Native American Archives Roundtable

David L. George-Shongo, Chair (2005-07), requesting that the roundtable be established.

Richard Pierce-Moses, newly elected SAA President, taking the petition to create the Roundtable.

 

 

Mission Statement

 

To serve as a forum to educate archivists on the complexities and beauty of Native American archives of the western hemisphere and as a source of communication and inspiration for archivists working with Native American collections.

Roundtable’s History

 

The roundtable was formed as a result of a petition at he 2005 SAA Annual Meeting conference held in New Orleans. On Tuesday, August 13, 2005 Nancy Beaumont, SAA Executive Director, informed, David L. George-Shongo Jr., NAAR Chair, that by unanimous vote the SAA Council approved the Roundtable. For more information see SAA September/October 2005 Outlook under the title “Strengthening Tribal Archives” by Briana Bob.

 

Our whole group of tribal archivists at the New Orleans conference, 2005

Welcome