📣 The Local Contexts team will be away from our desks August 17-21, taking a mid-year break. If you have any questions, please contact us through our website, and we will get back to you when we return to our desks on August 24.
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Grounding Indigenous rights - Supporting Indigenous knowledge & data sovereignty - Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels & Notices https://linktr.ee/localcontexts
“Data Do’s and Don’ts: A Primer on Indigenous Data Sovereignty” is a useful guidebook for researchers across disciplines as an approachable entry point to IDSov. The guide is available on the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS) website ⬇️ www.umass.edu/braiding-kno...
Data Do's and Don'ts: A Primer on Indigenous Data Sovereignty : NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science : UMass Amherst
This guidebook was developed by the CBIKS Data Sovereignty Co-Lab for use by the CBIKS team in managing data across projects. This tool is useful to researchers in many disciplines, as it outlines dat...
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@rbgkew.bsky.social's 2026 State of the World's Plants and Fungi Symposium recordings and report now available online! localcontexts.org/sotwpf-2026-...
State of the World’s Plants and Fungi Symposium Recordings and Report
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew recently hosted the 2026 State of the World’s Plants and Fungi Symposium. The event brought together experts to focus on the “digitisation of herbarium and fungarium col...
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⭐️ ORCID Board nominations extended: 👉 https://info.orcid.org/nominations-now-open-for-orcid-board-elections-2027/ 📅 Nominations due 17 July!
Please meet Full-Stack Developer, Nolan Ryan (he/him, Plains Cree & Métis)! He joined the development team to support the ongoing development of the Local Contexts Hub. localcontexts.org/about/the-lo...
Nolan Ryan
Full-Stack Developer (Plains Cree and Métis) Nolan (he/him) is a Full-Stack Developer at Local Contexts and the organization’s first full-time international employee. He joined the development team to...
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Outreach Manager Emily Santhanam (Chickasaw) and Dr. Andrew Rominger, researcher at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and Co-Chair of the Local Contexts Hawai’i Institution/Researcher Network, will present a workshop at this month’s ESA 2026. localcontexts.org/event/esa-20...
ESA 2026
The Local Contexts team will present at the Ecological Society of America (ESA) 2026 Annual Meeting, held in-person in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Outreach Manager Emily Santhanam (Chickasaw) will presen...
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On 1 July UTC, Local Contexts Strategic Advisor Maui Hudson (Whakatōhea) will present as part of the State of the World's Plants and Fungi Symposium hosted by @rbgkew.bsky.social. While in-person registration is closed, you can still join online. localcontexts.org/event/state-...
State of the World’s Plants and Fungi Symposium
Local Contexts Strategic Advisor Maui Hudson (Whakatōhea) will present as part of the State of the World’s Plants and Fungi Symposium, online and in-person at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London, UK...
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We are excited to have Aotearoa Genomic Data Repository (AGDR) become a certified Integration Partner on the Local Contexts Hub. Read more: localcontexts.org/aotearoa-gen...
Aotearoa Genomic Data Repository joins Local Contexts as one of our first certified Integration Partners
Local Contexts is excited to welcome Aotearoa Genomic Data Repository (AGDR) as a certified Integration Partner on the Local Contexts Hub. “We are thrilled to welcome AGDR as our second certified Inte...
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On June 3 UTC, Outreach Manager Emily Santhanam (Chickasaw) and Director of Programs Corrie Roe will virtually present “#BeFairAndCare: How The Local Contexts Tools Support Indigenous Data Sovereignty” as part of the 51st Annual Conference of IASSIST. localcontexts.org/event/iassis...
IASSIST 2026
The Local Contexts team will present as part of the 51st Annual Conference of IASSIST, the International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology. On June 3 UTC, Outreach Man...
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The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington wants to save salmon whose habitat has been destroyed by development. They’re getting land back and turning a dairy operation back into a tidal marsh where the Stillaguamish River meets the Puget Sound. www.kosu.org/news/2026-05...
Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it
The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal is to turn farmland into wetlands with the hopes of restoring Chinook…
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Webinar 📣 Data and Knowledge Sovereignty in the Bioeconomy: Post-capitalist and Just Approaches to Biodiversity Use and Agriculture May 18, 4:30-6:30 pm SAST www.rethinking-biodiversity.org/whats-new
What's New — Rethinking Biodiversity-Based Economies for Conservation and Equity
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We are excited to share our 2024-2025 Annual Report, our organization’s first public-facing report of this kind. Check it out for stories around our growth and impact from this two-year span. localcontexts.org/2024-2025-an...
2024-2025 Annual Report
We are excited to share our 2024-2025 Annual Report, our organization’s first public-facing report of this kind. After a welcome from Executive Director Hop Hopkins, you will find stories around our ...
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Check out our latest dataset highlight! 🐟 Jessica Black and Courtney Carothers, share how long-term partnerships, ethical research practices, and centering Indigenous knowledge are shaping a more meaningful understanding of environmental change. Read more🔗: arcticdata.io/all/news/202...
📢 Call for Proposals: Global Participation Fund! We are now accepting applications for the GPF through 1 May. We're on a mission to build #researchequity. ✅ ORCID membership is NOT required to apply. Learn more and submit your proposal: https://wp.me/PcE4o3-54u #ResearchSky
Outreach Coordinator Amy June Breesman (Eastern Shawnee) will present “Activating the Local Contexts tools to uphold Indigenous Peoples’ rights in biocultural data sharing” at May's Society of Ethnobiology conference, held virtually and in-person in Sewanee, TN, US localcontexts.org/event/societ...
Society of Ethnobiology Conference 2026
The Local Contexts team will present at the 47th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology held virtually and in-person in Sewanee, Tennessee, United States. Outreach Coordinator Amy June Brees...
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The Local Contexts team is excited to be presenting/hosting the following virtual and in-person events over the next few months! Learn more on our website: localcontexts.org/events/
⭐ Participate in the upcoming @tdwg.org 2026 Working Sessions! 🗓 Sessions run between 11–22 May 💻 Registration is free, everyone is welcome! Explore the full list of sessions: 👉 tdwg.link/working-se... Join #TDWG to help shape the future of biodiversity data standards.
Check out our new workshop series! Next up is "Mapping Your Items in Omeka Classic and Omeka.net," scheduled for April 28th at 11 am EDT. Visit omeka.org/services/t... for more information about topics, cost, and enrollment. Come learn with us!
Omeka.net
A hosted service for Omeka, web publishing software for cultural institutions.
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The Local Contexts team was thrilled to be a part of the 2026 US Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance Summit, held last week! We were appreciative to make new connections, learn from other attendees and presenters, and share about Local Contexts. #IDSovSummit26 #IDSov #DataAreOurRelatives
Did you know the Local Contexts Labels and Notices have been used in a community publication, a zine collection, a Moana plan, theses, and peer-reviewed journal articles? The Local Contexts team is excited to share a new page on our website about publications! localcontexts.org/support/in-p...
Next week, catch the Local Contexts team at the U.S. Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Governance Summit 2026! Our team will be presenting and is excited to be a sponsor of this convening. DM us or contact us through our website to connect. s2.goeshow.com/usidsn/summi...
Register Now
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“In assembling these collections, no one thought that the communities from where the collections came might come to ask for them back. And that failure to consider all institutional publics is a considerable oversight in mission.” - Jane Anderson, Local Contexts Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor
Hyperallergic@hyperallergic.com · 5mo agoA new exposé from the Guardian details extensive holdings of human remains from former British colonies, as well as potential mishandling of body parts.
We are excited to share about the Local Contexts tools for Indigenous communities in this webinar next week from Indigenous Data Exchange, Collaboratory for IDGov, Indigenous Data Alliance, Indigelab, & NYU ILL! Free registration required and closes March 31. indigenousdatalab.org/2026-indigen...
❓Are you new to Local Contexts, or could use a refresher? Our 2026 information sessions have been added to our website! Get an overview of Local Contexts with time for your questions. localcontexts.org/events/info-...
Information Sessions
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Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor Jane Anderson and Executive Director Hop Hopkins will present a keynote at the upcoming @edinitiative.bsky.social Townhall. For registration and more information, see the EDI website: ethicaldatainitiative.org/2025/12/18/j...
Join Us for the March 2026 Ethical Data Initiative Townhall - The Ethical Data Initiative
The Ethical Data Initiative (EDI), in partnership with the TUM Think Tank and the University of Exeter, is delighted to invite you to participate in our Annual Multi-Stakeholder Townhall Meeting. This...
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As a part of Love Data Week at New York University, on February 12, NYU Libraries will have an in-person screen E Kore Au E Ngaro | The Connection Remains and discussion with filmmakers Andreas Burgess and Jane Anderson (Local Contexts Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor). nyu.libcal.com/event/16242801
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: "E Kore Au E Ngaro [The Connection Remains]" Film Screening and Conversation
Please join us for a screening of the short documentary "E Kore Au E Ngaro [The Connection Remains]" and a discussion about Indigenous data sovereignty with Prof. Jane Anderson...
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Please meet Outreach Coordinator Monique Tyndall (she/they/naakmãawã). Monique supports Local Contexts’ outreach efforts associated with the CBIKS. Read more about Monique on our website! localcontexts.org/about/the-lo...
Our team will present alongside representatives from the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Sciences & Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields as a part of the Association on American Indian Affairs’ 11th Annual Repatriation Conference. Learn more: www.indian-affairs.org/11thannualre...
11th Annual Repatriation Conference
The Association on American Indian Affairs 11th Annual Repatriation Conference will feature Native Nation Leaders, academics, lawyers, government officials, foreign institutions, artists and the publi...
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The first-ever international standard that calls for “appropriate disclosure of Indigenous peoples’ relationships and/or links to all data” is now available for free download. 🔥 Register on the IEEE site for access. standards.ieee.org/ieee/2890/10...
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📣 The Local Contexts team will be away from our desks Dec 24-Jan 2. If you have any Qs, please contact us through our website, & we will get back to you when we return to our desks on January 5. Our team sends best wishes for a happy Solstice, winter/summer season, & start to the new year!
