Local Contexts

We are excited to share our 2024-2025 Annual Report, our organization’s first public-facing report of this kind. Check it out for stories around our growth and impact from this two-year span. localcontexts.org/2024-2025-an...

🌐 OPEN @ UNGA 81 👥 Leading policy, civil society, & digital rights reps (including Local Contexts Founder Jane Anderson) 📅 21 September 2026, 10am-3pm EDT, @nyuengelberg.org ☑️ Register on @creativecommons.bsky.social: www.creativecommons.org/event/open-unga-81-a-conversation-on-collaboration/

Local Contexts is excited to share that we will be a part of Creative Commons’ webinar next week, focused on the forthcoming "Guidelines for Indigenous Collections and Indigenous Data," which we created with CC! Register on CC's website at the link below ⬇️

📣 The Local Contexts team will be away from our desks August 17-21, taking a mid-year break. If you have any questions, please contact us through our website, and we will get back to you when we return to our desks on August 24.

“Data Do’s and Don’ts: A Primer on Indigenous Data Sovereignty” is a useful guidebook for researchers across disciplines as an approachable entry point to IDSov. The guide is available on the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS) website ⬇️ www.umass.edu/braiding-kno...

@rbgkew.bsky.social's 2026 State of the World's Plants and Fungi Symposium recordings and report now available online! localcontexts.org/sotwpf-2026-...

⭐️ ORCID Board nominations extended: 👉 https://info.orcid.org/nominations-now-open-for-orcid-board-elections-2027/ 📅 Nominations due 17 July!

Please meet Full-Stack Developer, Nolan Ryan (he/him, Plains Cree & Métis)! He joined the development team to support the ongoing development of the Local Contexts Hub. localcontexts.org/about/the-lo...

Outreach Manager Emily Santhanam (Chickasaw) and Dr. Andrew Rominger, researcher at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and Co-Chair of the Local Contexts Hawai’i Institution/Researcher Network, will present a workshop at this month’s ESA 2026. localcontexts.org/event/esa-20...

On 1 July UTC, Local Contexts Strategic Advisor Maui Hudson (Whakatōhea) will present as part of the State of the World's Plants and Fungi Symposium hosted by @rbgkew.bsky.social. While in-person registration is closed, you can still join online. localcontexts.org/event/state-...

We are excited to have Aotearoa Genomic Data Repository (AGDR) become a certified Integration Partner on the Local Contexts Hub. Read more: localcontexts.org/aotearoa-gen...

On June 3 UTC, Outreach Manager Emily Santhanam (Chickasaw) and Director of Programs Corrie Roe will virtually present “#BeFairAndCare: How The Local Contexts Tools Support Indigenous Data Sovereignty” as part of the 51st Annual Conference of IASSIST. localcontexts.org/event/iassis...

The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington wants to save salmon whose habitat has been destroyed by development. They’re getting land back and turning a dairy operation back into a tidal marsh where the Stillaguamish River meets the Puget Sound. www.kosu.org/news/2026-05...

Webinar 📣 Data and Knowledge Sovereignty in the Bioeconomy: Post-capitalist and Just Approaches to Biodiversity Use and Agriculture May 18, 4:30-6:30 pm SAST www.rethinking-biodiversity.org/whats-new

Check out our latest dataset highlight! 🐟 Jessica Black and Courtney Carothers, share how long-term partnerships, ethical research practices, and centering Indigenous knowledge are shaping a more meaningful understanding of environmental change. Read more🔗: arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

📢 Call for Proposals: Global Participation Fund! We are now accepting applications for the GPF through 1 May. We're on a mission to build #researchequity. ✅ ORCID membership is NOT required to apply. Learn more and submit your proposal: https://wp.me/PcE4o3-54u #ResearchSky

Outreach Coordinator Amy June Breesman (Eastern Shawnee) will present “Activating the Local Contexts tools to uphold Indigenous Peoples’ rights in biocultural data sharing” at May's Society of Ethnobiology conference, held virtually and in-person in Sewanee, TN, US localcontexts.org/event/societ...

The Local Contexts team is excited to be presenting/hosting the following virtual and in-person events over the next few months! Learn more on our website: localcontexts.org/events/

⭐ Participate in the upcoming @tdwg.org 2026 Working Sessions! 🗓 Sessions run between 11–22 May 💻 Registration is free, everyone is welcome! Explore the full list of sessions: 👉 tdwg.link/working-se... Join #TDWG to help shape the future of biodiversity data standards.

Check out our new workshop series! Next up is "Mapping Your Items in Omeka Classic and Omeka.net," scheduled for April 28th at 11 am EDT. Visit omeka.org/services/t... for more information about topics, cost, and enrollment. Come learn with us!

The Local Contexts team was thrilled to be a part of the 2026 US Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance Summit, held last week! We were appreciative to make new connections, learn from other attendees and presenters, and share about Local Contexts. #IDSovSummit26 #IDSov #DataAreOurRelatives

Did you know the Local Contexts Labels and Notices have been used in a community publication, a zine collection, a Moana plan, theses, and peer-reviewed journal articles? The Local Contexts team is excited to share a new page on our website about publications! localcontexts.org/support/in-p...

Next week, catch the Local Contexts team at the U.S. Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Governance Summit 2026! Our team will be presenting and is excited to be a sponsor of this convening. DM us or contact us through our website to connect. s2.goeshow.com/usidsn/summi...

“In assembling these collections, no one thought that the communities from where the collections came might come to ask for them back. And that failure to consider all institutional publics is a considerable oversight in mission.” - Jane Anderson, Local Contexts Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor

We are excited to share about the Local Contexts tools for Indigenous communities in this webinar next week from Indigenous Data Exchange, Collaboratory for IDGov, Indigenous Data Alliance, Indigelab, & NYU ILL! Free registration required and closes March 31. indigenousdatalab.org/2026-indigen...

❓Are you new to Local Contexts, or could use a refresher? Our 2026 information sessions have been added to our website! Get an overview of Local Contexts with time for your questions. localcontexts.org/events/info-...

Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor Jane Anderson and Executive Director Hop Hopkins will present a keynote at the upcoming @edinitiative.bsky.social Townhall. For registration and more information, see the EDI website: ethicaldatainitiative.org/2025/12/18/j...

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...

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...

📣 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

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...

📣 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

@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...