Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) IndigenousData Sovereignty, Indigenous Data Governance, and Artificial Intelligence Communiqué
The Global Indigenous Data Alliance gathered in February 2026 at COLPOS in Texcoco, Mexico, and virtually, to discuss growing concerns for Indigenous Peoples and Artificial Intelligence (AI). GIDA asserts Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov) and Indigenous Data Governance (IDGov) with respect to Indigenous Peoples’ data, and applies these rights and protections to AI Technologies
Indigenous Data Governance & Universities Communiqué
Universities create, use, and hold enormous amounts of Indigenous data. These data range from old historical records to contemporary large datasets, including Open Data2 and the data underpinning emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies. Indigenous Peoples’ data include information about individuals, families, and communities, and environments as well as knowledges, cultures, languages and specimens.
CARE Directs Us Home: Prioritizing Indigenous Peoples’ Community Standards Communiqué
To: All users of the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance and Indigenous Data
IDGov ensures that Indigenous Peoples’ definitions and principles regarding data at local, regional, or national levels are implemented, reflecting their worldviews and priorities while enabling self-determined, data-driven decision-making. Where locally designed IDSov and IDGov models, principles, and guidelines exist, the CARE Principles emphasize their prioritization (Garrison and Carroll 2023; Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance n.d.).
Oñati Indigenous Data Sovereignty (ID-SOV) Communique
The Workshop International Law, The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ and Indigenous Data Sovereignty (the Workshop) was hosted 11-12 July 2019 at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain.