New Native BioData Campus Vision
The new BioData Campus will bring together a consortium of Indigenous scientists and tribal members and create a precedent of sovereign control and protection over Native biodata.
There are currently no research facilities dedicated to the work that the NBDC is doing elsewhere in the world. The Native BioData Campus will be the first research facility to affirm Indigenous sovereignty by regrounding the research, data, and biodiversity that has been exploited and extracted from Cheyenne River Sioux land and Indigenous lands worldwide.
The Opportunity
The Native BioData Campus has the potential to create significant impact across scales. It will feature a 11,100 sq. ft. state-of-the-art research facility, which will host Native and non-Native scientists, students, Reservation services and offices, foundations, and visiting Tribal governments. Seven units of on-campus housing will be provided to facilitate short and long-term residencies. A community playground, trail network, and outdoor gardens and teaching spaces will activate and restore the 9.9 acre site as a healthy grassland ecosystem.
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