A collage-style image critiquing exploitative consultation practices involving Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Top left: bold yellow and black text reads, "Native North American, South American & Central American lives, lands, resources and data are in 'consultation' with those who have never had our Interests at heart." Top center images show an Indigenous man on horseback, a shirtless Amazonian man with text "Mi vida está en consulta," and a cartoon of a butcher about to carve a carcass labeled as "consultation." Bottom left: graphics of dollar signs, a genome strand, and a U.S. dollar bill. Bottom right: angry white men holding torches at a white supremacist rally. A black box with yellow text reads, "While the 'low hanging fruit' of our Genomes will help those who definitely get to decide their own fates." The collage contrasts Indigenous exploitation with privileged control over data and destiny.
Who gets to decide? "Those who have never had our interests at heart?" It's time for that to change. #NativeBioData #IndigenousScience #DataSovereignty #STEMJustice #DecolonizeDNA #IndigenousFutures
