ANCHORAGE, May 22. The seventh annual Indigenous Connectivity Summit (ICS) takes place in Anchorage, Alaska this week (May 22-24), bringing together Indigenous community members, network operators, researchers, and policymakers with a common goal: to connect Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada to fast, affordable, and sustainable Internet. The ICS, hosted by the Indigenous […]
Monday is Columbus Day in the U.S., a federal holiday that celebrates the so-called discoverer of the Americas — the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. U.S. President Joe Biden also has proclaimed, as he did last year, Monday as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” His proclamation does not make Indigenous Peoples’ Day a federal holiday, even though Biden’s […]
Scientists today can access genomic data from Indigenous Peoples without their free, prior, and informed consent, leading to potential misuse and the reinforcement of stereotypes. Despite existing tools that facilitate the sharing of genomic information with researchers, none of those options give Indigenous governments control over how these data are used. In an article publishing […]
Applications are open for “Qanemcimta Pinirituakut” (“Our Stories Make us Strong”) to collect Alaskan Indigenous narratives using the OurStoryBridge model. The Igiugig Tribal Library is seeking three organizations for a project that seeks to replicate the “Niraqutaq Qallemcinek” (“Igiugig Story Bridge”) project in Igiugig, AK (www.igiugigstorybridge.org). Tribal and public libraries serving Indigenous communities, as well as other […]
