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Inclusion, Diversity, Anti-Racism and Equity

Indigenous Peoples

Health, Sciences and Resources of Indigenous Peoples: Decolonizing Nations Built on Conquest

Health, Sciences and Resources of Indigenous Peoples: Decolonizing Nations Built on Conquest

The commodification of data and -omics resources is a growing concern worldwide, especially considering that there isn't a path to equitable delivery systems....or profit sharing. In essence, the formerly colonized will fund their own relegation to a consumer society with their own genomes and genomes of the plants and animals under their purview.

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The Native BioData Consortium: A Beginning

Ten Minute Mini Documentary describing the rights, need and future of Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Science Implementation

The Native BioData Consortium (NBDC) is the first 501(c)(3) nonprofit research institute led by Indigenous scientists and tribal members in the United States. NBDC executive director, Indigenous biomedical researcher with Indigenomics, Joseph M. Yracheta, MS, is a Doctor of Public Health candidate in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

This page is contributed by Joseph M. Yracheta, MS, DrPH Candidate, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering — Indigenous Affiliations: P'urhepecha y Raramuri