New Biodiversity on a Changing Planet solicitation from @nsf dropped: nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf2… Questions? You can attend the upcoming office hours: beta.nsf.gov/events/deb-vir… Or you can email [email protected] Deadline - 29 March 2023!

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ has it’s first Native Hawaiian performer. Sasha Colby is her name bit.ly/3CXlcA5 #HNN

I see no differences. ✊🏽 Māori, Kānaka Maoli, Diné geneticists represented on our power coffee run at #SINGAotearoa ☕️

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The world's first decentralized ledger system was Indigenous: defy.club/unblocked/the-… #blockchain #Indigenous #AI

Please share this with all Indigenous students in your networks. This is a great opportunity to receive hands-on data training while learning about the importance of grounding data in cultural and ethical frameworks. Also, the instructors are dope :D

Thank you Ann Mc Cartney!! You know how to put together a thank you box 😭😭. Such amazing and thoughtful gifts inside. I’m eager to make the Guinness bread.

We're hiring! Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Genetics/Genomics in the Dept of Biology at UH Hilo. Our department and university have a strong commitment to recruit and retain diverse applicants. Please share broadly. hilo.hawaii.edu/uhh/hr/vacancy…

Are you Indigenous and an entomologist or interested in entomology? Our working group is starting up meetings again! Send me a DM or email and I’ll give you all the info! ☺️🪲✨🌈🐝

Registration deadline for our Indigenous #AI Summit is 3/20 (sols.asu.edu/ideas). We are so excited convene #data leaders from #Indigenous Nations across US, Pacific Islands, Canada, NZ in health, law, justice, tech, environment, education, language, governance. Event 3/31:

"Removing race as a descriptor may be helpful for some groups." says @YrachetaJM "But Native Americans’ story is different. #NativeAmericans’ unique evolutionary history have made them a valuable resource for genetics research." sciencenews.org/article/race-l…

Fish eDNA detections in ports mirror fishing fleet activities and highlight the spread of non-indigenous species in the Mediterranean Sea ift.tt/HbqzefA

And finally, this whole thing has me thinking: how is it that actual Indigenous faculty, especially rez kids like me, find ourselves barely surviving in the academy when white folks who pretend to be us thrive? I’m even more aware now how these places were never built for us.

so well deserved Aidee Guzman! canʻt wait to see the exciting work ahead 🙌 Stanford University is so so lucky to have you.

Tremendous opportunity for Indigenous students

We will host our Summer 2024 workshop on the theme “Our Data Relations: Kinship, Stewardship, Sovereignty in Biodiversity and Biocollections” to take place on the lands of the Salt-River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in AZ week of June 3-7. Please apply: t.ly/kx0D1