Advancing Indigenous Data Sovereignty through Dataverse and Local Contexts Integration

In 2022, the annual Dataverse Community meeting theme was "Indigenous Data Sovereignty." Following this meeting, Dataverse used an opportunity with the NIH-funded GREI repositories initiative and conversations with Local Contexts (LC) to start collaborating to advance Indigenous data sovereignty in the Dataverse-supported repository. The proof-of-concept integration allows data depositors to link to a Local Context Hub registered project or item(s) using a Local Contexts Project metadata block built into Dataverse and released in 2025. TK Labels and Notices are registered and maintained by indigenous authorities in the LC Hub site and appear on the Dataverse Dataset metadata and landing pages. This presentation will provide a technical overview of the LC Hub - Dataverse Integration Project and highlight potential community use cases and planned improvements