INDUSTRY FIELD GUIDE
Tribal government data use and authorization records for AI
Tribal Nations determine the authority and process for their own data.
NAICS 921150 · American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments
Tribal Nations determine the authority and process for their own data. NIH’s tribal consultation on data sovereignty and NCAI’s research partnership materials provide context on engaging Tribal Nations and respecting their governance. A first example can use independently authored, generic administrative materials. NIH tribal data sovereignty consultation · NCAI research partnership guidance
Create an entirely fictional workflow with separate proposed uses for private review, evaluation and training. Give the first two different approval records and leave training unapproved. Ask the model to cite each authorization and flag the unresolved use.
Exclude cultural knowledge, language recordings, enrollment information, lands and sensitive community records. Real material requires the relevant Nation’s own approval process and documented terms.
Describe an independently authored governance example
Original Fiund exercise
Different proposed uses require their own documented authority
This independently authored abstract governance exercise does not describe any actual Tribal Nation or its approval process. It uses original generic office material, with separate fictional approvals for review and evaluation.
| Record | Source | What it records |
|---|---|---|
| TG1 | Proposed-use register | Original mock material M requested for private review R, detached evaluation E and model training T. Uses explicitly distinct. |
| TG2 | Fictional approval A-R | Allows private review R by named practice role, days 1–10; does not authorize E or T. |
| TG3 | Fictional approval A-E | Allows detached evaluation E on a de-identified practice copy during days 5–8. Training T has no approval record. |
Question for the model
Which requested uses are documented on day 6, and can either approval or generic possession of M establish training authority?
Show the reference answer and checks
TG2 supports the specified private review R on day 6, and TG3 separately supports detached evaluation E on its named practice copy within days 5–8. Neither record approves T, so training remains unapproved in this fictional register. Preserve use, copy, recipient and term rather than extending a limited review or evaluation permission to training. Actual Tribal data proposals must follow the relevant Nation's own governance and documented terms.
- Treating private review access as permission for any downstream model use.
- Applying an evaluation-copy approval to a different copy, recipient or training purpose.
Fields to preserve
- Proposed purpose
- Distinguishes review, evaluation and training.
- Copy and recipient scope
- Limits the authority to its stated material and role.
- Approval term and source
- Makes date-specific authorization inspectable.
Test another case
Ask about day 9, after A-E's term ends but A-R remains in term. Require separate date-specific findings without inferring a renewed approval.
Use independent generic materials only. Exclude cultural knowledge, language recordings, enrollment, lands and sensitive community records. No fictional rule substitutes for a Nation's actual authority.
Discuss a contribution
Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.