Outreach

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) platforms are touted as the next step improving health, constructing digital systems to innovate new technologies, pioneering creative and artistic expression, and driving data economies.

However, these movements necessitate the equitable inclusion of Indigenous peoples and communities in order to not further contribute to data erasures and inequities resulting from algorithmic bias and inattention to power imbalances related to data collection, data storage, and Indigenous data ownership and stewardship. By understanding the current climate of data infrastructures in Tribal, health, and community practices, we aim to empower Indigenous nations to implement AI/ML solutions for their own peoples. This symposium will build international and national Indigenous ecosystems of support and networking to usher the next generation of Indigenous AI/ML. 

We welcome Indigenous Tribal leaders, academics, thinkers, and entrepreneurs to discuss the future application of emerging data science in growing data economies and workforce development for Indigenous nations worldwide. Additionally, the symposium will center Indigenous data sovereignties as nation-building approaches to driving innovation in all discipline areas in Indian Country.