Taking Control of Our Data: A Discussion Paper on Indigenous Data Governance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and Communities

The global Indigenous Data Sovereignty (ID-SOV) movement is Indigenous-led and focused on the rights of Indigenous people to govern the creation, collection, ownership, and application of their data (Maiam nayri Wingara, 2018). The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) details throughout its 46 Articles the rights Indigenous people have concerning Indigenous data (Davis, 2016; United Nations, 2007). The term Indigenous data refers to all information or knowledge, in any format or medium, which is about and may affect Indigenous peoples both individually and collectively (First Nations Information Governance Center, 2016). Indigenous data includes collecting and producing any Indigenous information (for example, data on health, tax, education, or archival information), cultural expressions, practices, and knowledges (Lovett et al., 2019; Prehn et al., forthcoming; Prehn and Walter, 2023; Walter, 2016).