Respecting Indigenous Data Sovereignty when utilizing tribally identifiable data collected by universities, scholarship organizations, and healthcare providers

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Source: Discover Public Health
Published: 1 Sep 2026
Authors: William O. Carson, R. Haring

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Universities, Scholarship Organizations, and Healthcare Providers in the United States have a long and fraught relationship with Indigenous Peoples. While policies and practices have continued to improve with the advent of Indigenous Data Sovereignty and other principled areas that drive self-determination, challenges remain. These educational institutions still possess enormous amounts of data related to Indigenous individuals for internal use in university systems rather than share out with relevant Indigenous Nations. Universities, Scholarship Organizations, and Healthcare Providers collect Tribally Identifiable Data on their students and clients for items such as scholarships, access to…

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