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Employee Opportunity: Social Media & Content Creator (Part-Time)
The IndigeLab Network is seeking a part-time employee to support data-informed content creation across our social media platforms and website. Position: Social Media & Content Creator Hours: Part-time, about 30 hours/month, flexible Pay: $18.65/hr to $31.50/hr depending on experience (determined by HR) Start Date: As soon as possible, open until filled. If this ad is up, the position…
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Call for Indigenous Data Communications
The IndigeLab Network invites researchers, artists, makers, and community storytellers to submit work for the Indigenous Data Communications Exhibit, a curated online exhibit celebrating Indigenous data shifters and re-makers. We seek works that reinterpret, reframe, and transform data through Indigenous knowledges, worldviews, and lived relationships with place. The purpose of this exhibit is to showcase…
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IN members co-lead process to codify global standard on Indigenous Peoples’ data
The standard, which advises scientists and professionals how to record provenance for data about and from Indigenous Peoples’ nations, communities and territories, is the first of its kind.
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IndigeLab Network responds to threats against Indigenous data in the USA
Through the IndigeLab Network, Indigenous researchers are moving their data out of the US, worried about the loss, theft, seizure, or privatization of their research
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Just released! The Status of Tribes and Climate Change (STACC) Report vol. 2
Thet STACC report eleveates the voices and efforts of Indigenous Poeples, Nations, and communities and provides and space within published literature to share our own stories about the climate change impacts we are experiencing and the solutions we are impleenting. The reports, now publishsed in two volumes, are acts of resilience and self-determination intended to…
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In the news: “Tribes, long shut out from their own health data, fight for access and sovereignty”
Stephanie Russo Carroll discusses how getting that data about Indigenous Peoples from the state, which houses vital statistics, is difficult — and in some cases, the data is missing. Carroll pushes for U.S. tribes — which are sovereign nations — to own and maintain control over their data, including health statistics. The concept, known as…
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In the news: “How a UConn biology professor is affected by federal grant and DEI executive orders”
As for long term impacts, McClellan said she worries that these changes will discourage students from pursuing a future in science.
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In the news: “A new Dartmouth study examines how to include Indigenous data in environmental research”
“A new study* examines how current research practices can improve the governance of Indigenous data. That can include data about Indigenous ecosystems, health, cultural practices and language, and it’s often collected by Indigenous people. Assistant professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth Lydia Jennings, a citizen of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, is the lead author of…
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In the news: “How researchers can use justice-oriented approach when working with Indigenous groups”
Justice-oriented or community-based science serves the community — especially Indigenous communities— and addresses power dynamics in research.
