Daear Consulting, LLC  ·  Native-Owned Small Business

Sovereignty embedded in the pipeline.

We build governance-aware geospatial and AI systems for Tribal Nations at the implementation level. Consent, stewardship, and community control written into every dataset, workflow, and model.

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Implementation, not just principles.

We operate at the implementation level.

We turn governance frameworks such as OCAP®, CARE, FAIR, and IEEE 2890-2025 into production data pipelines that embed consent, stewardship, and community control directly into technical infrastructure.

Every system we build is designed to remain under Tribal or organizational control after the engagement ends.

Governance is the architecture

Sovereignty frameworks built into the pipeline from the first commit. Consent and stewardship embedded in every dataset and model.

Deep technical implementers

Geospatial engineering, remote sensing, cloud and HPC infrastructure, AI/ML pipelines, and governance-aware metadata systems built and deployed.

Community-scale outcomes

We work at the pace and priorities of the communities we serve. Long-term self-sufficiency, not dependency on external contractors.

Tribal Data Sovereignty

OCAP®, CARE, FAIR, and IEEE 2890-2025 operationalized into production systems. Provenance records, sovereignty audits, and community consent infrastructure.

Geospatial Engineering

Land-based data systems built on open federal sources with sovereignty framing that treats monitoring gaps as policy findings.

AI/ML Pipeline Development

Machine learning systems designed with governance in mind from the first training run. Model cards, data provenance, and bias documentation aligned with community-defined protocols.

Cloud & HPC Infrastructure

Scalable, reproducible, and secure compute environments. Cloud-native architectures, containerization, and high-performance computing for Earth observation and climate data at scale.

Governance-Aware Metadata

Data catalogs, provenance registries, and classification schemas that make sovereignty operational inside real infrastructure.

Education & Capacity Building

Curriculum design and instruction for Tribal colleges, hackathons, and research teams. We train internal teams to maintain and extend the systems we build together.

One question drives every engagement.

How do we make sovereignty operational inside real technical infrastructure?

We work as technical implementation partners, systems architects, and governance-aware advisors. Every engagement is designed so the community or organization retains full ownership and control of what we build together.


⬇ Capability Statement
System Builds
End-to-end data pipeline design, development, and deployment for Tribal and mission-driven organizations.
Governance
Embedding OCAP®/CARE/FAIR into existing systems and workflows — not as compliance, but as architecture.
Toolkit
Configuring the Tribal Data Sovereignty Toolkit for a specific Nation's protocols and data environment.
Training
Building internal capacity so communities can maintain and extend the systems after the engagement ends.
Advisory
Governance architecture for organizations navigating complex data environments and federal data systems.
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We work with Tribal Nations, federal agencies, and mission-driven research organizations. Tell us what you're building.

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