Additional Materials
Tribal data sovereignty agreements, AI readiness checklists, governance policy templates, and vendor evaluation frameworks you can customize for your nation. These materials come from tribes that have already done the work of translating sovereignty principles into operational documents. Use them as-is or adapt them to match your community's needs and priorities.
Tribal Digital Sovereignty Guidebook
ASU American Indian Policy Institute, Center for Tribal Digital Sovereignty - Comprehensive 50+ page guidebook introducing digital sovereignty concepts, building blocks, and examples of sovereignty in action. Covers broadband, cloud storage, AI governance protocols, and spectrum management.
Foundational resource for understanding how digital sovereignty extends tribal sovereignty. Includes policy frameworks and case studies from Tribal nations.
Yurok Tribe Sovereign Data Sharing and Security Agreement
Downloadable data sharing agreement template governing creation, collection, exchange, storage, use, and dissemination of culturally sensitive, confidential, or proprietary information. Released under Creative Commons-style license for other tribes to adapt.
Battle-tested template from largest California tribe. Addresses tribal data sovereignty in research partnerships, includes confidentiality clauses and data security protocols.
Defining and Putting into Practice Tribal Digital Sovereignty
This article advances the concept of Tribal Digital Sovereignty (TDS) as a critical framework for understanding and governing the digital futures of Tribal Nations.
Drawing on Federal Indian Law, Indigenous governance traditions, and global debates on digital sovereignty, the article situates TDS as both a continuation of longstanding assertions of sovereignty and a necessary response to 21st-century technological challenges.
Sample Tribal Data Sharing Agreement Template
Tribal Information Exchange Template covering parties involved, purpose, data nature, access/confidentiality, use restrictions, termination clauses. Includes AI/AN-specific confidentiality provisions and IRB approval requirements.
Starting point for tribes developing data sharing agreements with researchers, federal agencies, or vendors. Addresses unique tribal jurisdictional and sovereignty issues.
How to Build an AI-Resilient Workforce: The AI-Enabled Professional Framework
AI is reshaping every sector and the skills workers need to thrive are changing with it. By 2030, 70% of the skills used in most jobs will look different, and employers anticipate that roughly 60% of their workforce will need upskilling or reskilling. The challenge isn't just knowing that change is coming. It's knowing how to respond.
Federal AI Governance Toolkit
Comprehensive toolkit for federal agencies covering organizational and system-level risk management. Includes stakeholder mapping tools, Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs) integration, and NIST controls alignment.
Designed for sovereign government entities with public trust obligations - similar to tribal governments. Already addresses privacy, data governance, and multi-stakeholder coordination.
AI Governance Template Starter Kit
Aona AI (enterprise governance platform) offers 21 free templates including AI acceptable use policy, risk assessment checklist, vendor security questionnaire, incident response plan, governance committee charter, ethics review board charter, model validation checklist, employee training materials.
Templates are designed to be customized per organizational context.