Aelike Ho‘ohana ‘Ikepili

Data use and agreements

ʻEliʻeli kūlana o ʻĀina ʻike - ʻŌlelo Noʻeau #399

Profound is the nature of ʻĀina ʻike. This ʻōlelo noʻeau refers to a person respected for the depth of her knowledge. 

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Our ancestors, past and present, respected the importance of knowledge from kilo, to literacy, to analysis and interpretation of the natural and physical phenomena of our world. The ʻōiwi lens in which our kūpuna lived elevated their insight from a knowing culture, to a learning culture, to an expressive culture. Today we have the same opportunity to forward this knowledge legacy to lift up data about us, for us.

As we welcome you into this digital space, we welcome you into a community with the same mutual respect, care, and responsibility in how we use this space together by agreeing to exercise ethical use of data to enhance the well-being of Kanaka ʻŌiwi, our people, culture, and language.

We affirm the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance created within the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP):

C - Collective Benefit

We aim to design data ecosystems that enable Kanaka ʻŌiwi to attain individual and collective benefit.

A - Authority to Control

As Kanaka ʻŌiwi, we maintain the inherent right to data relevant to our world views and empower sustainable self-determination.

R - Responsibility

We hold accountable the individuals, institutions, and organizations that use, create, collect, analyze, manage, or distribute data about Kanaka ʻŌiwi to be responsible to our communities from where the data is derived.

E - Ethics

We acknowledge and name the structures that maintain, create, and uphold inequity in data governance - whether intentional or unintentional - while seeking ethical ways to practice and address imbalances of power and protect against future harm of data use that stigmatizes or portrays Kanaka ʻŌiwi in terms of deficit.