Case Study: Makwa7 strengthens Indigenous data sovereignty with Checkbox

Makwa7 keeps community data on sovereign land with CheckBox

Makwa7, an Indigenous-led technology and data governance company, needed a way to gather community insights without compromising data sovereignty. Their challenge was finding a survey tool that would keep sensitive data on sovereign First Nations land rather than in externally hosted cloud servers. They turned to Checkbox for an on-premises solution.

Checkbox provided Makwa7 with the ability to deploy its survey software entirely on-premises within a First Nation-owned and controlled data hosting facility. This solution ensured all data collection, from community feedback on infrastructure initiatives to governance projects, remained under sovereign control. With Checkbox, Makwa7 successfully built a secure, community-owned data ecosystem, empowering the Indigenous communities they serve with greater data literacy and control.

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