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A new workshop explores the right of Indigenous people to govern the collection, ownership and use of their biological and cultural data.
Te Hiku Media gathered huge swathes of Māori language data. Corporates are now trying to get the rights to it
Indigenous research ethics is a collective and diverse set of responses to the way in which research has historically been, and continues to be, something that has been done to, rather than with, Indigenous peoples and communities. More specifically, the wide range of writings on Indigenous research
Aman Gebru, Patents, Disclosure, and Biopiracy, 96 Denv. U.L. Rev. 535 (2019), available at SSRN.Sarah BursteinA new patent application claims to have invented a process for using turmeric to “augment the healing process of chronic and acute wounds.” Unbeknownst to the patent examiner, this spice has been used for this purpose—for centuries—in India. Because the process isn’t new, it shouldn’t be patentable. But what if the patent examiner doesn’t know about that longstanding prior use? Because traditional knowledge (TK) isn’t typically found [...]
Other rights furnish a foundation for open access or limit access and the application of IPR to reproduction media
Moving to Brian Deer.
A number of language revitalization professionals report that their projects are not just continuing under quarantine—they’re expanding.
Today we travel to a future where you can sell your personal data directly to a company, to get a better deal on a car or a house or a…
A government program aimed at reversing the longstanding connectivity issues on tribal lands is complicated by the pandemic.
Memorial is among the first universities in Canada to create and adopt a formal agreement that gives Indigenous groups the right to own, control, access and possess their research data.
The local American Indian media organization Migizi Communications has a significant archive of reel-to-reel audio tapes from radio shows dating back to the mid-70s. The audio chronicles remarkable moments in modern Native American history, but up until very recently it was largely lost to time.
Bimodoshka Annya Pucan was doing undergraduate research at the University of Western Ontario, when she discovered archival recordings of Robert Thompson - a medicine man born in 1876.
He bought them for a dollar and now, "boxes and boxes and boxes" of old audiotape and film that Bert Crowfoot has safeguarded for decades are turning out to be a priceless trove of Indigenous stories, culture and language.