Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Practice

Indigenous data sovereignty (ID-Sov) is an emerging movement seeking to empower Indigenous Communities to define themselves, develop policy solutions that reflect Indigenous realities and aspirations, and preserve cultural heritage by implementing communitycontrolled data governance structures.1 These ID-Sov informed approaches centre Indigenous selfdetermination over collecting, owning, analysing and using data about or affecting Indigenous peoples, their communities, traditional knowledge, language, cultural practices and lived experiences. ID-Sov is a direct response to the historic and continuing misuse of Indigenous data and is gaining international law recognition within and outside broader discussions on data governance, ethics and human and Indigenous rights discourse.