Indigenous Data Sovereignty

Worked examples

Is an instance

A national data policy explicitly recognises Indigenous Data Sovereignty as a foundational concept guiding data practice involving Indigenous Peoples.

Is an instance

A research consortium acknowledges Indigenous Data Sovereignty when designing data governance for projects engaging Indigenous communities.

Looks similar, but isn't

Not an instance

A general open-data mandate that does not recognise Indigenous Peoples' distinctive rights and interests in data is not, on its own, an expression of Indigenous Data Sovereignty.

Not an instance

Granting external researchers unrestricted access to data about Indigenous Peoples without community participation runs counter to Indigenous Data Sovereignty.

Indigenous Data Sovereignty is grounded in the rights articulated in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and in the long-standing assertion by Indigenous Peoples of self-determination over their information. It is an international concept with national and community-level expression through bodies such as GIDA, Te Mana Raraunga, the US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network, and Maiam nayri Wingara. Indigenous Data Sovereignty is the foundational concept from which CARE Principles and Indigenous Data Governance practices derive.

References

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007); GIDA statements on Indigenous Data Sovereignty.

Use in your systems

JATS XML <role> element

xml

<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Indigenous Data Sovereignty"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/indigenous-data-sovereignty" />

Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "name": "Indigenous Data Sovereignty",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/indigenous-data-sovereignty",
  "description": "The recognition of Indigenous Peoples' inherent and inalienable rights and interests relating to the collection, ownership, application, and stewardship of data about their peoples, lifeways, territories, and resources.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/indigenous-data-governance-care-principles/",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/indigenous-data-sovereignty",
  "sameAs": [
    "IDS",
    "Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov)"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}