Caesar AI Atlas

Indigenous Data Sovereignty

Caesar AI Atlas Definition

Indigenous data sovereignty is the right of Indigenous peoples to govern data from, about, or connected to their communities, lands, resources, and knowledge systems. It includes collective and individual interests in access, control, privacy, interpretation, stewardship, and benefit-sharing.

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Indigenous Data Sovereignty Source

This can be defined as the "right of Indigenous peoples to control data from and about their communities and lands, articulating both individual and collective rights to data access and to privacy" (Raine et al. 2019, p. 300).

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