The Native BioData Consortium (NBDC) is comprised of Indigenous scientific and bioethics experts in latest scientific techniques and administration functions. Furthermore, the samples will be stored on sovereign Native American land, on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, which will provide additional protections for the participants’ samples from exploitation.
SAIL Study
SAIL–Studies of Auto-Immune Illnesses with the Lakota, to study disproportionate rheumatoid arthritis rates in the CRST community