AUTHOR=Carroll Stephanie Russo , Akee Randall , Chung Pyrou , Cormack Donna , Kukutai Tahu , Lovett Raymond , Suina Michele , Rowe Robyn K. 

TITLE=Indigenous Peoples' Data During COVID-19: From External to Internal

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sociology

VOLUME=Volume 6 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2021.617895

DOI=10.3389/fsoc.2021.617895

ISSN=2297-7775

ABSTRACT=●	Global disease trackers quantifying the size, spread, and distribution of COVID-19 illustrate the power of data during the pandemic. 
●	Data are required for decision-making, planning, mitigation, surveillance, and monitoring the equity of responses. 
●	There are dual concerns about the availability and suppression of COVID-19 data; due to historic and ongoing racism and exclusion, publicly available data can be both beneficial and harmful. 
●	Systemic policies related to genocide and racism, and historic and ongoing marginalization, have led to limitations in quality, quantity, access, and use of Indigenous Peoples’ COVID-19 data. 
●	Governments, non-profits, researchers, and other institutions must collaborate with Indigenous Peoples on their own terms to improve access to and use of data for effective public health responses to COVID-19.