Meet the New Indigenous Data Sovereignty Fellows and Scholars

Sept. 30, 2019
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Meet the New Indigenous Data Sovereignty Fellows and Scholars

The Native Nations Institute is pleased to welcome Cheryl Ellenwood, M.A. (Nez Perce) and Lydia Jennings (Pascua Yaqui and Huichol) as Doctoral Scholars and Ibrahim Garba, M.A., J.D., LL.M. as a Postdoctoral Fellow. They join Doctoral Scholar Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear (Northern Cheyenne), Postdoctoral Fellow Dominique David-Chavez (Arawak Taíno), and staff members Andrew Martinez (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community), Mary Beth Jäger (Citizen Potawatomi), and Stephanie Russo Carroll (Ahtna) on the Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSOV) and Governance research team. Carroll created the team in 2015 prior to co-founding the US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network (USIDSN) with Rodriguez-Lonebear, the International Indigenous Data Sovereignty Interest Group at the Research Data Alliance, and the GIDA, the Global Indigenous Data Alliance. Carroll says, “I am excited to add new IDSOV team members to expand the diversity of Indigenous and allied voices that combine deep disciplinary knowledge with activism and advocacy for Indigenous data sovereignty via manuscripts, presentations, and participation in discipline-based organizations. Most importantly, the different ways of knowing and relationships brought to the team by each member enhances the University’s ability to support and strengthen Indigenous governance.”

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