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Book Review: Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums - Preserving our Language, Memory and Lifeways

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  • At the basis of any tribal library, archive or museum is the desire to reclaim and preserve cultural identity

  • The final section of the book looks at issues facing the person working in a tribal library or archive

  • Roy’s chapter Weaving Partnerships with the American Indian Peoples in Your Community to Develop Cultural Programming shows her ability to blend professional and tribal perspectives. Her discussion on How do we refer to Native Peoples? highlights the complexity in understanding indigenous cultures for many people

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Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums - Preserving our Language, Memory and Lifeways. At the basis of any tribal library, archive or museum is the desire to reclaim and preserve cultural identity. In the chapters of this book contributors discuss how a variety of institutions and organizations in the United States conduct work to preserve tribal identity.

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