Te Kāhui Raraunga - Māori Data Governance Model
This report describes the Māori Data Governance Model that has been designed by Māori data experts for use across the Aotearoa New Zealand public service. Māori data is a taonga that requires culturally grounded models of protection and care. The Model provides guidance for the system-wide governance of Māori data, consistent with the Government’s responsibilities under te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Here is the link: Te Kāhui Raraunga- Māori Data Governance Model
Care project for indigenous data governance
The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance - courtesy of the Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) - reflect the crucial role of data in advancing Indigenous innovation and self-determination. These principles complement the existing FAIR principles encouraging open and other data movements to consider both people and purpose in their advocacy and pursuits.
Read more here: Care Principles For Indigenous Data Governance.
Māori Data Audit Tool
Use the Māori Data Audit Tool to assess your organisational readiness to address the principles in the Te Mana Raraunga Charter. You can also use it to assess the policies and processes of organisations you share data with.
Books & Readings
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy
This book examines how Indigenous Peoples around the world are demanding greater data sovereignty, and challenging the ways in which governments have historically used Indigenous data to develop policies and programs.
In the digital age, governments are increasingly dependent on data and data analytics to inform their policies and decision-making. However, Indigenous Peoples have often been the unwilling targets of policy interventions and have had little say over the collection, use and application of data about them, their lands and cultures. At the heart of Indigenous Peoples’ demands for change are the enduring aspirations of self-determination over their institutions, resources, knowledge and information systems.
With contributors from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, North and South America and Europe, this book offers a rich account of the potential for Indigenous data sovereignty to support human flourishing and to protect against the ever-growing threats of data-related risks and harms.
The editors have deep experience with the subject matter as all are founding members of the Indigenous Data Sovereignty networks in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA.
The e-book can be downloaded for free here on Google Play.
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an agenda
Tahu Kukutai and John Taylor's edited volume was published in 2016. Premised on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, it argues that indigenous peoples have inherent and inalienable rights relating to the collection, ownership and application of data about them, and about their lifeways and territories. As the first book to focus on indigenous data sovereignty, it asks: what does data sovereignty mean for indigenous peoples, and how is it being used in their pursuit of self determination..
Contributors include: Megan Davis (Chair, UNPFII), Maggie Walter (PVC Aboriginal Affairs and Leadership, University of Tasmania), Matthew Snipp (Director, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences’s Secure Data centre, Stanford University), Ceal Tournier (Chair, First Nations Information Governance Centre), Maui Hudson (Whakatohea Māori Trust Board), James Hudson (Independent Māori Statutory Board), Rawiri Jansen (Hauora Coalition) and Darin Bishop (Te Puni Kokiri).
This e-book can be downloaded for free from the ANU Press website.
Policy Briefs
Here are a range of policy briefs that have been developed by our international colleagues about;
Indigenous Data Initiatives
Indigenous Data Sovereignty is fast becoming a topical issue internationally with initiatives and discussions taking place around the world.
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
The United Nations Permanent Forum held workshops on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) on ‘data collection and disaggregation’ (in 2004), on ‘indicators of wellbeing’ (in 2006) and on ‘development with culture and identity’ (in 2010).
At these events indigenous representatives had raised concerns about the relevance of existing statistical frameworks for reflecting their worldviews and highlighted their lack of participation in data collection processes and governance.
Indigenous Data Sovereignty Networks
Networks have recently established in the the following places
United States - US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network
Australia - Maiamnayri Wingara Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Sovereignty Group
International Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network listserve
An IIDSN listserve has been established and is being managed by the US Data Sovereignty Network based at the Native Nations Institute at the University of Arizona.
To join the list send an email to: intidsn@list.arizona.edu