The guide and the digitized oral histories it connects to is part of a collaborative grant project between the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and the UF Libraries. The project, Redressing Native American Oral Histories: Revitalization, Repatriation, and Responsible Sharing of Digital Cultural Heritage, revisits Native American interviews curated at the University of Florida. Oral histories in the collection date to the 1970-1980s and primarily include those of Seminole (Florida), Lumbee (North Carolina), Catawba (South Carolina), Choctaw (Mississippi), and Poarch Creek (Alabama) tribal members. This session will reflect on the progress of the project to date, including updates on collection management, digitization, transcription, repatriation, and community engagement. Funding for this work was graciously provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums.
This project is a collaboration between the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and the UF Libraries, with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
The project team is partnering with the tribal organizations represented in the collections at UF and is working in collaboration with community curation teams to review collection materials. This process includes the removal of culturally sensitive or restricted materials, adding Native language and/or translation to enhance interview data and metadata, identifying discrepancies in the recordings and transcripts, determining access protocols to collection content, creating and adapting Traditional Knowledge (TK) labels, and assisting with permission issues for digitizing and sharing content. The Native community partners for this project are:
News articles and press releases related to the project
Fresh funding aims to revitalize Indigenous oral history. Associated Press, Feb. 9, 2021.
UF Named to Receive Funding for Native American Oral History Collections. UF Libraries, Feb. 10, 2021.
A New Grant Will Digitize Thousands of Indigenous Oral Histories. HyperAllergic, Feb. 12, 2021.
UF digitizes Native American history records with Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Gainesville Sun, Feb. 16, 2021.
‘Like a treasure trove’: reviving indigenous voices through oral history. Independent Florida Alligator, Apr. 16, 2021.
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