Events

U.S Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Governance Summit 2024: Local contexts

Members of the Local Contexts team will be attending and presenting at the US Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Governance Summit 2024. The Summit, organized by US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network, will be held April 11-12 in Tucson, Arizona, with virtual attendance options available.

The Summit “will convene Indigenous leaders, Indigenous community programs, academics, policy experts, and other data actors and rights holders from across the nation, both in person and virtually, to develop guidance around appropriate data governance structures that support Indigenous Peoples’ own IDSov initiatives.”

Founding Executive Director Dr. Stephany RunningHawk Johnson (Oglala Lakota Nation) and Director of Outreach & Strategy Corrie Roe will present about Local Contexts in one of the Summit’s sessions.

Learn more and register on the Summit website. There is a waitlist for in-person attendance, with limited virtual registration spots still available.

Upcoming Events

ATALM 2025

October 7, 2025 - October 9, 2025
 
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The Local Contexts team is planning to attend and present at the 2025 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM 2025). Director of Programs Corrie Roe, Outreach Manager Emily Santhanam (Chickasaw/Choctaw/Tamilian), Outreach Coordinator Amy June Breesman (Eastern Shawnee/German/Irish), and Council Chair James Eric Francis (Penobscot), Sr., will hold a half-day pre-conference workshop 21, …

Local Contexts Hub Demonstration Session

August 19, 2025
, 22:00 UTC
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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!

Local Contexts Hub Information Session

August 5, 2025
, 22:00 UTC
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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!

Local Contexts Aotearoa NZ Network x TIWG Meeting: AGDR Panel

July 23, 2025
, 22:00 UTC
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We are excited to host a crossover meeting between the Aotearoa New Zealand Network and Technical Implementation Working Group (TIWG) in July. In this meeting, the Aotearoa Genomic Data Repository team and their collaborators will present a panel discussion on the role of BC Labels and Notices in their data repository, focusing on context, examples, …