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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.
Tribal Archives, Traditional Knowledge, And Local Contexts: Why The “S” Matters, Kimberly Christen
Tribal Archives, Traditional Knowledge, And Local Contexts: Why The “S” Matters, Kimberly Christen
Journal of Western Archives
In this article I examine the landscape of tribal or Indigenous archival management as it relates to digital assets and, more specifically, how these might help us reimagine the intellectual property needs of local, traditional, and indigenous communities, libraries, archives, and museums as they seek to manage, preserve, and reuse their digital cultural heritage. The colonial collecting project was a destructive mechanism by which Native materials were unhinged from their local places and knowledge and at the same time used as markers of Native erasure. As part of a practical solution to contemporary intellectual property dilemmas faced by Indigenous peoples …
"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.