Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them, Nature, 8 August 2025
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
Authors: Tara G. McAllister, Leilani A. Walker, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Lydia Jennings, Bradley Moggridge, Sereana Naepi, Brittany Kamai, and Kat Milligan-McClellan.
Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives intend to support Black, Indigenous and other marginalized scholars — but the pace of change has remained slow.
Too often, Indigenous people continue to be objects of research; they must be allowed to become research leaders. For this to happen, extractive research that is taken from Indigenous people without their meaningful involvement, benefit or consent must stop.
