovereignty and to advocate for rights (informed by UNDRIP) using data to inform development."
The Te Mana Raraunga Māori Data Sovereignty Network
"Our data, our sovereignty, our future. This vision drove the establishment of Te Mana Raraunga as the Māori Data Sovereignty Network. We advocate for Māori rights and interests in data to be protected as the world moves into an increasingly open data environment."

Resources

International Indigenous Policy Journal
Best Practices for American Indian and Alaska Native Data Collection
To address these incomplete, inaccurate, and unreliable standard data collection and analysis practices, Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), a Tribal Epidemiology Center, has created best practices for methods to collect, analyze, and present data on AI/AN populations.
The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
Carroll, S. R., Garba, I., Figueroa-Rodríguez, O. L., Holbrook, J., Lovett, R., Materechera, S., … Hudson, M. (2020). The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. Data Science Journal, 19(1), 43. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2020-043
Indigenous Data Governance: Strategies from United States Native Nations
Carroll, S. R., Rodriguez-Lonebear, D., & Martinez, A. (2019). Indigenous Data Governance: Strategies from United States Native Nations. Data Science Journal, 18(1), 31. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2019-031
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: University Institutional Review Board Policies and Guidelines and Research with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities.
Marley, T. L. (2019). Indigenous Data Sovereignty: University Institutional Review Board Policies and Guidelines and Research with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities. American Behavioral Scientist, 63(6), 722–742. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764218799130
Making room and moving over: knowledge co-production, Indigenous knowledge sovereignty and the politics of global environmental change decision-making
Latulippe, N., & Klenk, N. (2020). Making room and moving over: knowledge co-production, Indigenous knowledge sovereignty and the politics of global environmental change decision-making. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 42, 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.10.010
Publications from the Native Nations Institute at the Univerisity of Arizona
International Indigenous Data Sovereignty - A Research Data Alliance Interest Group

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