UIHI Distributes $1.2 Million in Grants to Decolonize Data

Through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), we’re awarding grants to 17 recipients to carry out best practices meant to improve data collection for American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Recipients of our Decolonizing Data grants consist of tribes, Native-led health, education, and advocacy organizations as well as state and county departments. These recipients will utilize UIHI resources and advance decolonizing data practices when collecting data for Native people. The resources will consist of our Best Practices for American Indian and Alaska Native Data Collection as well as a guide to navigating complex concepts, such as “Indigenous Data Sovereignty” and the collecting of tribal affiliations.

Congratulations to our Decolonizing Data Grant recipients:

American Indian Cancer Foundation, Saint Paul, MN
American Indian Health Service of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute, Washington, DC
Data for Indigenous Justice, Anchorage, AK
Data Warriors Lab, Lame Deer, MT
Little Earth Residents Association, Minneapolis, MN
Lower Brule Community College, Lower Brule, SD
National Indian Education Association, Washington, DC
Native Conservancy, Cordova, AK
Natives for Community Engagement and Equity, West Linn, OR
New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Albuquerque, NM
Red Lake Nation Emergency Youth Shelter, Red Lake, MN
So’oh-Shinálí Sister Project, Commerce, CA
Texas Tribal Buffalo Project, Waelder, TX
Ttawaxt Birth Justice Center, Wapato, WA
Indigenous Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Data Advisory Group, New Orleans, LA
Urban Indigenous Collective, New York, NY