International Resources

Seminal Works

“Indigenous Data Sovereignty” (2016) asserts that Indigenous peoples have inherent and inalienable rights relating to the collection, ownership and application of data about them, and about their lifeways and territories. As the first book to focus on Indigenous data sovereignty, it asks: what does data sovereignty mean for Indigenous peoples, and how is it being used in their pursuit of self-determination?

Reference: Kukutai, T. & Taylor, J. (eds.)(2016). Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an Agenda. ANU Press. ISBN: 9781760460303

"Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy” (2020) looks at how Indigenous peoples internationally are demanding greater data sovereignty, and challenging how governments have historically used Indigenous data to develop policies and programs. At the heart of these demands for change are the enduring aspirations for self-determination over their institutions, resources, knowledge, and information systems.

Reference: Walter, M., Kukutai, T. Russo Carroll, S., Rodriguez-Lonebear, D. (2020). Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy. London Routledge. ISBN: 9780429273957

“Indigenous Statistics” (2025) is the second edition of the groundbreaking Indigenous Statistics opens up a major new approach to research across the disciplines and applied fields…Drawing on a diverse new author team, this book dismantles that persistent positivism with a forceful critique, then fills the void with a new paradigm for Indigenous quantitative methods, using concrete examples of research projects from First World Indigenous peoples in the United States, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada.

Reference: Walter, M., Anderson, C., Kukutai, T., Gabel, C., (2025). Indigenous Statistics. London Routledge. ISBN: 9781032002507