Researching with Native Collections
Researchers should educate themselves on culturally-responsive archival best practices, and policies when researching with Native collections, as well any legal or tribal restrictions to accessing information. Below are resources to support informed, ethical scholarship and archival practices when using and handling Native collections:
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Protocols for Native American Archival Materials, by First Archivist Circle
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Digitising and handling Indigenous cultural resources in libraries, archives, and museums, by Alex Byrne (University of Technology, Syndey)
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Tribal Archives, Traditional Knowledge, and Local Contexts: Why the “s” Matters, by Kimberly Christen (Washington State University)
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A Defense of Native Americans' Rights over Their Traditional Cultural Expressions, by Kay Mathiesen
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Ethics of Access in Displaced Archives, by Samantha R. Winn (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
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Identifying Culturally Sensitive American Indian Material in a Non-tribal Institution, by Ellen M. Ryan (Idaho State University)
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The American Philosophical Society Protocols for the Treatment of Indigenous Materials, by Timothy B. Powell
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Decolonizing Attribution, by Jane Anderson (New York University) and Kimberly Christen (Washington State University)
