..., it structures the analysis around four dimensions: ownership, authority, access and ethical accountability, drawing on Indigenous data sovereignty scholarship and Sámi historical contexts. Findings The analysis shows that FAIR-oriented regimes prioritize technical openness and institutional ownership...

... attribution, specificity and dynamism of TK, undermining Indigenous data sovereignty. The paper advocates for alternative descriptive methods grounded within tribal sovereignty values while recognizing the difficulties of dealing with issues of interoperability by means of metadata standards given potentially...