Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory

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Year of Publication
2024
Author
Author: Rose Miron
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Number of Pages
282 pp.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
City
Minneapolis, MN
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ISBN
9781517912710
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Explores the shift in how Indigenous history is collected and presented due to Indigenous archival activism with a focus on the Stockbridge-Munsee Community in Wisconsin.

Contents:

  • Foreword: Mohican Nation, Stockbridge-Munsee Historical Committee
  • A note on terminology
  • Timeline of notable events
  • Introduction: an archive story
  • Indigenizing the archive
  • Mohican oral history projects
  • Archives as arsenals for community needs
  • The Mohican historical trips
  • New narratives for public audiences
  • Conclusion: Indigenous archival activism beyond tribal archives