The Indigenous Oral History Manual

ISBN-13: 9780367746810 / Twarda / 2023 / 120 str.

Winona Wheeler

Opis

Using examples from Indigenous community oral history projects throughout Canada and the United States, this new edition is informed by best practices to show how oral history can be done in different contexts.

Spis treści

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Preface – Second Edition

Acknowledgements – Second Edition

Introduction – Second Edition

Memorial Statement – Charles E. Trimble

Introduction – First Edition

Chapter One: Indigenous Oral History

Chapter Two: Legal and Ethical Issues

Chapter Three: Planning an Indigenous Oral History Project

Chapter Four: Equipment and Funding

Project Profiles

Chapter Five: Interview Preparation

Chapter Six: The Interview(s)

Chapter Seven: Stewardship

Chapter Eight: Using Indigenous Oral Information

Appendix A – Indigenous Oral History Consent and Release Forms

Appendix B – Indigenous Oral History Project Management Forms

Selected Sources

Index

About the Authors

O autorze

Winona Wheeler, Fisher River Cree Nation, has almost 40 years of experience as a historian, oral historian, and professor. Her areas of research and publications include Treaty Rights, land claims, local histories, First Nations education, missionary–Indigenous Relations, Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous oral histories, and anti-colonialism.

Charles E. Trimble (1935–2020) was an advocate for Indigenous rights and development. He founded the Native American Press Association in 1969 and led the National Congress of American Indians from 1972 to 1978. His leadership experience led him to become president of the Nebraska State Historial Society in the 1980s, where he continued his effort to support Indigenous people and their voices.

Mary Kay Quinlan is the editor of the Oral History Association Newsletter and associate dean emerita of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications. She is co-author of several oral history books, an oral history workshop presenter, and member of the Nebraska Women in Journalism Hall of Fame.

Barbara W. Sommer has over 40 years of experience as an oral historian. She is a long-time member of the Oral History Association (OHA) and is the author and co-author of a number of publications in the field. She holds degrees from Carleton College and the University of Minnesota.