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Southcentral Foundation urges indigenous data sovereignty, community-controlled research in draft bill
5752970 · August 14, 2025
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Southcentral Foundation described its Alaska Native data governance practices and urged the bill to respect indigenous data sovereignty, improve privacy protections and establish community-controlled data infrastructure.
ANCHORAGE — Southcentral Foundation told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs that any research and data office included in the draft Native Children package must respect indigenous data sovereignty and enable community control over the collection, ownership and use of tribal data.
“Indigenous data sovereignty is the…
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