National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

PERMANENT ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION FOR THE FEDERAL INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL INITIATIVE

CULTIVATING AND SUSTAINING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE: U.S. INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL RECORDS CURATION [THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOL HEALING COALITION?S (NABS) SPECIAL PROJECT, TITLED THE NATIONAL INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL DIGITAL ARCHIVE (NIBSDA), WAS CONCEPTUALIZED TO SERVE AS A NATIONAL DIGITAL PLATFORM AND DIGITAL REPOSITORY FOR BOARDING SCHOOL ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. IN ORDER TO PROPEL OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS HISTORIC LEGACY FORWARD, NABS, IN CONCERT WITH ITS PARTNERS, HAS COALESCED A WORKING GROUP TO COORDINATE AND ORGANIZE BEST PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH U.S. INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL RECORDS CURATION IN THE FIRST OF ITS KIND DATA AGGREGATION WORKING GROUP. THIS PROJECT?S COLLABORATION WITH THE SOCIAL NETWORK AND ARCHIVAL CONTEXT (SNAC) CONSORTIA WILL FOCUS NABS'S EFFORTS TOWARD ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PROPEL FORWARD THIS GROUP?S COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF CURATING AND PRESENTING DIGITIZED COLLECTIONS. FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES WILL FACILITATE A PROCESS OF COLLECTIVE GROWTH OF THIS DATA AGGREGATION WORKING GROUP AND THE NIBSDA PLATFORM TO SURFACE PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL AND TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE SOURCE COMMUNITIES IN EFFECTUATING SUSTAINED INVOLVEMENT AS PRACTITIONERS IN THIS CRUCIAL WORK.]

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF ARTIST-LED VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS AND FORUMS THAT FOSTER HEALING IN RESPONSE TO THE COLLECTIVE TRAUMA EXPERIENCED BY THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FEDERAL INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL SYSTEM.

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THE RECIPIENT WILL CATALOG EXISTING MATERIALS RELATED TO THE HISTORIC PIPESTONE INDIAN SCHOOL. THESE FILES WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND SEARCHABLE FOR RESEARCHERS. THE RECIPIENT WILL ALSO DIGITIZE ADDITIONAL PIPESTONE INDIAN SCHOOL RECORDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HELD BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION. ALL FILES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE NATIONAL INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL DIGITAL ARCHIVE.

INFORMATION AND EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR THE ROLLOUT OF THE NATIONAL INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL DIGITAL ARCHIVE [NABS IS CURRENTLY PREPARING THE RELEASE OF THE NATIONAL INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL DIGITAL ARCHIVE (NIBSDA) TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WITHIN AN AUGUST 2023 TIMELINE. WE ARE EAGER TO DEVELOP RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF NIBSDA?S FEATURES, RANGE, AND IMPACT. THIS PUBLIC RELEASE CAMPAIGN WILL FEATURE INFORMATIONAL AND TUTORIAL RESOURCES SUCH AS VIDEOS, GRAPHICS, AND DIGITAL/PRINT MEDIA. WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF NEH, NABS WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THESE RESOURCES IN A PROFESSIONAL AND TIMELY MANNER. DELIVERABLES SUBJECT TO THIS PROJECT WILL BE FOUNDATIONAL IN ACHIEVING OUR PUBLIC RELEASE CAMPAIGN GOALS AND WILL SUPPLEMENT ADDITIONAL EFFORTS THAT NABS WILL LEVERAGE OTHER RESOURCES TO COVER COSTS FOR DIGITAL ADS--INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA AND TARGETED BANNER ADS. IN ADDITION TO THE OUTLINED PROJECT MANAGER LINE ITEM DESCRIPTION, NABS WILL ALSO PROVIDE IN-KIND STAFF TIME TO DEVELOP THESE ASSETS AND TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT AND DIRECTION TO MEET STATED BENCHMARKS.]

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