NativeBio Data Consortium

SING Micronesia is in its second year and @nativebio.bsky.social was very happy to help with logistical support.

Self-Determination in Health Research: An Alaska Native Example of Tribal Ownership and Research Regulation Alaska Native (AN) and American Indian (AI) people are underrepresented in health research, yet many decline to participate in studies due to past researcher misconduct. Southcentral Foundation (SCF), an Alaska Native-owned and operated health care ...

The Tribes in Alaska don't mess around. They, like the Standing Rock Sioux, make sure their resources and future intellectual properties are protected pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

2/2 But that very powerful idea gave way to weak and non-sovereign MOU/MOAs. Here we reassert the Tribes' right to control their own resources. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PybO...

Self-Determination in Health Research: An Alaska Native Example of Tribal Ownership and Research Regulation Alaska Native (AN) and American Indian (AI) people are underrepresented in health research, yet many decline to participate in studies due to past researcher misconduct. Southcentral Foundation (SCF),...

1/2 Back in 2007-2009, Alaska Tribes along with a man named Dr. Gerald V. Mohatt recommended that Federal agencies sign contracts directly with Tribes, rather than 3rd parties like universities or Research Recruitment Nurse freelancers in or near Tribal Nations. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Thoughts on the FWG and Indigenous Peoples Caucus by Michael Lane michael@ienearth.org The Facilitated Working Group (FWG) was established to primarily foster the transmission of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge to the Conference of the Parties in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It sits in a...

Thoughts on the FWG and Indigenous Peoples Caucus
->Indigenous Environmental Network | #IndigenousPeople | More info from EcoSearch

“Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.” Abe Lincoln, 1864

The header of a newsletter reading Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab Institute for Advanced Study June 2025

Our latest newsletter focuses on the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab's work bridging academic research and policy. From contributing to global AI governance to empirical studies of technology's impacts, we examine how science and tech expand or limit civic life.
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Thousands of visitors take advantage of the unique ecosystems, hiking trails, and beautiful views of the Shawnee National Forest.

My Shawnee National Forest Conservation Act will protect more than 13,000 acres of one of IL’s richest natural resources for future generations of Illinoisans.

AFN National Chief on the Controversial Liberal Bill to Expedite Resource Projects | Your Morning Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak joins us to talk about the last-minute amendment to Ottawa’s Bill C-5 and what concerns the First Nations community so much about this resource fast-tracking legislation. #billc5 #indigenous #firstnations #markcarney #cdnpoli Subscribe to Your Morning for the latest: http://bit.ly/2hX11GF Connect with Your Morning: https://www.ctv.ca/shows/your-morning Follow Your Morning on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yourmorningctv Start YOUR MORNING with us. Hosts Anne-Marie Mediwake, Lindsey Deluce & Kelsey McEwen get you up to date on what Canadians will be talking about today, weekday mornings on CTV & CTV News Channel, 6am-9am ET (7am-10am AT, 730am-1030am NT)

They tried to pull a fast one. Got the amendment just under the wire not to ignore or circumvent the Indian Act. However, the bill is reliant on Native Resources but devoid of money directly for Tribal economies and capacity.

Hey y'all....you might have seen me. This commercial ran for a long while on CNN and MSNBC. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3sg...

YouTube video by D4I TDR D4I Tribal Data Repository - Protecting Tribal Data & Why It Matters

The @nativebio.bsky.social is working to create the D4I Tribal Data Repository to uphold Indigenous data sovereignty 🧬🤝

In this video, a few of our collaborators on this project explain what it means to protect tribal data, and why it matters: www.youtube.com/watch?v=twp6...

Glad to see Manitoba's Chief raising rational concerns. 'Living territories, not stockpiles' Wab Kinew? Is he certain he knows what the Bill entails. Its a big messy closet with hidden razors inside. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Opinion: Wab Kinew’s development dreams threaten our people’s way of life We should make economic decisions centred on the 94 calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, not lock into another 100 years of fossil fuel dependency

Who from Manitoba's First Nations can explain to be this split between Kinew and the Chiefs? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

First Nations summit on Carney's major-projects bill 'only the beginning' of talks says AFN chief "I mean, is it perfect? No, it's not going to be perfect. It's not going to be the be all, end all," said Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak.

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DNA data and Indigenous rights: Tracing genetic exploitation | FairPlanet Indigenous peoples are demanding control over genetic data sourced from their lands.

AFN right on target by preventing themselves from being targeted. "genetic resources from Indigenous territories, lands and waters should never be collected, sequenced, or uploaded to any database without their Free, Prior and Informed Consent" Kuni Albert-AFN www.fairplanet.org/story/dna-da...

Major projects: How Bill C-5 works and why it alarms its critics OTTAWA - Parliament has passed controversial major projects legislation that Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada needs to shore up its economy in the face of a trade war with

Wow so sad to see that Canada's Bill C5 passed and that Carney could harm Indigenous peoples this way. Also sad to see how some Natives can't see the threat and others have seen it too late. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/maj...

D4I TDR The D4I Tribal Data Repository aims to house data from Indigenous communities to further research that will benefit the Native American and Alaskan Native participants while protecting the rights of t...

Just so you all know, there are 4 videos in total. The main one talks about the mission and rationale behind a Tribal Data repository and the other 3 take topics in depth for a lay audience: Datasharing, Informed Consent, and Contracts www.youtube.com/@D4ITDR

At a time when everything seems to be nothing but bad news, please read this aspirational description of some truly good work done by some truly good people. d4itdr.org/were-in-our-...

Come back Monday for the links to our Educational video series (4 videos!) where we answer those burning questions from this week!

#Datasovereignty #Indigenous #IDSov #Data #videoseries

#Datasovereignty #Indigenous #IDSov #Data #videoseries #TribalSovereignty #educationalcontent #Tribaldata

We are excited to release our collaborative efforts with Complex Stories to share with you about what it is we do at D4I and what kinds of topics we tackle in our Tribal Data Repository project. Let us know what you think of the four videos! www.youtube.com/@D4ITDR

Mexico and CIMMYT Strengthen Partnership to Transform Agri-Food Systems CIMMYT recently hosted Rosaura Ruiz Gutiérrez, Secretary of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (Secihti), and Julio Berdegué Sacristán, Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRICULTURE) of the Government of Mexico. The visit aimed to present CIMMYT’s latest scientific advances, strategic...

Mexico and CIMMYT Strengthen Partnership to Transform Agri-Food Systems
->Seed World | More info from EcoSearch

2/4 Next down the list are NAGPRA uses (usually excused in the name of scientist's objective curiosity and discovery) and then way down the list are MMIP uses. There is a lot of DNA bias and racism in both the USA organ donation system and criminal forensic system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Jq...

1/4 Story Corps has some stories about Amerindigenous people from Latin & Anglo America (USA, Alaska, Hawaii & Canada) but not enough IMHO. I am choosing this video to highlight how only capitalist uses of our DNA are privileged & prioritized by the Federal Government www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Jq...

3/4 I will be on Story Corps soon in order to raise awareness of how, through our DNA, we are deemed both PRICELESS in terms of research/pharma & WORTHLESS in terms of being in the ELSI conversation, our rights & authority to control our DNA (we are seen as a hurdle) www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Jq...

4/4 Join with me in protecting Indigenous Genome Resources and please think of DNA the same way that most think about Foster children (ICWA) and our MMIPs, they deserve to stay with us, be with us and returned to us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Jq...

Discovery of ‘new rules of the immune system’ could improve treatment of inflammatory diseases, say scientists. Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that a type of white blood cell - called a regulatory T cell - exists as a single large population of

The immune system is fascinating www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Scientists discover new part of the immune system New part of the immune system - hidden inside our bodies - could be used to make new antibiotics.

The immune system is fascinating www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sialic Acid-Siglec Axis in Human Immune Regulation, Involvement in Autoimmunity and Cancer and Potential Therapeutic Treatments Siglecs are sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins. Most Siglecs function as transmembrane receptors mainly expressed on blood cells in a cell type-specific manner. They recognize and bind si...

The immune system does way more than you think pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...