Table 1.

Organizational Partners in the Center for the Ethics of Indigenous Genomic Research consortium

Collaborative Organizations	Organization type	Location & Alaska Native/American Indian (AN/AI) community represented	Key features related to genomic research
University of Oklahoma	Public research university	Norman, Oklahoma- no specific AN/AI community	• Laboratories for Molecular Anthropology & Human Microbiome Research • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation • Native American Law Program Center for Applied Social Research • Center for Risk & Crisis Management • Native American Studies Program • Current portfolio of microbiome research with AN/AI peoples
Chickasaw Nation’s Division of Research and Population Health	Federally recognized tribal government	Ada, Oklahoma- Chickasaw Nation’s jurisdictional territory includes 7,648 square miles of south-central Oklahoma and encompasses all or parts of 13 Oklahoma counties	• Located within tribally managed research and health care systems • Federally registered IRB • Proposed genomic research proposals
Missouri Breaks Industries Research Incorporated	AI owned business	Eagle Butte, South Dakota- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, Spirit Lake Tribe, & Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota	• Strong Heart Study field center • Development of biorepository • Current portfolio of epigenetic research
Southcentral Foundation	Cook Inlet Region, Inc. nonprofit health care organization	Anchorage, Alaska- AN/AI people living in Anchorage & the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 55 rural villages in the Indian Health Service Anchorage Service Unit, a geographical area stretching 107,400 square miles across Southcentral Alaska – extending from the Canadian border on the east to the Aleutian Chain and Pribilof Islands on the west.	• Northwest Pharmacogenetics Network • Current portfolio of ELSI and pharmacogenetic research • Co-management of the Alaska Area Specimen Bank