Indigenous data in an institutional repository: First steps toward putting the CARE Principles into practice - Data Curation Network

"The Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM) is an open access, curated data repository for UMN affiliates to share digital data for long-term access and reuse. DRUM launched in 2014; ten years and over one thousand submissions later, we continue to work on policy and practice improvement. One of our aims is focused on Indigenous data and implementing the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance.1 The UMN is located on the contemporary, traditional, and ancestral lands of the Dakota people. As a land grab university,2 it is our responsibility to support and advocate for Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov). IDSov “upholds the rights of Indigenous Peoples, communities, and Nations to ‘govern the collection, ownership, and application’3 of datasets created with or about Indigenous communities, Indigenous Lands, and the community’s non-human relations.”4 Simultaneously, as a UMN service, DRUM is subject to University policies including the Openness in Research Policy set by the Board of Regents that states that the University will not be subject to restrictions on participation in University research or on the dissemination of the results of University research. In addition, the policy states “The University reserves the right to publish and present research results, individually and in collaboration with other researchers.”5 This sounds very promising and in good spirit for data loving folks. However, this policy can be in conflict with the CARE Principles...."