Local Contexts

Huliauapa‘a plans to co-chair and convene the Hawaiʻi hub of Local Contexts, “... a global initiative that supports Indigenous communities with tools that can reassert cultural authority in heritage collections and data. By focusing on Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property and Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Local Contexts helps Indigenous communities repatriate knowledge and gain control over how data is collected, managed, displayed, accessed, and used in the future,” (Local Contexts 2025). Through collaboration with ʻŌiwi communities across the paeʻāina, our intention is to support uniquely ʻŌiwi data sovereignty and knowledge stewardship by creating opportunities, tools, and resources for communities to utilize. While this effort is still in its conceptualization and initial planning stages, we are excited to begin discussions and resource development around the challenges and opportunities within the expansive realm of ʻŌiwi data sovereignty and knowledge stewardship.