Local Contexts in Research and Reference
Local Contexts is commonly referenced in academic research and peer-reviewed journals, policy briefs, popular press, and more. In these publications, the Labels and Notices have been identified as useful tools across many sectors as a key practical mechanism for implementing the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. See below for our growing list of citations –– when possible, we have provided an open access source.
Local Contexts References and Citations
Journal Articles
“Governance of Indigenous data in open earth systems science”
Lydia Jennings, Katherine Jones, Riley Taitingfong, Andrew Martinez, Dominique David-Chavez, Rosanna ‘Anolani Alegado, Adrien Tofighi-Kiaki, Julie Malonado, Bill Thomas, Dennis Dye, Jeff Weber, Katie V. Spellman, Scott Ketchum, Ruth Duerr, Noor Johnson, Jennifer Balch, Stephanie Russo Carroll
2025, Nature Communications
“Earth Science Data Repositories: Implementing the CARE Principles”
Margaret O’Brien, Ruth Duerr, Riley Taitingfong, Andrew Martinez, Lourdes Vera, Lydia L. Jennings, Robert R. Downs, Erin Antognoli, Talya ten Brink, Nicole B. Halmai, Dominique David-Chavez, Stephanie Russo Carroll, Maui Hudson, Pier Luigi Buttigieg
2024, Data Science Journal
“Aotearoa genomic data repository: An āhuru mōwai for taonga species sequencing data”
Ben Te Aika, Libby Liggins, Claire Rye, E. Owen Perkins, Jun Huh, Rudiger Brauning, Tracey Godfery, Michael A. Black
2023, Molecular Ecology
“Indigenous peoples and local communities as partners in the sequencing of global eukaryotic biodiversity”
Ann. M. Mc Cartney, M. A. Head, K. S. Tsosie, B. Sterner, J. R. Glass, S. Paez, J. Geary, M. Hudson
2023, npj Biodiversity
“The CARE Principles and the Reuse, Sharing, and Curation of Indigenous Data in Canadian Archaeology”
Neha Gupta, Andrew Martindale, Kisha Supernant, Michael Elvidge
2023, Advances in Archaeological Practice
“Green Ribbon and Blue Ribbon Stories: Applying a Bidjara Way of Knowing to Understanding Records”
Leann Wilson and Rose Barrowcliffe
2023, Archives and Manuscripts, The Journal of the Australian Society of Archivists
“Repatriation as Pedagogy”
Jane Anderson and Sonya Atalay
2023, Current Anthropology
“Balancing openness with Indigenous data sovereignty: An opportunity to leave no one behind in the journey to sequence all of life”
Ann M. Mc Cartney, Jane Anderson, Libby Liggins, Adam M. Phillippy
2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
“Benefit sharing: Why inclusive provenance metadata matter”
Jacob Golan, KatieLee Riddle, Maui Hudson, Jane Anderson, Natalie Kusabs, Tim Coltman
2022, Frontiers in Genetics
“Creating space for Indigenous perspectives on access and benefit-sharing: Encouraging researcher use of the Local Contexts Notices”
Libby Liggins, Māui Hudson, Jane Anderson
2021, Molecular Ecology
“Rights, interests and expectations: Indigenous perspectives on unrestricted access to genomic data”
Maui Hudson, Nanibaa’ A. Garrison, Rogena Sterling, Nadine R. Caron, Keolu Fox, Joseph Yracheta, Jane Anderson, Phil Wilcox, Laura Arbour, Alex Brown, Maile Taualii, Tahu Kukutai, Rodney Haring, Ben Te Aika, Gareth S. Baynam, Peter K. Dearden, David Chagné, Ripan S. Malhi, Ibrahim Garba, Nicki Tiffin, Deborah Bolnick, Matthew Stott, Anna K. Rolleston, Leah L. Ballantyne, Ray Lovett, Dominique David-Chavez, Andrew Martinez, Andrew Sporle, Maggie Walter, Jeff Reading & Stephanie Russo Carroll
2020, Nature Portfolio
“The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance”
Stephanie Russo Carroll, Ibrahim Garba, Oscar L. Figueroa-Rodríguez, Jarita Holbrook, Raymond Lovett, Simeon Materechera, Mark Parsons, Kay Raseroka, Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear, Robyn Rowe, Rodrigo Sara, Jennifer D. Walker, Jane Anderson, Maui Hudson
2020, Data Science Journal
“Subverting the universality of metadata standards: The TK labels as a tool to promote Indigenous data sovereignty”
María Montenegro
2019, Journal of Documentation
“Toward slow archives”
Jane Anderson, Kimberly Christen
2019, Springer Nature
“Decolonizing Attribution: Traditions of Exclusion”
Jane Anderson, Kimberly Christen
2019, Journal of Radical Librarianship
“‘Chuck a Copyright on It'”: Dilemmas of Digital Return and the Possibilities for Traditional Knowledge Licenses and Labels”
Jane Anderson, Kimberly Christen
2013, Museum Anthropology Review
Research Guidelines
Can-Peat Local Contexts Guide for Researchers
Indigenous Research Team in the Office of the Vice-President, Research & International at the University of Waterloo, the Can-Peat Project team, the WAMPUM Lab at the University of Waterloo
2024, University of Waterloo
Local Contexts at University of Massachusetts Amherst, LibGuide
2026, University of Massachusetts
Simon Fraser University Library Respectful Research Guide
2023, Simon Fraser University
“Data Do’s and Don’ts: A Primer on Indigenous Data Sovereignty”
Jane Anderson, Vanessa Smith
2026, NSF CBIKS; NYU Indigenous Data Law Lab
Indigenous Metadata Bundle Communique
Riley Taitingfong, Andrew Martinez, Stephanie Russo Carroll, Maui Hudson, Jane Anderson
2023, Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance
Policy Briefs
“Recognizing Indigenous Interests: Labeling DSI with Provenance Metadata”
Jane Anderson, Maui Hudson, Stephany RunningHawk Johnson, KatieLee Riddle
2024, ENRICH Policy Brief
Popular Press
“Better care urged for animal remains tied to Indigenous peoples”
Amanda Heidt
2025, Science
“Digital Sequence Information Poses Risks to Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Biodiversity”
2024, Cultural Survival
“Open With Care: Indigenous researchers and communities are reshaping how Western science thinks about data ownership”
Sandeep Ravindran
2024, Science
“Can Indigenous knowledge and Western science work together? New center bets yes”
Jeffrey Mervis
2023, Science
“Innovating Tools To Create A Future For Biodiversity Genomic Data Governance To Support A New Era Of Ethical Genomic Research Practitioners With The Help Of EOSC Future And RDA”
Ann Mc Cartney
2023, Research Data Alliance Blog
“How Did a Self-Taught Linguist Come to Own an Indigenous Language?”
Alice Gregory
2021, The New Yorker
