DataBack – but you didn’t hear it from us
Boozhoo News River readers,
This week, we share an introduction to Indigenous Data Sovereignty from Atmos Magazine, sharing how poor reporting on COVID-19 illnesses and deaths in Native American communities led to the formation of the mobile “Data Warrior Pony” lab, and how other Indigenous leaders are shaping the future of the movement during a period of increased interest.
As Data Warriors Lab founder Desi Small-Rodriguez (Northern Cheyenne/Chicana) says,
“The pandemic underscored that nobody is going to save us except ourselves.”
📰 More Indigenous Data Sovereignty News
Watch
Dr. Stephanie Russo Carroll, director of the Collaboratory of Indigenous Data Governance presents on IDS at TedxUArizona. Nothing gets our team more excited than seeing #DataBack out in the wild, and we think Dr. Carroll’s presentation takes the discussion to new heights.
Learn
The Stanford Global Studies Division hosts a free, virtual webinar called Global Dialogues: Indigenous Data Sovereignty on Friday, February 23. This event hosts speakers from Australia, Finland, and the USA on the opportunities and challenges of IDS.
Listen
A classic from the News River archives, Keoni Mahelona from Te Hiku Media in Aotearoa (New Zealand) joins the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast to discuss the colonial nature of data extraction by major tech companies, and the language revitalization efforts underway by Te Hiku.
Read
As we near 1000 downloads of the #DataBack eBook, we take a moment to remember why we are doing this in the first place. To quote directly from the eBook:
"Our end-goal is that this [Indigenous Data Sovereignty] technology will be available to everyone... not only can we compete with non-Indigenous tech firms, even in their colonial spaces, but we can do things better and with positive social impacts that influence others to do the same.”
Thank you all for getting us this far. Know someone who would find this interesting? Send them the link below.
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Catch Animikii CEO Jeff Ward along with other Indigenous tech leaders at Microsoft's Vancouver Office on February 16 for Tech Futures: Empowering Indigenous Leaders of Tomorrow.
This event will feature interactive panels, a mini career fair, and a chance to engage with tip Indigenous CEOs, venture capitalists, and industry leaders.
Know an Indigenous student or recent grad interested in tech or entrepreneurship? Send them the link below.
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