Protocols for Native American Archival Materials: Resource List

Overview and History

• First Archivists Circle. 2007. Protocols for Native American Archival Materials.
• Boles, Frank, David George-Shongo, and Christine Weideman. 2008. Final Report: SAA Task Force to Review Protocols for Native American Archival Materials.
• Society of American Archivists Native American Archives Section. 2019-2020. Implementing the PNAAM: Webinar Series and Resource Toolkit.
• O’Neal, Jennifer R. 2012. Final Report: SAA Native American Protocols Forum Working Group.

Guidelines and How-to

• Indian Arts Research Center. 2019. Guidelines for Collaboration. Facilitated by Landis Smith, Cynthia Chavez Lamar, and Brian Vallo. Santa Fe, NM: School for Advanced Research.
• Haynes, Caitlin. 2020. Protocols 101: How to Start the Conversation at Your Institution. Presentation at ARCHIVES * RECORDS 2020: Creating Our Future, Chicago.

Research Projects Referencing the Protocols

• Bertram, Cara S. 2012. “Avenues of Mutual Respect: Opening Communication and Understanding between Native Americans and Archivists.” Master’s thesis, Western Washington University.
• Bolcer, John. 2009. “The Protocols for Native American Archival Materials: Considerations and Concerns from the Perspective of a Non-Tribal Archivist.” Easy Access 34, no. 4 (January): 3-6.
• Callison, Camille, Jonathan Pringle, and Alissa Cherry. 2015. “Canadian Perspectives and Recommendations for Indigenous Archives.” Presentation at ATALM International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums: ATALM Archives Summit.
• Christen, Kimberly. 2011. “Opening Archives: Respectful Repatriation.” American Archivist 74, no. 1 (Spring-Summer): 185-210.
• Christen, Kimberly. 2015. “Tribal Archives, Traditional Knowledge, and Local Contexts: Why the ‘s’ Matters.” Journal of Western Archives 6, no. 1 (Native American Archives Special Issue).
• Joffrion, Elizabeth, and Natalia Fernández. 2015. “Collaboration between Tribal and Non-Tribal Organizations: Sharing Expertise, Knowledge, and Cultural Resources.” Presentation at ATALM International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums: ATALM Archives Summit, Washington, D.C.
• Joffrion, Elizabeth, and Natalia Fernández. 2015. “Collaborations between Tribal and Nontribal Organizations: Suggested Best Practices for Sharing Expertise, Cultural Resources, and Knowledge.” The American Archivist 78 (1): 192–237.
• Mathiesen, Kay. 2012. “A Defense of Native Americans’ Rights over Their Traditional Cultural Expressions.” The American Archivist 75 (2): 456–81.
• O’Neal, Jennifer R. 2012. “Archival Creative Friction: Indigenous Peoples’ Existence and Resistance in the Archival Multiverse.” Presentation at the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference, Mohegan.
• O’Neal, Jennifer R. 2012. “Archival Advocacy, Inside Out: The Protocols for Native American Archival Materials.” Presentation at the Association for Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums Conference, Tulsa.
• O’Neal, Jennifer R. 2012. “The Protocols for Native American Archival Material.” Presentation at the Arizona Archives Alliance Symposium, Flagstaff.
• O’Neal, Jennifer R. 2015. “‘The Right to Know’: Decolonizing Native American Archives.” Journal of Western Archives 6, no. 1 (Native American Archives Special Issue).
• O’Neal, Jennifer R. and Karen Underhill. 2015. “Introduction to Protocols for Native American Materials.” Presentation at ATALM International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums: ATALM Archives Summit, Washington, D.C.
• Senier, Siobhan. 2014. “Digitizing Indigenous History: Trends and Challenges.” Journal of Victorian Culture 19, no. 3: 396-402.
• St-Onge, Karine. 2019. “Digital Ethics and Reconciliation in Libraries and Archives.” University of Victoria.
• Underhill, Karen J. 2006. “Protocols for Native American Archival Materials.” RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 7, no. 2.
• Winn, Samantha. 2015. “Ethics of Access in Displaced Archives.” Provenance: Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists 33, no. 1.

Case Studies

• Ceja, Janet. 2015. “Incorporating the Protocols into the Archival Curriculum.” Presentation at ATALM International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums: ATALM Archives Summit, Washington, D.C.
• Reyes-Escudero, Verónica and J. Wendel Cox. 2017. “Survey, Understanding, and Ethical Stewardship of Indigenous Collections: A Case Study.” Collection Management 42, no. 3-4: 130-138.
• Ryan, Ellen M. 2014. “Identifying Culturally Sensitive American Indian Material in a Nontribal Institution.” SAA Case Studies in Archival Ethics: Case Study 3.
• Stoker, Storm. “Report on The Society of American Archivists Task Force to Review the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials.” Presentation at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting and Conference, Cleveland, 2015.