Indigenous Projects in AI and Computing
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Reworked with the asssistance of z.ai from the original source: https://islands-of-coherence.com/map-list
(prompted by Michel Bauwens)
Indigenous Projects — AI / Computing / Data / Tech
| Name | URL | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Te Mana Raraunga (Māori Data Sovereignty Network) | https://www.temanararaunga.maori.nz | Advocates for Māori rights and interests in data; six principles of Māori Data Sovereignty operationalised through iwi-controlled data trusts. Challenges open-data frameworks that ignore Indigenous governance. |
| Saami Council / SODA Principles | https://www.saamicouncil.net | Voluntary pan-Sámi cultural and political organisation spanning Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Russia. Advancing the SODA principles (Sámi Data Sovereignty) as the European parallel to Te Mana Raraunga, asserting Sámi governance over Sámi data. |
| Local Contexts (TK & BC Labels) | https://localcontexts.org | Global initiative providing Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Biocultural (BC) Labels — machine-readable metadata tools that Indigenous communities apply to heritage collections and datasets to reassert cultural authority, specify provenance, and set conditions for access and use. |
| Indigenous Protocol & AI Working Group | https://www.indigenous-ai.net | Develops new conceptual and practical approaches to building AI from an ethical position that centres Indigenous concerns. Produced the landmark 2020 Position Paper exploring how Indigenous kinship protocols, relationality, and reciprocity can reshape the foundations of AI system design. |
| Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) | https://www.gida-global.org | International network advancing Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance. Houses the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics) — complementing FAIR principles with people-and-purpose-oriented standards. |
| Native BioData Consortium | https://nativebio.org | Indigenous-controlled biorepository and research centre on Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation land (Eagle Butte, South Dakota). No external funder can release the data alone; governance ensures tribal sovereignty over genomic and health data. |