When Reconciliation Meets Conflict: Exploring Indigenous Archives
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14288/sa.v0i3.188940Keywords:
archivists, first nations, aboriginalAbstract
This article proposes a framework of Indigenous archives that encompasses repositories housed in Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous repositories that care for records by and about Indigenous peoples. The author contends that a discourse of Indigenous archives can help archivists reform their theories and methodologies in ways that support Indigenous sovereignty and ways of knowing. The author makes the case for a discourse of Indigenous archives by using two case studies and reviewing key policy documents such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.References
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It is common practice to capitalize the term Indigenous as a sign of respect for Indigenous communities.
I do not intend to imply that archival professionals and Indigenous people are mutually exclusive categories. There are many examples of accomplished Indigenous archival professionals.
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