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Érudit @erudit.org · 13d

🔶 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

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · 5d

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:
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October 2025 Minor Hub Updates – Local Contexts

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · 9d

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

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · 16d

Reminder: Happening tomorrow! #ClimateWeek #ClimateWeekNYC

Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Sep 3

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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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · 21d

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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d4itdr.bsky.social @d4itdr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Have you ever thought about what Tribal derived data is and the big questions surrounding its use? youtu.be/twp6lABlTM8?...

#DataSovereignty #Indigenous #IDSov #Data #videoseries #TribalSovereignty #Research

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Sep 3

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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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are pleased to share that Hop Hopkins @hop1972.bsky.social (he/him) has joined Local Contexts as our Executive Director. Hop is a social movement strategist and scholar who has been at the forefront of social justice campaigns for over 25 years. Read more: localcontexts.org/press-releas...

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Aug 29

❓Do you have questions about Local Contexts or using the Hub? Our next information and Hub sessions have been scheduled for September, November, and December! More info & sign-up on our website. localcontexts.org/events/info-...

Info and Hub Demo Sessions – Local Contexts

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Aug 28

Local Contexts is thrilled to have @umasslibraries.bsky.social join as a Hub Subscriber! With this subscription, UMass is leading the way for transformational practice that connects Indigenous cultural authority to existing collections & ongoing research. www.library.umass.edu/news/umass-a...

UMass Amherst Libraries Join Local Contexts as Subscriber

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Erin Robinson @erinmr.bsky.social · Aug 25

There are billions of #biodiversity observations worldwide 🌱🐞. Yet, almost none of them have associated #IndigenousDataSovereignty rights assigned to the data. I'm looking forward to participating in this upcoming panel at #ClimateWeekNYC on these issues. RSVP to join: lnkd.in/g6zb_TXr

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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · Aug 23

NYC 2025 Climate week! Excited to be there in the action and for this session hosted by @localcontexts.bsky.social

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d4itdr.bsky.social @d4itdr.bsky.social · Jul 31

Dynamic consent can promote Tribal sovereignty, this video provides an overview of different informed consent types. youtu.be/_4j8kKh4Zjc?...

#Datasovereignty #Indigenous #IDSov #Data #TribalSovereignty #Consent

D4I Tribal Data Repository - Informed, Broad, and Dynamic Consent in Indigenous Based Research

YouTube video by D4I TDR

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Aug 5

📣 The Local Contexts team will be away from our desks August 18-22, 2025, taking a short winter/summer 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 25.

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Jul 31

Please meet our new Subscriptions Coordinator L.E. Brown (she/her)! L.E. offers support for Hub subscribers, manages subscription data, and implements strategic frameworks to help grow the Hub’s subscriptions system. localcontexts.org/about/the-lo...

Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Jul 29

💭 Cómic sobre Local Contexts disponible en español
“Contextos Locales: Restablecer la soberanía con nuestros parientes las plantas” es un cómic que ilustra la colaboración entre la Nación Shinnecock, Local Contexts & el Jardín Botánico de Nueva York. Lee: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#Indígena #LandBack

Contextos Locales: Restablecer la soberanía con nuestros parientes las plantas

Cómic de seis viñetas que muestra la colaboración entre la Nación Shinnecock, Local Contexts y el Jardín Botánico de Nueva York en torno a la reconexión y la soberanía con las plantas como parientes.

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Jul 28

We are thrilled that @gbif.org has established an Indigenous Data Governance Task Group, and that the Task Group will oversee a pilot testing application of Local Contexts Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels within #GBIF! #IndigenousKnowledge #IndigenousRights #BeFAIRandCARE

GBIF @gbif.org · Jul 28

News flash! ⚡ GBIF establishes an international task group led by Dr Lydia Jennings on Indigenous data governance to offer input and guidance for implementing the #CAREPrinciples within the GBIF network 🌱

Read more: 🔗 https://gbif.link/IDG

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Kyle Copas @kylecopas.bsky.social · Jul 28

As a descendant of the #Stockbridge-#Munsee #Mahican, #Oneida, #Lenape, #Brothertown and #Montauk peoples, I struggle to express how much it means—personally and professionally—to support the work of the task group and @localcontexts.bsky.social in shaping #IDGov #IDSov within the @gbif.org network.

GBIF @gbif.org · Jul 28

News flash! ⚡ GBIF establishes an international task group led by Dr Lydia Jennings on Indigenous data governance to offer input and guidance for implementing the #CAREPrinciples within the GBIF network 🌱

Read more: 🔗 https://gbif.link/IDG

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Jul 23

Members of the Local Contexts team will present a workshop and symposium in-person in Bogotá, Colombia, as part of Living Data 2025 in Oct, a joint conference of
@gbif.org, TDWG, OBIS, and @geobon.org. If you will attending & interested in connecting, please chat/email us! www.livingdata2025.com

Living Data 2025 - Information that together, transforms

Join us in Bogotá for Living Data 2025, exploring biodiversity data standards, integration, and community engagement.

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Jun 24

If you are not signed up for Animikii’s News River, you are missing out on a curated IDSov weekly news digest! We were ecstatic & grateful to see Animikii highlight a recent webinar with Local Contexts Co-Founder Jane Anderson in their June 18 message. buttondown.com/newsriver

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Sign up here to receive the Indigenous News River. One email, every Wednesday. Our team handpicks Indigenous-focused news articles every week and provides you with a highly curated weekly digest. Our ...

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🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · Jun 19

Mānawatia a Matariki mā Puanga! Ngā mihi o te tau hou! Hail, Matariki and Puanga! Happy Māori New Year!

To celebrate the new lunar year I created this piece of Te Whānau o Matariki and Puanga, who both form part of the great constellation, Te Waka o Rangi.

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An artwork in gold and silver on a black background. The image shows an ornately carved Māori waka (canoe) with two sails. Attached to the stern of the waka is a silver feather streamer. Above the waka are a collection of stars in various sizes, and the moon in a waning crescent, all done in typical Māori art styles. The border around the artwork has two types of borders. On the top and bottom are small Xs in gold and silver representing stars (in te reo Māori this pattern is called purapura whetū, meaning “star seeds”). On the bottom are stepped zigzags alternating in gold, silver, and black (this pattern is called poutama, or “stairway to heaven”)

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Indigenous Environmental Network @ienearth.bsky.social · Jun 19

On this #Juneteenth, we uplift the brilliance, resilience, and joy of Black communities.

The bonds between Indigenous and Black relatives run deep, rooted in generations of shared resistance and collective vision for justice.

#HappyJuneteenth

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Jun 12

As Wend Wendland attends his last WIPO IGC, we want to join the celebrations of his leadership over the past 20+ yrs & thank Wend for his early support of Local Contexts. Seed funding from WIPO TK Division set us on our path so 15 yrs later, we are going strong to support #IDSov across the world.

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The Harvard Dataverse Repository @harvarddataverse.bsky.social · Jun 10

Starting off the #Dataverse2025 community meeting with workshops!

We have an all day Use Cases workshop starting with sharing Indigenous Data and the DV integration with @localcontexts.bsky.social

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Local Contexts @localcontexts.bsky.social · Jun 11

Center CIRCL at NYU and Local Contexts are seeking a highly organized, creative, proactive, & detail-oriented individual to join the Center CIRCL Staff as the Associate Research Scientist/Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Please share widely! Reviews to begin June 20. apply.interfolio.com/168898

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