Stephanie Russo Carroll, an associate professor of public health at the University of Arizona, co-founded the U.S. Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network and directs the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance. American Indian and Alaska Native tribes are fighting for equal governance and sovereignty over their own health data. (Courtesy/Kris Hanning/University of Arizona, Alaska Beacon)

When Stephanie Russo Carroll, a citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah in Alaska, set out to earn her doctorate in tribal…