SI_NMNH_10.31.18.pdf

Histories of collection have been rightfully framed within colonial contexts of taking. As collecting institutions, repositories, and scholars grapple with these histories, we necessarily contend with process and practices of return and reuse. At the same time, digital technologies afford one avenue for return and reuse, but not without challenges related to proper citation, attribution, and protocols for access. This presentation will explore the ethical issues of archival returns through the Mukurtu Shared platform which is being developed in collaboration with Indigenous communities, the Mukurtu CMS team and federal collecting institutions.

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1. RETURN, REUSE, RESPECT: COLLABORATIVE CURATION
2. AFTER THE RETURN: DIGITAL REPATRIATION AND THE CIRCULATION OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
6. “ 6 MUSEUMS ARE DANGEROUS PLACES BECAUSE THEY CONTROL THE STORYTELLING” – MOANA JACKSON, TE PAPA (2018)
7. 7 ATTRIBUTION DECOLONIZING PRACTICES
9. 9 TECHNOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DIGITAL RETURN MUKURTU CMS LOCAL CONTEXTS
11. • Cultural & Sharing Protocols • Community Records • Roundtrip/selective synch • Traditional Knowledge (TK) Labels 11 MUKURTU CORE FEATURES
18. 18 COMMUNITY DRIVEN Photos by Kimberly Christen, Lotus Norton-Wisla and Michael Wynne for the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation. With permissions by workshop participants. MUKURTU SHARED
19. 19 AGGREGATORS CHALLENGES
20. “ 20 MUKURTU SHARED HOW DO WE FACILITATE THE AGGREGATION AND SHARING OF NATIVE AMERICAN LIBRARY, ARCHIVAL AND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND ENSURE THAT THE MATERIALS ARE DISCOVERABLE, ACCESSIBLE, ATTRIBUTED ACCURATELY, AND ETHICALLY CURATED? ”
21. 21 MUKURTU SHARED PARTICIPANTS PLANNING GRANT 2016-2017 Huna Heritage Foundation Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways American Philosophical Society California Indian Museum and Cultural Center American Folklife Center Library of Congress National Anthropological Archives Makah Cultural and Research Center Penobscot Nation University of Oregon Libraries National Museum of the American Indian California Indian Museum and Cultural Center University of Washington Libraries Digital Public Library of America The Hopi Tribe Cultural Preservation Office The Nakwatsvewet Institute Yale Indian Papers Project Washington State University
22. “ 22 MUKURTU SHARED SHARING BEGINS WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS” - SHANNON MARTIN, (SAGINAW CHIPPEWA) DIRECTOR, ZIIBIWING CENTER OF ANISHINABE CULTURE & LIFEWAYS

23. 23 “MUST HAVES” MUKURTU SHARED RELATIONSHIPS Mukurtu Shared must facilitate relationship-building and help to sustain long term partnerships between Native and non- Native collecting institutions to share digital collections ethically. 1 VETTING Mukurtu Shared must provide clear workflows for both technical and non-technical vetting of cultural materials by Native American communities. 2 SUPPORT AND TRAINING Mukurtu Shared must implement a “Mukurtu Fellows” program to provide in-person support and training to communities and institutions and facilitate research and collaboration between Native and non-Native repositories and communities. 3 4 SUSTAINABILITY Mukurtu Shared must be technically and socially sustained at WSU to ensure ongoing support and access and encourage Native and non- Native participants engagement.
24. 24 A PLATFORM FOR ETHICALLY SHARING NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH COLLABORATIVE CURATION PROCESSES MUKURTU SHARED
25. 25 Cultural Protocols access decisions Roundtrip & Selective Synch shared metadata Traditional Knowledge Labels educational tagging
40. 40 PARTNERS MUKURTU SHARED CALIFORNIA INDIAN MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER 1 HUNA HERITAGE FOUNDATION 2 PENOBSCOT NATION, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION & MUSEUM 3 ZIIBIWING CENTER OF ANISHINABE CULTURE & LIFEWAYS 4 NATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHIVES, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 6 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 7 WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, CENTER FOR DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP AND CURATION 8 NEW YOUR UNIVERSITY, MUSEUM STUDIES 9 5 AMERICAN FOLKLIFE CENTER, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
41. 41 THANK YOU FOR LISTENING DR. KIM CHRISTEN | KACHRISTEN@WSU.EDU | @MUKURTU | KIMCHRISTEN.COM