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The goal of the study reported in this paper was to critically evaluate the discoverability of Water-Climate-Environment (WCE) data within Indigenous data repositories useful for data-driven water resource research. This study reviewed the implementation levels of Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability, known as FAIR guiding principles, in these scientific datasets for use by researchers. To accomplish this goal, we developed a systematic web-based search framework to identify active Indigenous-led WCE data repositories, evaluated them using FAIR principles, and offered recommendations for data utility enhancement. Our search yielded two publicly accessible data repositories: the Native Climate and Native Land Information System. The evaluation highlighted multiple key areas for the FAIRification of these data repositories, including assigning unique and persistent identifiers, enriching metadata, reformatting both data and metadata, registering data in different search engines, and specifying data use terms. These FAIRifications can enhance data discoverability and usability in data-driven water resource research for the interests of Native communities. 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