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ATALM 2026

September 21, 2026 - September 25, 2026
 

The Local Contexts team will be attending and presenting at the 2026 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museum held September 21-25 in Spokane, Washington, United States. The team is currently slotted to present: If you plan to attend, please reach out to our outreach team (or on the Whova app) to connect! See …

OPEN @ UNGA 81

September 21, 2026
, 14:00 UTC - 19:00 UTC

What does digital sovereignty mean in an open world? On September 21, OPEN @ UNGA 81: A Conversation on Collaboration will bring together leading voices from open source, digital rights, and digital sovereignty — including Local Contexts Founder Jane Anderson — for a day of conversation on how the two intersect. Discussions will examine where …

Climate Week 2026

September 22, 2026 - September 23, 2026
, 22:30 UTC - 00:30 UTC

Building on last year’s inaugural Living Data, Living Lands, this year’s NYC Climate Week convening will center the question that the Global Indigenous Movement has been addressing for decades: How can Indigenous communities control the AI infrastructure itself? This gathering engages AI, which, left unchecked, could extend extractive logics that absorbs material without attribution, provenance, …

Hawai‘i Institution/Researcher Network meeting

September 30, 2026
, 21:00 UTC
More info

The next Hawai‘i Institution/Researcher Network meeting will be held September 30 UTC. For this meeting, we will host a brief presentation orienting the group to Local Contexts Labels and Notices as tools for operationalizing Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov). We will also work in breakout discussions about IDSov principles and terminology and to compile resources, knowledge, …

Local Contexts Hub Information Session

October 14, 2026
, 19:00 UTC

Do you have questions about Local Contexts or the Local Contexts Hub? Curious about how you can use the Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels and Notices to support Indigenous data sovereignty and cultural authority? Sign-up for a group informational or Hub demonstration session with the Local Contexts team!

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Notices in Use

“Notices in use: UTS ePress.” Screenshot of UTS ePress webpage for the Marana Dyaragali publication, which includes the Traditional Knowledge Notice. Decorative maroon background. Notices in Use

Notices in Use: Marana Dyargali, published by UTS ePress

May 16, 2025 Marana Dyargali is a collection of zines exploring Indigenous research ethics and the intersection of protocols and practice. Published by UTS ePress, Marana Dyargali was… …
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“Notices in use: Wilson Museum.” Screenshot of the Wilson Museum collections webpage, featuring the Local Contexts Open to Collaborate, Attribution Incomplete, and Traditional Knowledge Notices. The screenshot is on a decorative red background overlaid with an image of a stream and woodland area. Notices in Use

Notices in Use: The Wilson Museum Collections, Maine, USA

May 9, 2025 The Wilson Museum in Castine, Maine, USA, recently added the Open to Collaborate, Attribution Incomplete, and Traditional Knowledge Notices to the collection page on their… …
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“Notices in use: The Whyte Archive.” Screenshot of Whyte’s website object record page for “Pearl Moore’s Beaded Vest,” including an image of a decorated beaded vest and the Local Contexts Notices below. Decorative red background. Notices in Use

Notices in use: The Whyte Archives

Dec 13, 2024 The Whyte Archive is using Open to Collaborate and Attribution Incomplete Notices in its online collection page for “Pearl Moore’s Beaded Vest.” The Notices are… …
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“Notices in use: Wise Ancestors.” Screenshot of Wise Ancestors website homepage, which includes text “Braiding biotechnology, Indigenous science, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge to conserve biodiversity,” and the Local Contexts Open to Collaborate Notice. Decorative red background. Notices in Use

Notices in use: Wise Ancestors

Oct 30, 2024 We’re thrilled to announce that Wise Ancestors has joined the Local Contexts Hub and is using the Open to Collaborate Notice on their homepage to… …
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“Notices in use: Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.” Screenshot of Newfields website object record page for “birdstone,” including an image of a stone bird and the Local Contexts Notices below. Decorative red background. Notices in Use

Notices in use: Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Sep 18, 2024 The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields is using Open to Collaborate, Attribution Incomplete, BC, and TK Notices in its online collections portal. The Notices… …
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“Notices in use: Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts.” Screenshot of Coe Center website collections page “The Coe Collection” and the Local Contexts Open to Collaborate Notice. Decorative red background. Notices in Use

Notice in Use: Coe Center

Jun 7, 2024 The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts is using Open to Collaborate Notices on its website, including on its collections page and in its… …
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Text and screenshots on decorative red background. “Notices in use: Green Ribbon and Blue Ribbon Stories publication. Two screenshots of the article titled “Green Ribbon and Blue Ribbon Stories: Applying a Bidjara Way of Knowing to Understanding Records” by Leann Wilson and Rose Barrowcliffe with a TK Notice icon visible. Notices in Use

Notices in use: “Green Ribbon and Blue Ribbon Stories” publication

Jun 14, 2023 Leann Wilson (Bidjara/Kara-Kara and South Sea Islander) and Rose Barrowcliffe (Butchulla) wrote “Green Ribbon and Blue Ribbon Stories: Applying a Bidjara Way of Knowing to… …
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Text and screenshot on decorative red background. “Notices in use. European Reference Genome Atlas.” Screenshot showing the European Reference Genome Atlas website, “A Genome Atlas of European Biodiversity,” with the Open to Collaborate Notice. The icon is a black square with two hands reaching towards each other over a box. Notices in Use

Notices in use: ERGA

Mar 8, 2023 The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) has applied an Open to Collaborate Notice. ERGA, the pan-European partner of the Earth BioGenome Project, is an international… …
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Left: Text and screenshot on decorative red background. “Notices in use. Fortepan.us.” Below the title is a screenshot of the Fortepan website showing the TK and Attribution Incomplete Notice icons in the information about a sepia photograph. Right: Text and screenshot on decorative red background. A screenshot of the Local Contexts Hub showing the Fortepan project, Tama County, IA photos circa 1930. There are some links to the Fortepan site and the TK and Attribution Incomplete Notices icons. Text below: “Project on the Local Contexts Hub.” Notices in Use

Notices in use: Fortepan.us

Feb 1, 2023 Fortepan.us has applied Local Contexts Notices in its digital photograph archive. Fortepan.us is an open source archival platform presenting an alternative public history based on… …
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Text on decorative red background: “Notices in use. Bilberry genome assembly.” Below the text is a composite of a photograph of a green plant, a bilberry, a map with Norway highlighted in red, and a BC Notice, a square labeled “BC”. Notices in Use

Notice in Use: Bilberry genome assembly

Nov 23, 2022 The bilberry is a widespread shrub that grows in northern Europe and has been a significant source of nutrition for the Sámi. The samples used… …
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Manaaki Whenua Systems Collections Data database sample entry for CHR 469903 with 4 Local Contexts Labels and 1 Notice. Collections details including specimen type, database record, preferred name, and identification type. On right, list titled “Permissions.” Beneath, text: “Project title: Biological specimens housed at Manaaki Whenua: Te rohe o Whakatōhea,” Beneath, text: “Reference: Local Contexts - Whakatohea.” Four Label icons and titles are below: “BC Provenance (BC P) | Nā wai/ Nō hea. BC Research Use (BC R) | Rangahau. BC Open to Collaboration (BC CB) | Kotahitanga. BC Open to Commercialization (BC OC) | Umanga.” Beneath, text: “Project title: Local Contexts - Allan Herbarium (CHR)” with Local Contexts BC Notice icon. Labels in Use, Notices in Use

Labels and Notices in Manaaki Whenua

Oct 5, 2022 Last updated April 12, 2023 The first Biocultural Labels and Notices have been applied to an open biodiversity database using the Local Contexts Hub. Manaaki… …
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Text at top: “Notices in use. Maine Center for Genetics in the Environment.” On a decorative red background, two screenshots. The back screenshot shows the Maine Center for Genetics in the Environment homepage. On top, the screenshot shows the Open to Collaborate Notice and text. Notices in Use

Notice in Use: Maine-eDNA

Sep 7, 2022 The Maine Center for Genetics in the Environment at the University of Maine and its program, Maine-eDNA, have applied the Open to Collaborate Notice on… …
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On a decorative red background, text: “Notices in use. Wellcome Collection.” Two screenshots from the Wellcome Collection website. The first shows a title, “An invitation to Indigenous communities.” The second shows text with two Notices applied, Open to Collaborate and Attribution Incomplete. Notices in Use

Notices in Use: Wellcome Collection

Aug 3, 2022 The Wellcome Collection, a London, UK, museum focused on health and human experience, has applied the Attribution Incomplete and Open to Collaborate Notices. On their… …
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On a decorative red background, text: “Notices in use. OpenTEK.” Below, a screenshot showing a map of the world with colored dots. At the bottom, the Local Contexts logo, a ring made of dots. Notices in Use

Notices in Use: OpenTEK

Jul 20, 2022 The four Local Contexts Notices — Traditional Knowledge, Biocultural, Attribution Incomplete, and Open to Collaborate — have been applied to the OpenTEK platform. OpenTEK is… …
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On a decorative red background, text: “Notices in use. Karen Jamieson Dance.” Screenshot of the Karen Jamieson Dance website with the title “Collaboration at KJD.” Notices in Use

Notices in Use: Karen Jamieson Dance

Jun 30, 2022 The Attribution Incomplete and Open to Collaborate Notices have been applied by Karen Jamieson Dance, a dance company based in Canada on the unceded traditional… …
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Black text on dark red decorative background: “Notices in use. Simon Fraser University Library Northwest Coast Image Archive.” In the center are two screenshots. In the background, one shows a screenshot of the landing page of the “SFU Digitized Collections, The George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive,” which is text with a small image of a close-up of a monumental carving. The second screenshot is on top and shows the Open to Collaborate Notice icon, a black square icon with two hands facing each other, next to the Notice text: “Open to Collaborate. Our institution is committed to the development of new modes of collaboration, engagement, and partnership with Indigenous peoples for the care and stewardship of past and future heritage collections.” At the bottom of the post in black is the Local Contexts logo, a ring made of dots. Notices in Use

Notice in Use: Simon Fraser University

May 23, 2022 An Open to Collaborate Notice is applied to the Northwest Coast Image Archive in Simon Fraser University Library’s Digitized Collections. This collection in the Bill… …
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Black text on dark red decorative background: “Notices in use. American Philosophical Society.” In the center are two screenshots. One shows the homepage of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at the American Philosophical Society, which is mainly a close-up of a hand-drawn map. In the second screenshot is the Notice icon, a black square icon with two hands facing each other, next to the Notice text: “Open to Collaborate. CNAIR is committed to the development of new modes of collaboration, engagement, and partnership with Indigenous peoples for the care and stewardship of past and future heritage collections.” At the bottom right corner in black is the Local Contexts logo, a ring made of dots. Notices in Use

Notice in use: American Philosophical Society CNAIR

Apr 27, 2022 The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at the American Philosophical Society utilizes the Open to Collaborate Notice. CNAIR strives to work with community-based… …
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GDV database showing the genome overview for “Vaccinium myrtillus isolate NK2018 v1.0 genome sequence” that includes a Local Contexts BC Notice icon and text. Notices in Use

See the first published BC Notice

Mar 3, 2021 Find it in the "Vaccinium myrtillus isolate NK2018 v1.0 genome sequence" analysis in the Genome Database for Vaccinium. …
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