Issues in Native American Archives

Cooper, Amy

doi:10.1300/j105v27n02_05

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“…This subtext of racism, whether unintentional or deliberate, is informed in part by larger misconceptions about Aboriginal culture influenced by the notable absence of officially endorsed Aboriginal voices in non-Aboriginal institutions. Cooper (2002) refers to this skewed perception as a product of "American society's master narrative" (p. 46) that presents indigenous culture as a homogenous, stagnant relic of a bygone era, rather than a relevant and dynamic way of life (Hudson, 2012, p. 80). Hagan (1978) neatly captures this disconnect between fact and myth, characterizing the American Indian as an "archival captive" and notes that "to be an Indian means having non-Indians control the documents from which other non-Indians write their version of your history" (p. 135).…”

Section: Tokenism and Misinformationmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Loose Coupling: Aboriginal Participation in Library Education - A Selective Literature Review

Doerksen

Martin²

2016

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The one constant of librarianship is the inevitability of interaction with diverse populations throughout all facets of the profession. This literature review critically examines works on the education and participation of North American Aboriginal people in the profession of librarianship and outlines the evolution of recruitment and retention strategies as they are addressed in scholarly literature. The authors pay particular attention to Canada where Aboriginal people have, historically, constituted an underserved and understudied demographic in the field of Library and Information Studies (LIS).The authors note that much LIS literature on diversity tackles the subject in its broadest scope; even authors specifically addressing race tend to focus on all visible minorities and ignore those factors specific to Aboriginal people. Those who do examine the topic in a more targeted fashion discuss the barriers that discourage Aboriginal people from pursuing librarianship, and touch on the varying levels of success achieved by different recruitment strategies. As many of these recruitment tactics have proven inadequate, educators and academics are beginning to explore the benefits of infusing diversity education throughout LIS curricula and, going further, indigenizing academia. In more recent scholarship, the fundamental bias of Western education is increasingly discussed, and recruitment literature now reflects the need to foster an academic environment where alternate methodologies and epistemologies are used and respected, rather than studied as historic relics of a stagnant culture.

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Section: Tokenism and Misinformationmentioning

confidence: 99%