Indigenous Governance of Data Held by Organisations: How to Operationalise Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles in Australia

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Data Science Journal
Published
20 Aug 2026
Authors
Cassandra Sedran-Price, Riley Taitingfong, R. Barrowcliffe, J. Prehn, M. Walter, Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews, et al.

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Indigenous Data Sovereignty has emerged in response to poor data practices concerning Indigenous Peoples worldwide and offers a way of returning control of data ecosystems to Indigenous Peoples. In Australia, the Maiam nayri Wingara Indigenous Data Sovereignty principles were developed and published in 2018 and as a result, there is a growing body of academic and policy relevant literature on Indigenous Data Sovereignty. There are increasing calls from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and their organisations, governments, statistical agencies and universities for practical guidance on how to operationalise Indigenous Data Sovereignty principles through Indigenous Data…

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