24 March 2025 | 13:00 - 17:00 (MST)
Open Session - ON-SITE ONLY
Room: TBD
Organiser: Natasha Haycock-Chavez (Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic, USA)
Event Description:
Indigenous data sovereignty speaks to the rights of Indigenous Peoples, nations, and communities to control how their data is shared, used, and stored. While there are some excellent examples of Indigenous data governance, this issue has not been widely and properly addressed by Arctic researchers. Furthermore, discussions surrounding Indigenous data sovereignty in the Arctic remain largely North American centered and lack actionable ways to implement Indigenous data sovereignty at the community level.
We propose a half day talking circle discussion around data sovereignty as the foundational pillar of research ethics and ICARP research priorities. This talking circle will bring together Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, knowledge keepers, and storytellers to share their understanding and experiences of working with Indigenous knowledge. Through this discussion we seek to learn and offer guidance to ICARP on the key principles of data sovereignty.
This half-day side event, held in the Indigenous Pavilion, will start with several keynote storytellers followed by an open discussion and brainstorm on the diverse ways and approaches to Indigenous data governance issues. We will focus on the following questions: what is an Indigenous dataset, what are the ethical ways to work with Indigenous data and how should Arctic researchers ensure Indigenous rights to own, control, access, and steward data about their communities, lands, and culture.