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Review Of Extensible Processing For Archives And Special Collections: Reducing Processing Backlogs, Todd Welch
Review Of Extensible Processing For Archives And Special Collections: Reducing Processing Backlogs, Todd Welch
Journal of Western Archives
Review of Extensible Processing for Archives and Special Collections: Reducing Processing Backlogs.
Images Of The Surreal: Contrived Photographs Of Native American Indians In Archives And Suggested Best Practices, Zachary R. Jones
Images Of The Surreal: Contrived Photographs Of Native American Indians In Archives And Suggested Best Practices, Zachary R. Jones
Journal of Western Archives
This essay explores the complex history of contrived photographs of Native American Indians created by non-Native photographers around the turn of the twentieth century. Based on research and surveys this essay overviews issues associated with contrived photographs, colonial narratives of history, and offers perspectives and survey feedback on practices that could improve archival description of controversial historical photographs of American Indians found in archives around the world.
Natives In The Nation's Archives: The Southwest Oregon Research Project, David G. Lewis
Natives In The Nation's Archives: The Southwest Oregon Research Project, David G. Lewis
Journal of Western Archives
The Southwest Oregon Research Project, initiated by members of the Coquille Indian tribe broke ground in Oregon for archival collections. Tribal scholars, working to restore and support their tribal nations collected documents and learned skills of archival research and organization. The last phase of the project returned collections to regional tribes in a community process of potlatch. The project theory reversed the trend of the late 19th and early 20th centuries of collecting information from tribes with little or no reciprocity. Tribes today are using the information to write histories, restore cultural identities and support tribal sovereignty.
"The Right To Know": Decolonizing Native American Archives, Jennifer R. O'Neal
"The Right To Know": Decolonizing Native American Archives, Jennifer R. O'Neal
Journal of Western Archives
This work examines the historic and current policies regarding Native American archives, detailing the broader historic landscape of information services for tribal communities, the initiative to develop tribal archives in Indian Country, and the activism surrounding the proper care and management of Native American archive collections at non-Native repositories. Utilizing Vine Deloria's "Right to Know" call to action, the paper analyzes major activities and achievements of the national indigenous archives movement with a specific focus on archival activists and tribal communities in the American West who were at the forefront of a grassroots movement to establish and develop tribal archives, …
Native American Archives Special Issue: Dedication, Jennifer O'Neal, David G. Lewis
Native American Archives Special Issue: Dedication, Jennifer O'Neal, David G. Lewis
Journal of Western Archives
This is a dedication for the special issue on Native American archives.