Public First Nations Data - Indigenous Data Governance and Sovereignty

Explore the structural limits of ethical Indigenous Data Governance within public data systems through this 56-minute webinar. Examine how public data, by its nature, cannot be governed in ways that fully uphold Indigenous data sovereignty and cultural authority. Learn about the concept of "data nullius" - the colonial assumption that publicly available First Nations data is open, ownerless, and free for use without consent, which echoes the legal fictions of terra nullius and aqua nullius. Discover a suite of Indigenous Data Governance tools designed to guide the ethical handling of First Nations datasets, developed through recent analysis that challenges conventional approaches to public data accessibility and ownership.