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Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture | The Trump administration’s war on DEI is spurring scientists and researchers from Indigenous communities to seek new protections for their data.
They’re worried about the loss of their research.
US federal law recognizes many tribal nations as sovereign political entities, not racial or ethnic groups, but that hasn’t stopped Trump from sweeping up Indigenous peoples in his attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As climate change contributes to more public health emergencies, Indigenous peoples also urgently need access to data from weather satellites, medicinal plants, and nonhuman relatives, like salmon and alewives. Desi Small-Rodriguez, executive director of the Data Warriors Lab and UCLA sociology professor, has been working with her leaders at the Northern Cheyenne Nation to eliminate those hoops entirely by drafting a tribal law to protect their ancestral knowledge.
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