First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities hold inherent rights to govern their data — genealogies, land knowledge, health records, and cultural materials. Colonial data systems extract value while removing community control.
Art. 12 — Data Sovereignty: Communities — not platforms — decide collection, storage, and sharing.
Art. 47 — Right to be Forgotten: Cultural dignity requires deletion rights beyond corporate retention policies.
Partner with Indigenous data governance leaders to adapt model bill language with nation-specific protocols — not one-size-fits-all federal text.