Digital Knowledge Sharing

Forging Partnerships between Scholars, Archives, and Indigenous Communities

Bibliographic Data

ID2435313
AuthorsTimothy B Powell (0009-0008-3776-4393, American Philosophical Society, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume10
Issue2
Pages66-90
Publication date2016-12-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMuseum Anthropology Review (Indiana University) (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1938-5145 • E-ISSN: 1938-5145
PublisherI US ch ol ar Wo rk s (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14434/10.14434/mar.v10i2.20268
OpenAlexW2567748975
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited11

The article reviews a digital repatriation project carried out by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at the American Philosophical Society over the course of eight years (2008-present). The project focused on building digital archives in four indigenous communities: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Penobscot Nation, Tuscarora Nation, and Ojibwe communities in both the United States and Canada. The article features insights from traditional knowledge keepers who helped to create a new system of co-stewarding the APS' indigenous archival materials and recounts how the APS established protocols for cultural sensitivity. A new model of community-based scholarship is proposed to create a more equal and respectful relationship between indigenous communities, scholars, and archives

Archaeology · Cherokee · Community engagement · Indigenous · Library science · Media studies · Native american · Native American studies · Political science · Repatriation · Scholarship · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Anthropology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Museums and Cultural Heritage · History · Law

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