Prospects in First Nations Archives: Reflections based on my participation in the Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums Institutes and Conference program

There have been modest but continuing efforts to encourage and coordinate support for First Nations Archives in Canada. In the United States the Tribal Libraries, Archives and Museums conferences and projects are better established. This paper discusses how the American and Canadian experiences are...

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Main Author: Reilly, Teresa
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: University of Calgary 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47975
https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/29679
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Summary:There have been modest but continuing efforts to encourage and coordinate support for First Nations Archives in Canada. In the United States the Tribal Libraries, Archives and Museums conferences and projects are better established. This paper discusses how the American and Canadian experiences are directing us to think differently about how First Nations archives can develop as authentic and self-governing participants in the ongoing work of Healing and Reconciliation. No University of Manitoba Archives