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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 1d

Our team is Legend (wait for it) dary! Ohio State, Stanford, UW Madison, UW Seattle, UC Santa Cruz, Arizona State & of course the Native Bio Data Consortium within the borders and legal jurisdiction of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation! Woop woop! First time ever! The FOUR BANDS lead the way again!

A Tribal data repository to advance Indigenous health and sovereignty - Nature Genetics

We present the first federally funded Tribal data repository — the Data for Indigenous Implementations, Interventions, and Innovations Tribal Data Repository. This repository takes a revolutionary app...

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Krystal Tsosie @kstsosie.bsky.social · 1d

Out today via @natgenet.nature.com, the first federally funded #Tribal #data repository, a revolutionary approach to data management and applied/operationalization of IDSov @d4itdr.bsky.social. Also, if you are at #ASHG25, come see us this morning in 205ABC
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Krystal Tsosie @kstsosie.bsky.social · 1d

@joseph-yracheta.bsky.social @annmccartney.bsky.social @nativebio.bsky.social

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 2d

'This study will examine the impacts of the unstated paternity policy and the gradual decrease of status Indians in some First Nations bands,' says Battiste.
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MP Battiste pitches study of sections of the Indian Act to Senate

Mi'kmaw MP Jaime Battiste tabled a motion to study two sections of the Indian Act dealing with registration.

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 2d

Please consider adding alt text to posts with images as folx with vision loss & other disabilities deserve equitable access to information, & you can even update your settings on BlueSky so that you cannot post images without alt text, so you are prompted to add it if you might otherwise forget! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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Krystal Tsosie @kstsosie.bsky.social · 2d

For those interested in #Indigenous #Genomics and #ASHG25 in Boston, here are some interested posters/talks/events coming out of the Tsosie Lab, @nativebio.bsky.social, and @d4itdr.bsky.social. For those looking for Friday plans, attend our Ancillary Event, debuting a #Tribal #data repository!

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 2d

Native Bio is here for you. #HappyIndigenousPeoplesDay!

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 6d

BioResource rules need to help! "The task now is to ensure that the Treaty doesn’t just become a tool to justify & propel economic exploitation while only including clauses related to IPLCs as tokens of inclusivity by making them guests in their own house." journals.law.harvard.edu/hrj/2023/10/...

Common Heritage of Mankind at the Expense of Indigenous People’s Rights? BBNJ Treaty and Beyond – Harvard Human Rights Journal

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 6d

If you're a data nerd and Indigenous, don't wait! Submit a presentation abstract for USIDSN's April Summit in Tucson, AZ. It was blockbuster in 2024, it portends to be mind-blowing in 2026! Deadline is Oct 30th, 2025. s2.goeshow.com/usidsn/summi...

Abstract Submission

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 6d

We love promoting Indigenous success and our native relatives all over the world when they find true freedom! “[Poor health has to do with] the clear link between chronic disease & the history of colonisation and systemic racism from which this disadvantage grew." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Alex Brown: fighting for the health of Indigenous Australians

There are stark health differentials between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live 10 years less than the national average—15 years less for thos...

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Joe Yracheta (A ∩ & ∪ Ω) @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social · 20d

DNA #WildWest & you all will be feeling like Indigenous of the Americas soon. You’ll soon realize that these companies stole from you & weaponized your data against your whole family & ethnic group. Direct to Market like Ancestry or NIH you need to protect your data. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#web3 #ai #genomics #informedconsent #biodataownership #bionfts #desci #patientrights #blockchain #ethicsinai #precisionmedicine #digitalrights #biowallet | Daniel Uribe, MBA 🧬🔗🔐

The Uncomfortable Truth About Your Informed Consent & Biosamples in the Era of AI & Web3 Dear Biosample dependent company, we need to talk…. Most probably, YOUR consent forms are stuck in Web2 while...

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Joe Yracheta (A ∩ & ∪ Ω) @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social · 20d

Had this conversation w/ a staff member this morning. There is the Barker Hypothesis, Blue Zones, the Mexican health paradox, the Exposome, the microbiome, the proteome & Social Determinants of Health that all have had better predictions on health than genetics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Language improves health and wellbeing in Indigenous communities: A scoping review

Indigenous languages in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States are endangered due to colonial policies which promote English language do…

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Joe Yracheta (A ∩ & ∪ Ω) @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social · 20d

1/3 There are at least 3 types of erasure via data 1) Data not collected because we’re too small a population, we don’t matter to economics or politicians and/or lumped with OTHER groups 2) Data is collected and is either not used, ignored or used to avoid accountability and action & lastly

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Joe Yracheta (A ∩ & ∪ Ω) @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social · 10d

Indigenous Data sovereignty is the key. We told you a long time ago that #opendataistheft and dangerous because bad actors often look professional and rational

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 23d

Appreciate these insights from @emollick.bsky.social.

But the "wizard problem" isn't that AI is too opaque. It's that we're designing systems that hide their processes. We could build AI that shows its work, explains, and lets us intervene. Instead we're choosing black boxes and calling it magic.

Miles Riven @rivenbydesign.bsky.social · 29d

Mollick argues we are drifting from co-intelligence to wizards. Strong results, opaque steps. I try to ask for receipts and name what must stay in my hands. Worth reading for #AI practice.
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/on-working... #Writing

On Working with Wizards

Verifying magic on the jagged frontier

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Joe Yracheta (A ∩ & ∪ Ω) @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social · 10d

Yes Joseph Yracheta, famous in Viking mythology and other prophetic texts will be speaking over the digital pacifier on Wednesday

NISO @nisoinfo.bsky.social · 10d

This Wed. Oct, 8: Join Jane Anderson (@localcontexts.bsky.social) @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social @kvrouwen.bsky.social & @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social for a discussion of Data Governance & Indigenous Sovereignty w/moderator Melissa Stoner. Free for NISO members: niso.org/events/data-...

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 9d

First Public News that we are aware of regarding the Assembly of First Nation's decision to challenge the whole country of Canada and their questionable actions around Precision Medicine. genomecanada.ca/afn-resoluti...

AFN resolution on genomic data sovereignty - GenomeCanada

Genome Canada welcomes the opportunity to strengthen dialogue and coordination with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and other Indigenous leaders following the adoption of Resolution #11 at the AFN...

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 9d

Take a look. NativeBio's mission is to protect all Indigenous resources...human, non-human, man-made, natural, products of irresponsible pollution or new biological interactions due to capital extraction and migration. They all belong to Native peoples. www.thegef.org/what-we-do/t...

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction

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Joe Yracheta (A ∩ & ∪ Ω) @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social · 10d

Indigenous Data Sovereignty is a human right. It represents the future economic viability and political power needed for more basic components of culture, spirituality and land-based occupation/residence to continue unadulterated by the West. Stop labeling Indigenous Professionals as unethical.

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 13d

We see the Beautiful Artwork of American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES). We hope they appreciate the artwork and #IDSov work of Native BioData Consortium

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 13d

This is just in, Joseph Yracheta has been invited to be the keynote speaker at the University of Idaho's Biennial Tribal Summit. The title of his talk will be the "Data and Tribal Economies: Securing Our Cultural Future Through Sovereignty"

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 14d

Indigenous Data Sovereignty is so important it's on everyone's lips at #AISES! Even the Cheyenne River Sioux Nation Chairman was up on stage talking about the future of research, data control, sovereignty & economics! I also met the famous Muscogee Geneticist, Dr. John Burnett! #IDSOV is survival.

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 14d

Native Bio and their project (and partners) @d4itdr.bsky.social knocking it out of the park #AISES Dr. Kali Dale, Rebecca Dickinson (both Ojibwe) and Sakiah Perez (Borikua) demonstrating how our vision of a National Tribal Data Repository would work!

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 15d

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ICCA Consortium

Recap: Conversation on Indigenous knowledge, Artificial Intelligence, and funding and financing for territories of life

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d4itdr.bsky.social @d4itdr.bsky.social · Jul 30

When looking for data management solutions, Tribes can consider different models. In this video, D4I provides summaries of decentralized, federated, and centralized data systems. youtu.be/RNvNqoAXSGo?...

#Datasovereignty #Indigenous #IDSov #Data #TribalSovereignty

D4I Tribal Data Repository - How Data Sharing Systems Work

YouTube video by D4I TDR

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