Governing data and data for governance: the everyday practice of Indigenous sovereignty

Data as a Strategic Resource: Self-determination, Governance, and the Data Challenge for Indigenous Nations in the United States

“…The responsibility for insuring that the right data is used for all these purposes-obtaining funding, planning tribal facilities and services, and making appropriate decisions at the tribal council level-rests with the tribe itself. Tribal use of tribal data, whether collected by the tribe or by others, lies at the heart of tribal data governance (Smith, 2016). What does the tribe need to know about its people and its resources that can further tribal development?…”

Student Consent in Learning Analytics

“…Although there are sometime overarching legal frameworks that can establish boundaries and definitions, these are not universal. If we accept student data sovereignty as a principle such that institutions do not own students' data, but rather have temporary stewardship (First Nations Information Governance Centre, 2016;Smith, 2016;Tuck & Fine, 2007), it is inconsistent to assume that institutions may unilaterally decide on the sensitivity of that data.…”

Termination for Cultural Misalignment: Setting up Contract Terms to Ensure Community Well-Being in the Development of AI

“…Indigenous data sovereignty is generally defined as "the right of a nation to govern the collection, ownership, and application of its own data" (Native Nations Institute 2019) and can be achieved by leveraging instruments such as the Declaration (2007). Indigenous data sovereignty means that Indigenous peoples would have the power and authority to make rules and decision-making around collection, interpretation, validation, ownership, access and use of data and in doing so, exert self-determination over the narratives told about themselves and their communities (Smith 2016). Data sovereignty is an equity-building practice that is in stark contrast to colonial practices that seek to standardize and simplify Indigenous populations into Western categorizations reflecting Western values (Smith 2016).…”

“…Indigenous data sovereignty means that Indigenous peoples would have the power and authority to make rules and decision-making around collection, interpretation, validation, ownership, access and use of data and in doing so, exert self-determination over the narratives told about themselves and their communities (Smith 2016). Data sovereignty is an equity-building practice that is in stark contrast to colonial practices that seek to standardize and simplify Indigenous populations into Western categorizations reflecting Western values (Smith 2016). An example of this would be attempts to simplify Indigenous family structures which include kin relationships into a Western nuclear family structure (Smith 2016).…”

“…Data sovereignty is an equity-building practice that is in stark contrast to colonial practices that seek to standardize and simplify Indigenous populations into Western categorizations reflecting Western values (Smith 2016). An example of this would be attempts to simplify Indigenous family structures which include kin relationships into a Western nuclear family structure (Smith 2016). Well-being indicators need to be based on Indigenous measures rather than western values for self-determination to be upheld (Yap and Yu 2016a).…”