My efforts to network around environmental data science (EDS) during the 2020s have put me in touch with several talented Indigenous data scientists who are teaching me much about Data Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge, and how we might better collaborate in the future to heal the planet. I am curious about how these new conversations and collaborations will evolve my thinking and contributions.
- Data Sovereignty Papers and Resources
- Data Sovereignty Talks and Events
- Indigenous Organizations & Communities
- Additional Material
- Data Sovereignty Course Project
Data Sovereignty Papers and Resources
“Ethics, like politics, is a matter for each nation to decide for itself…. Ethics reaches beyond sovereignty to right or wrong, independently of what people of any nation claim.” Blizek and Concess (1996) Ethics and Sovereignty.
- MM Adams on behalf of the N’dee San Carlos Apache Tribe (2024) Indigenous Fire Data Sovereignty: Applying Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles to Fire Research. Fire 7: 222.
- Natalie C Ban, Alejandro Frid, Mike Reid, Barry Edgar, Danielle Shaw, Peter Siwallace (2018) Incorporate Indigenous perspectives for impactful research and effective management. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 1680-1683
- Megan Bang, Ananda Marin and Douglas Medin (2018) If Indigenous Peoples Stand with the Sciences, Will Scientists Stand with Us? In issue on Unfolding Futures: Indigenous Ways of Knowing for the Twenty-First Century. Daedalus , Spring 147(2): 148-159.
- Sandra K Barnidge (2024) Beyond Jurassic Park. On Wisconsin
- Moroni Benally (2018) Moroni for President (cooptation in collaborative settings)
- Alan Blatecky, Damian Clarke, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Deborah Dent, Rebecca Hipp, Ana Hunsinger, Al Kuslikis, Lauren Michael (2021) The Missing Millions. NSF OAC.
- William J Blizek, Rory J Conces (1996) Ethics and Sovereignty. Philosophy Faculty Publications 11. Nature 8: 108.
- Stephanie Russo Carroll, Ibrahim Garba, Oscar L. Figueroa-Rodríguez, Jarita Holbrook, Raymond Lovett, Simeon Materechera, Mark Parsons, Kay Raseroka, Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear, Robyn Rowe, Rodrigo Sara Jennifer D. Walker, Jane Anderson, Maui Hudson (2020) The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. Data Science J 19: 43.
- Stephanie Russo Carroll, Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear, Andrew Martinez (2019) Indigenous Data Governance: Strategies from United States Native Nations. Data Science J 18: 1-15.
- Stephanie Russo Carroll, Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear, Andrew Martinez (2017?) Indigenous Data Sovereignty in the United States: Policy Brief.
- Stephanie Carroll Rainie, Tahu Kukutai, Maggie Walter, Oscar Luis Figueroa-Rodriguez, Jennifer Walker, Per Axelsson (2019) Indigenous Data Sovereignty. African Minds and International Development Research Centre. ISBN 9781928331957. Ch 21..
- Diana M Dalbotten, Emi Ito, Susan Eriksson, Holly Pellerin, Lowana Greensky, Courtney Kowalczak, Antony Berthelote (2017) Gidakiimanaanawigamig’s Circle of Learning: A Model for Partnership between Tribal Community and Research University. International Journal of Partnership Studies, Vol. 4(3).
- Tim Davies, Stephen B Walker, Mor Rubinstein, Fernando Perini (eds) (2019 Cape Town and Ottawa) State of Open Data: Histories and Horizons.
- Sarah de Leeuw (2017) Putting calls into action. Can Fam Physician 63: 56–59.
- Sarah Dickson-Hoyle, Ronald E Ignace, Marianne B Ignace, Shannon M Hagerman, Lori D Daniels, Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz (2021) Walking on two legs: a pathway of Indigenous restoration and reconciliation in fire-adapted landscapes. Restoration Ecology 30: e13566.
- Elie Dolgin (2023) Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome New York Times. (see last few paragraphs)
- Dan Flores (2022) Wild New World–The Epic Story of Animals and People in the America. WW Norton. Reviews: Kirkus, Goodreads, Nat Parks Traveler. Video: School of Advanced Research (2023)
- Jessica Hernandez (2022) Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science. Penguin Random House. ISBN 9781623176051.
- Lydia Jennings, Talia Anderson, Andrew Martinez, Rogena Sterling (2023) Applying the ‘CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance’ to ecology and biodiversity research. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7.
- Tahu Kukutai, John Taylor (2016) Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an Agenda. Australian National U Press.
- Ray Lovett, Vanessa Lee, Tahu Kukutai, Stephanie Carroll Rainie, Jennifer Walker. 2019. Good Data Practices for Indigenous Data Sovereignty, in Angela Daly, Kate Devitt, & Monique Mann (Eds.), Good Data, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures Inc. ISBN 978-94-92302-27-4.
- Peter R Martin (2023) The ‘deer-men’ and the ‘bowhead-men’: The colonial co-optation of Arctic Indigenous knowledge within the ‘origins of the Inuit’ debates. Trans Inst British Geographers 49: 312615.
- Laura Matson et al. (2021) Transforming research and relationships through collaborative tribal-university partnerships on Manoomin (wild rice). Environmental Science & Policy 115: 108-115.
- M O’Brien, R Duerr, R Taitingfong, A Martinez, L Vera, LL Jennings, RR Downs, E Antognoli, T ten Brink, NB Halmai, SR Carroll, D David-Chavez, M Hudson, PL Buttigieg (2024) Earth Science Data Repositories: Implementing the CARE Principles. Data Science Journal, 23: 1–29.
- Chidi Oguamanam (2020) Indigenous Peoples, Data Sovereignty, and Self-Determination: Current Realities and Imperatives. African J Information and Communication 26.
- Paul Robbins, Hilary Habeck Hunt, Francisco Pelegri, Jonathan Gilbert (2023) Sovereign genes: wildlife conservation, genetic preservation, and Indigenous data sovereignty. Frontiers of Conservation Science 4.
- Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear (2016) Building a Data Revolution in Indian Country. In Indigenous Data Sovereignty–Toward an agenda,ch 14, 253-272.
- Steven Semken (2018) Sense of Place and Place-Based Introductory Geoscience Teaching for American Indian and Alaska Native Undergraduates. Geoscience Education 53: 149-157.
- Erica AH Smithwick, Chris Caldwell et al. (2019) Learning About Forest Futures Under Climate Change Through Transdisciplinary Collaboration Across Traditional and Western Knowledge Systems. Springer.
- H. Holden Thorp (2024) Learning with Lakota scientists. Science 385: 1025.
- Kath Traynor (2017) Data Management Plan: Empowering Indigenous Peoples and Knowledge Systems Related to Climate Change and Intellectual Property Rights. Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e15111.
- Sarah Trembath (2024) Decoloniality.
- Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang (2012) Decolonization is not a metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society 1: 1-40
- Susan Tussy (2021) State Of the Craft in Research Data Management. GLOBUS. (discusses sovereignty)
- Maggie Walter, Tahu Kukutai, Stephanie Russo Carroll, Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear (2020) Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy. 1st ed. Routledge, 244p.
- Victoria Warren-Mears (n.d.) Principles and Models for Data Sharing Agreements with American Indian/Alaska Native Communities. Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Tribal Epidemiology Center.
- Bhiamie Williamson, Sam Provost, Cassandra Price (2022) Operationalising Indigenous data sovereignty in environmental research and governance. Environment and Planning F 2.
Data Sovereignty Talks and Events
- ADSA Panel: Community-Centered Benefit Sharing and New Data Equities (9 Feb 2022; Video Recording)
- Earth Parternership CRRR Webinar (2021) Nicole Bowman on Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Tribal Nation Implications for Addressing the Federal Evidence-Based Policy Making Act of 2018
- ESIIL Innovation Summit (annual in May) & ESIIL Hackathon (annual in Oct/Nov)
- Food sovereignty, Native knowledge-keeping part of Indigenous Peoples Day events (8-11 Oct 2023, CU Boulder)
- Institute for Social Research–Webinar on ethical use of indigenous data
- International Institute for the Sociology of Law–Workshop on International Law, the United Nations Declarations of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Data Sovereignty, 11-12 July, 2019
- NASA Applied Sciences–An Introduction to Remote Sensing for Tribal Lands
- NCEAS Seminar Series: Advancing Ecology and Environmental Data Science for a More Just and Equitable Future
- Indigenous Data Sovereignty–How Scientists and Researchers can Empower Data Governance. Lydia Jennings. 7 April 2021. Poster
- Rising Voices Panel: NOAA Environmental Data Talks - Speaker Series Data, Diversity, and Disaster October 16, 2020
My Events
- Exploring Data Sovereignty and the Sovereign Data Network 13-15 Feb 2024
- ESIIL Innovation Summit 14-16 May 2024
- UW Earth Partnership Native Education Pathways Workshop 24-28 Jun 2024
- ESIIL Working Group Maka Sitomniya 8-1 Jul 2024
- Seven Generation Inter-Tribal Leadership Summit 9-11 Oct 2024
Indigenous Organizations & Communities
This list is primarily about Indigenous data science, but includes other links pertinent to EDS and climate change. For instance, Digital Mappa is a system to network maps and ancient scrolls/texts, which could be quite useful for organizing sovereign documents. See also Environmental Organizations & Communities, which includes 350 and Project DrawDown as global efforts to address climate change, growing connections with Indigenous communities.
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society
- Enrich Hub
- First Nations Principles of OCAP
- Geoscience Alliance
- Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA)
- Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)
- Indigenous Climate Resilience Network
- IndigiData
- Training the Next Generation of Indigenous Data Scientists (2021 NY Times)
- Using data to bring power, autonomy to Indigenous communities (OSU College of Arts and Sciences)
- Indigenous scientists exchange knowledge at local workshop (NW Treaty Tribes)
- Situating IndigiData and Dark Laboratory (Aydelotte)
- Indigidata For the Next Seven Generations (YouTube)
- IndigiData Aotearoa
- Land Knowledge
- Nagoya Protocol-Convention on Biological Diversity
- National Conference of American Indians
- Native American and Indigenous Microbiologists (Amer Soc Microbiology)
- Native Land Digital Map
- Native Languages of the Americas
- Native Nations Institute (NNI)
- Oyate Hotanin (Voice of the People)
- Phenological Initiatives for INdigenous Peoples in Limnology (PhIN)
- PLoS on Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Open Data
- Rising Voices: Workshops & Activities
- Seven Generation Inter-Tribal Leadership Summit (LCOOU, Sep/Oct)
- Sovereign Data Network
- Status of Tribes and Climate Change Report (STACC)
- Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING)
- Te Mana Raraunga, Māori Data Sovereignty Network
- Traditional Lifeways and Storytelling–Tools for Adaptation and Resilience to Ecosystem Change
- Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu
- Tribal College–Journal of American Indian Higher Education
- Tribal Exchange Network (TXG)
- UCAR Indigenous data sovereignty & Earth System Sciences
- US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network
- UW-Madison
- Wild12
Wisconsin
- Sara Smith (18 Apr 2023, WI Academy) Traditional Perspectives and Tribal Resilience (video)
- Robin Wall Kimmerer on “To the Best of Our Knowledge” (30 Mar 2022 1pm)
- Madison Library Takeover: Thrival Tools Event (26 Feb 2022 6-8:30pm)
- Owning Our Past (Grace Church, Madison)
- 7 Feb-1 May 2022 zoom meetings
- Onondaga Nation and Senator Daniel Inouye
- Returning Home: Three Oneida Children Find a Final Resting Place – StoryCorps
- UW Earth Partnership IAS Webinar Series
- Good Relatives? 2018 Federal Evidence-Based Policy Making Act and Implications for Tribal and Academic Research Partnerships. Nicole Bowman, 31 Mar 2021
- Culturally Responsive Research Relationships. Nicole Bowman, 12 Oct 2020
Tribes
- Bad River
- Ho Chunk
- Lakota
- Lakota Nation vs United States (movie)
- Oceti Sakawin Nation
- Sicangu Treaty Council Interactive Treaty Map
- Oceti Sakowin: Essential Understandings & Standards
- Wolakota Code (Victor Douville)
- 120 Years of Lakota History on Calendar (Smithsonian)
- Oceti Sakawin Map (Native Land)
- Why ancient calendars still rule the world (Nature) (movie)
- Calendars Then and Now (Lakota Times)
- Lakota Seasons & Moon Phases
- The Seven Council Fires (Oceti Ŝakowiŋ)
- Jhon Goes in Center Collection Spotlight (Ralph T Coe Center)
- JhonDuane Goes in Center 101 Show 2020 (Brinton Museum)
- Menominee
- David RM Beck (2002) Siege & Survival. U NE Press
- Ada Deer, Native American Voice Inside Government and Out, Dies at 88 - The New York Times
- Jennifer K Gauthier (13 Mar 2023, CESA) Mamaceqtawak: The Movers Strengthening Community Connections to Menominee Ways of Well-Being
- Kemāmaceqtaq: Harvest of the Moon
- Menominee Theoretical Model of Sustainability
- Reynold “Renny”” Katchenago, Menominee mural artist
- Nicholas Perloff (1982) Menominee DRUMS. U OK Press
- Menominee Tribe (YouTube)
- Menominee sturgeon
Indigenous Arts
Indigenous Sci-Fi
- Chelsea Vowel (2023) Buffalo is the new Buffalo
- Before tomorrow movie (2008)
- Robert Sawyer (2002) Neanderthal parallax trilogy
- Moniquill Blackgoose (2023) To Shape a Dragon’s Breath. Penguin Random House
- Octavia’s Brood
- Nnedi Okorafor
- Janelle Monáe
- Nalo Hopkinson * The New Moon’s Arms
- NK Jemisin
Land-Grab Universities
- Aaron Bird Bear 7 Apr 2022: Cornell, Ohio State and UC-Berkeley have all hosted academic series in the last two years about the intersections of the universities and their financing tied to the dispossession of Native Nations “typically by brute force, coercion, trickery, deception, and lopsided treaties.”
- Robert Lee, Tristan Ahtone (2020 High Country News)Land-grab universities
- Stephen M Gavazzi, John N Low (2022 AAUP) Confronting the Wealth Transfer from Tribal Nations That Established Land-Grant Universities. AAUP’s Academe magazine
- Hayden Royster (2022 Cal Mag) This Land is Their Land
Wisconsin
- About The Ways – PBS Wisconsin Education
- Don’t Just Teach About Cultures—Teach Culturally. Here’s the Difference (David J O’Connor)
- Erik Ness (2023 Isthmus) We’re in our forever home
- UW Press - : Spirits of Earth: The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes, Robert A. Birmingham