Local Contexts
@localcontexts.bsky.social
Grounding Indigenous rights - Supporting Indigenous knowledge & data sovereignty - Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels & Notices
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As a part of Love Data Week at New York University, on February 12, NYU Libraries will have an in-person screen E Kore Au E Ngaro | The Connection Remains and discussion with filmmakers Andreas Burgess and Jane Anderson (Local Contexts Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor). nyu.libcal.com/event/16242801
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: "E Kore Au E Ngaro [The Connection Remains]" Film Screening and Conversation
Please join us for a screening of the short documentary "E Kore Au E Ngaro [The Connection Remains]" and a discussion about Indigenous data sovereignty with Prof. Jane Anderson...
nyu.libcal.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
As a part of Love Data Week at New York University, on February 12, NYU Libraries will have an in-person screen E Kore Au E Ngaro | The Connection Remains and discussion with filmmakers Andreas Burgess and Jane Anderson (Local Contexts Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor). nyu.libcal.com/event/16242801
Please meet Outreach Coordinator Monique Tyndall (she/they/naakmãawã). Monique supports Local Contexts’ outreach efforts associated with the CBIKS. Read more about Monique on our website!
localcontexts.org/about/the-lo...
localcontexts.org/about/the-lo...
January 23, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Please meet Outreach Coordinator Monique Tyndall (she/they/naakmãawã). Monique supports Local Contexts’ outreach efforts associated with the CBIKS. Read more about Monique on our website!
localcontexts.org/about/the-lo...
localcontexts.org/about/the-lo...
Our team will present alongside representatives from the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Sciences & Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields as a part of the Association on American Indian Affairs’ 11th Annual Repatriation Conference. Learn more: www.indian-affairs.org/11thannualre...
11th Annual Repatriation Conference
The Association on American Indian Affairs 11th Annual Repatriation Conference will feature Native Nation Leaders, academics, lawyers, government officials, foreign institutions, artists and the publi...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Our team will present alongside representatives from the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Sciences & Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields as a part of the Association on American Indian Affairs’ 11th Annual Repatriation Conference. Learn more: www.indian-affairs.org/11thannualre...
The first-ever international standard that calls for “appropriate disclosure of Indigenous peoples’ relationships and/or links to all data” is now available for free download. 🔥 Register on the IEEE site for access. standards.ieee.org/ieee/2890/10...
IEEE Standards Association
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January 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The first-ever international standard that calls for “appropriate disclosure of Indigenous peoples’ relationships and/or links to all data” is now available for free download. 🔥 Register on the IEEE site for access. standards.ieee.org/ieee/2890/10...
📣 The Local Contexts team will be away from our desks Dec 24-Jan 2. If you have any Qs, please contact us through our website, & we will get back to you when we return to our desks on January 5. Our team sends best wishes for a happy Solstice, winter/summer season, & start to the new year!
December 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
📣 The Local Contexts team will be away from our desks Dec 24-Jan 2. If you have any Qs, please contact us through our website, & we will get back to you when we return to our desks on January 5. Our team sends best wishes for a happy Solstice, winter/summer season, & start to the new year!
Thank you to those who donated to support Local Contexts during #GivingTuesday! We launched our donation program to establish the Local Contexts Label Development Fund. To support, you can:
🌿 share this post/our donation page (localcontexts.org/donate/)
🌿 give 1-time
🌿 give monthly
🌿 share this post/our donation page (localcontexts.org/donate/)
🌿 give 1-time
🌿 give monthly
Donate – Local Contexts
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December 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Thank you to those who donated to support Local Contexts during #GivingTuesday! We launched our donation program to establish the Local Contexts Label Development Fund. To support, you can:
🌿 share this post/our donation page (localcontexts.org/donate/)
🌿 give 1-time
🌿 give monthly
🌿 share this post/our donation page (localcontexts.org/donate/)
🌿 give 1-time
🌿 give monthly
Please meet Strategy and Operations Manager Liz Kinnmark (she/they)! Liz supports Local Contexts’ day-to-day operations and long-term planning, helping strengthen workflows, budgeting, and internal coordination across the team. localcontexts.org/about/the-lo...
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Please meet Strategy and Operations Manager Liz Kinnmark (she/they)! Liz supports Local Contexts’ day-to-day operations and long-term planning, helping strengthen workflows, budgeting, and internal coordination across the team. localcontexts.org/about/the-lo...
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📣 We are pleased to share an update from our partner @localcontexts.bsky.social.
📌 Researcher accounts in the Local Contexts Hub can now be added to #ORCID records.
Read more on the blog by @shawnasadler.bsky.social: https://wp.me/pcE4o3-9mp
#Researchsky #LocalContexts
📌 Researcher accounts in the Local Contexts Hub can now be added to #ORCID records.
Read more on the blog by @shawnasadler.bsky.social: https://wp.me/pcE4o3-9mp
#Researchsky #LocalContexts
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
📣 We are pleased to share an update from our partner @localcontexts.bsky.social.
📌 Researcher accounts in the Local Contexts Hub can now be added to #ORCID records.
Read more on the blog by @shawnasadler.bsky.social: https://wp.me/pcE4o3-9mp
#Researchsky #LocalContexts
📌 Researcher accounts in the Local Contexts Hub can now be added to #ORCID records.
Read more on the blog by @shawnasadler.bsky.social: https://wp.me/pcE4o3-9mp
#Researchsky #LocalContexts
Dr. Lydia Jennings @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social (Pascua Yaqui Tribe (Yoeme) and Huichol (Wixáritari)) is an environmental soil scientist with a vast number of research projects.
December 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Dr. Lydia Jennings @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social (Pascua Yaqui Tribe (Yoeme) and Huichol (Wixáritari)) is an environmental soil scientist with a vast number of research projects.
On this #GivingTuesday, we are excited to begin accepting donations to sustain our work & directly support Indigenous communities to uphold their sovereignty. Through your donations, the Local Contexts Label Development Fund provides capacity support for Indigenous communities.
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On this #GivingTuesday, we are excited to begin accepting donations to sustain our work & directly support Indigenous communities to uphold their sovereignty. Through your donations, the Local Contexts Label Development Fund provides capacity support for Indigenous communities.
Among her many roles, Dr. Katharina Ruckstuhl (Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne ki Wairau) serves on Rūnaka Executive Committee of Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki, as Associate Professor & Dean at the University of Otago, & Local Contexts Councilor Community Member.
💬: Local Contexts Summit Aotearoa (November 2023)
💬: Local Contexts Summit Aotearoa (November 2023)
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Among her many roles, Dr. Katharina Ruckstuhl (Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne ki Wairau) serves on Rūnaka Executive Committee of Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki, as Associate Professor & Dean at the University of Otago, & Local Contexts Councilor Community Member.
💬: Local Contexts Summit Aotearoa (November 2023)
💬: Local Contexts Summit Aotearoa (November 2023)
41 Indigenous communities around the world are using the Local Contexts Labels to safeguard their culture, data, and rights. Communities’ use of Labels clearly defines the provenance, protocols, and permissions around their materials and knowledge, making their authority and rights clear.
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
41 Indigenous communities around the world are using the Local Contexts Labels to safeguard their culture, data, and rights. Communities’ use of Labels clearly defines the provenance, protocols, and permissions around their materials and knowledge, making their authority and rights clear.
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@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...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 – For all its promise, AI is a potential threat to culture » Native America Calling
On the cusp of what could be a new era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), some researchers are urging caution and the need for deliberate controls to keep the developing technology from robbing Indigeno...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
@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...
Local Contexts is connected with Indigenous communities, institutions, researchers, and integration partners around the world.
For the past 15 years, our relationships have helped us to build out the Local Contexts Labels and Notices as practical tools for supporting Indigenous rights.
For the past 15 years, our relationships have helped us to build out the Local Contexts Labels and Notices as practical tools for supporting Indigenous rights.
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Local Contexts is connected with Indigenous communities, institutions, researchers, and integration partners around the world.
For the past 15 years, our relationships have helped us to build out the Local Contexts Labels and Notices as practical tools for supporting Indigenous rights.
For the past 15 years, our relationships have helped us to build out the Local Contexts Labels and Notices as practical tools for supporting Indigenous rights.
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⚡The GBIF Indigenous Data Governance task group led by
@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social is seeking inputs to help inform and define future work on Indigenous data rights, interest, governance and sovereignty.
Contribute to the survey! 🔗
gbif.link/Indigenous-d...
@localcontexts.bsky.social
@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social is seeking inputs to help inform and define future work on Indigenous data rights, interest, governance and sovereignty.
Contribute to the survey! 🔗
gbif.link/Indigenous-d...
@localcontexts.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
⚡The GBIF Indigenous Data Governance task group led by
@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social is seeking inputs to help inform and define future work on Indigenous data rights, interest, governance and sovereignty.
Contribute to the survey! 🔗
gbif.link/Indigenous-d...
@localcontexts.bsky.social
@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social is seeking inputs to help inform and define future work on Indigenous data rights, interest, governance and sovereignty.
Contribute to the survey! 🔗
gbif.link/Indigenous-d...
@localcontexts.bsky.social
The newly adopted IEEE Recommended Practice for Provenance of Indigenous Peoples' Data is the first-ever international standard that calls for “appropriate disclosure of Indigenous peoples’ relationships and/or links to all data.” 🔥#IDSov
Read more: nni.arizona.edu/news/u-nyu-a...
Read more: nni.arizona.edu/news/u-nyu-a...
U of A, NYU and Harvard experts lead process to codify world’s first global standard on Indigenous Peoples’ data
nni.arizona.edu
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The newly adopted IEEE Recommended Practice for Provenance of Indigenous Peoples' Data is the first-ever international standard that calls for “appropriate disclosure of Indigenous peoples’ relationships and/or links to all data.” 🔥#IDSov
Read more: nni.arizona.edu/news/u-nyu-a...
Read more: nni.arizona.edu/news/u-nyu-a...
The Local Contexts team is excited to share a series of short videos that introduce the Local Contexts Hub and how you use it to apply Labels and Notices. Each video is 1-5 min & is captioned in English.
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Local Contexts Hub Tutorials - YouTube
The Local Contexts Hub (https://localcontextshub.org/) is a website that facilitates the use of the Local Contexts Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labe...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Local Contexts team is excited to share a series of short videos that introduce the Local Contexts Hub and how you use it to apply Labels and Notices. Each video is 1-5 min & is captioned in English.
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
➡️ See you at #NEMA2025? Next week, Local Contexts will join representatives from the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Wilson Museum, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, & UMass Amherst as part of a session at the New England Museum Association annual conference. nemanet.org/page/Confere...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
➡️ See you at #NEMA2025? Next week, Local Contexts will join representatives from the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Wilson Museum, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, & UMass Amherst as part of a session at the New England Museum Association annual conference. nemanet.org/page/Confere...
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Overflowing room for our session on Indigenous data governance and the @localcontexts.bsky.social labeling tools. People are eager to learn tools to support Indigenous communities governance of their data #LivingData2025
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Overflowing room for our session on Indigenous data governance and the @localcontexts.bsky.social labeling tools. People are eager to learn tools to support Indigenous communities governance of their data #LivingData2025
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"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
October 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"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
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🔶 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
📚 By leveraging digital technologies, the editorial process of this platform adapts to indigenous modes of knowledge !
📌 Learn more: shorturl.at/vObqX
September 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🔶 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
📚 By leveraging digital technologies, the editorial process of this platform adapts to indigenous modes of knowledge !
📌 Learn more: shorturl.at/vObqX
Part of this week's Hub update was an expansion of the Hub’s connection to @orcid.org. Researchers can now connect their Local Contexts account to their ORCID record as an external ID. Learn how to utilize this update in our blog:
localcontexts.org/october-2025...
localcontexts.org/october-2025...
October 2025 Minor Hub Updates – Local Contexts
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October 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Part of this week's Hub update was an expansion of the Hub’s connection to @orcid.org. Researchers can now connect their Local Contexts account to their ORCID record as an external ID. Learn how to utilize this update in our blog:
localcontexts.org/october-2025...
localcontexts.org/october-2025...
The Local Contexts Hub will undergo scheduled service on October 1 UTC. The Hub will be unavailable during the update, which will introduce new features for the ORCID connection for researcher accounts, Project contributors, & Project identifiers. localcontexts.org/october-2025...
October 2025 Minor Hub Updates – Local Contexts
localcontexts.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Local Contexts Hub will undergo scheduled service on October 1 UTC. The Hub will be unavailable during the update, which will introduce new features for the ORCID connection for researcher accounts, Project contributors, & Project identifiers. localcontexts.org/october-2025...
Reminder: Happening tomorrow! #ClimateWeek #ClimateWeekNYC
Local Contexts, the Indigenous Data Exchange, Center CIRCL, & MOTH at NYU are excited to host the panel “Living Data, Living Lands: Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Biodiversity Monitoring” at Climate Week on Sept 23. RSVP: forms.gle/X1PjNd5V3va6...
Local Contexts - Climate Week RSVP
Biodiversity is in decline, yet most data remains extractive and disconnected from the communities it comes from. At 2025 NYC Climate Week, we reimagine this cycle with Indigenous-led biodiversity dat...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reminder: Happening tomorrow! #ClimateWeek #ClimateWeekNYC
We are ecstatic to have @omeka.org become the first certified Integration Partner on the Local Contexts Hub. Read more: localcontexts.org/omeka-certif...
Omeka certified as first Integration Partner – Local Contexts
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September 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We are ecstatic to have @omeka.org become the first certified Integration Partner on the Local Contexts Hub. Read more: localcontexts.org/omeka-certif...