Tribal Data Sovereignty

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1. The goal of the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center (GLITEC) is to support Tribal communities in their efforts to improve health by assisting with data needs through partnership development, community-based research, education and technical assistance.

a) True
b) False

2. Some of the assistance that GLITEC provides to Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations includes facilitating community health surveys, community readiness assessments, and providing health promotion/disease prevention materials and presentations.

a) True
b) False

3. Tribal sovereignty maintains the authority of Native nations to regulate research within their jurisdiction.

a) True
b) False

4. GLITEC can help Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations with the following:

a) Public health law and policy development
b) Public Health Accreditation assistance
c) Disease/health condition special reporting
d) Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) strategies and activities support
e) All of the above

5. Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations can struggle with data sovereignty because of gaps in policies regarding data usage.

a) True
b) False

6. The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) enacted the following:

a) Allowed Tribes to take over the administration of federal programs and services
b) Created federal laws and policies that support Tribal data sovereignty
c) Supported Tribal control of data generated under those programs
d) All of the above

7. It is crucial to train Tribal staff in data literacy, privacy, and security to uphold data sovereignty efforts.

a) True
b) False

8. Tribes can uphold data sovereignty by:

a) Developing and adopting Tribal data governance laws or resolutions
b) Creating Data Use Agreements (DUAs) that define rights and responsibilities
c) Establishing Tribal Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) to oversee research
d) Exercising legal authority over data collected on Tribal lands or citizens
e) All of the above

9. Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations can assert data sovereignty in contracts, grants, and research proposals.

a) True
b) False

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