Thank you for sharing! We are excited by this new aspect of our partnership!

On #GivingTuesday, we began accepting donations to est. Local Contexts Label Development Fund, which provides capacity support for Indigenous communities to uphold their sovereignty. A gift of any size supports #IDSov tools and resources!
localcontexts.org/donate/

Her insightful presentation, “From Land and Waters to Code and Cloud: Indigenous Data Sovereignty for Biodiversity and Rights-Based Governance,” is a must-watch, with the recording available here: youtu.be/1bi9B62CynE?...
We appreciated Lydia’s shoutouts for Local Contexts & the Labels & Notices!

Those on our team who attended the Living Data conference in Bogotá, Colombia, had the opportunity to attend Lydia’s keynote. The keynote and conference were attended in-person and virtually by around 1,000 biodiversity scientists, researchers, practitioners and other experts.

This week, our goal is to raise $5,000US to establish the Fund. We invite you to donate to help advance the authority and local power of Indigenous communities. Donations of any size helps grow the global movement of Indigenous Data Sovereignty!
localcontexts.org/donate/

On #GivingTuesday, join the global movement to recognize #IDSov. We are excited to begin accepting donations to establish a capacity fund for Indigenous communities to uphold their sovereignty with the Local Contexts tools. Stay tuned for the launch tomorrow!

We have heard again & again that the greatest barrier to communities’ use of Local Contexts is capacity. On #GivingTuesday (December 2), join the global movement to recognize #IDSov & contribute to our capacity fund for Indigenous communities to uphold their sovereignty.

Communities are using the Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels on cultural belongings, waiata (songs), oral history recordings, exhibitions, Medicine gardens, films, apps, biodiversity specimens, genome data, journal articles, theses, websites, datasets and more.

@ncig2013.bsky.social @indigenousdatalab.bsky.social @scbegonias.bsky.social @mediaindigena.bsky.social NativeBio, Indigenous Data Alliance, US Indigenous Sovereignty Network, GIDA and @localcontexts.bsky.social have been saying all of this since 2009. www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-nove...

On #GivingTuesday (December 2), we are excited to begin accepting donations to sustain this work and directly support Indigenous communities to uphold their sovereignty.

Stay tuned for more information ahead of the launch next week!

#IndigenousRights #IDSov

"It is clear that the #biodiversity data community is ready to engage on this topic and genuinely interested to learn more. Thank you to the @gbif.org #Indigenous Data Task Force and @localcontexts.bsky.social for their leadership in this space." - Katie Jones on #LivingData2025 in Bogotá

🔶 For National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we’re happy to spotlight the RavenSpace project (@ubcpress.bsky.social)

📚 By leveraging digital technologies, the editorial process of this platform adapts to indigenous modes of knowledge !

📌 Learn more: shorturl.at/vObqX