IKDA helps organisations manage Indigenous data, cultural knowledge and heritage information through culturally appropriate governance, ethical frameworks and practical data architecture.
Indigenous Data Sovereignty · Cairns, QLD
Indigenous data is more than records and numbers. It carries knowledge, identity, responsibility and connection to Country. When it is held and governed well, it strengthens communities and protects what has been passed down through generations.
IKDA brings Indigenous ways of knowing together with modern data architecture — so information is managed ethically, stored respectfully, and shared only in ways that communities have agreed to.
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IKDA — Indigenous Knowledge Data Architecture — is an Indigenous-led consultancy helping organisations govern Indigenous data in ways that are ethical, practical and culturally grounded.
Janine, Founder and Principal Consultant, works alongside organisations to review how Indigenous data is held, design governance that reflects community values, and put frameworks in place that protect knowledge for future generations. The work joins two worlds — connection to Country and the systems that carry data — with respect at the centre of both.
“Connecting Country, Culture and Data through Indigenous-led governance and architecture that protects knowledge and empowers future generations.”
Practical, culturally appropriate support — from a first health check through to frameworks, policy, training and long-term strategy.
Review how an organisation stores, manages, shares, and protects Indigenous data.
Develop policies and procedures for handling Indigenous data.
Apply the CARE Principles — Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics.
Identify where Indigenous data is held, who has access, and how it flows through the organisation.
Create Indigenous data governance, privacy, consent, and access policies.
Design systems for managing cultural heritage information in culturally appropriate ways.
Support organisations to better protect Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property in their data practices.
Deliver training on Indigenous Data Sovereignty, governance, and ethical data management.
Develop culturally appropriate consent processes and data-sharing agreements.
Help organisations plan how to improve their Indigenous data governance over 1–3 years.
Frameworks
Guidance shaped by Indigenous knowledge, values and lived experience.
Frameworks built around your organisation — never off-the-shelf.
Clear, actionable advice you can put into practice straight away.
Data handled with responsibility, consent and cultural safety.
Teams that understand and confidently manage Indigenous data.
Governance designed to protect knowledge for generations to come.
We begin by listening — to your organisation, community and the knowledge involved.
We map how data is held, shared and protected, and identify what to strengthen.
We design governance that fits your context and values.
We work alongside your team to put frameworks and practices into place.
We help you review, refine and grow capability over time.
