Indigenous Digital Archive collaboration #iiif, #openannotation, #crowdsourcing to create effective access to open records related to tribal peoples' history
ALT DigiTreaties.org project logo with MIAC logo and writing from a treaty in the background
ALT Image of Treaty beginning “Now Know Ye” with George Washington signature https://DigiTreaties.org/treaties/treaty/88697877/
ALT Map of continental US showing overlay of recorded land transfers of Native land -- many boundaries shown throughout most of US; other areas have not yet been mapped
ALT 1890s map of California showing recorded land transfers from Native tribes; Bay Area to Sacramento and Marysville detail
Check out the @NativeDocs (Indigenous Digital Archives) website where you can see and read some of the original treaties between Indigenous peoples and the US, newly digitized and made available online.
digitreaties.org/treaties/
ALT Screenshot of the Indigenous Digital Archives Treaties Explorer website showing text and a image of a handwritten treaty
Beyond their historical and educational value, these treaties are used by tribal advocates in court to protect their rights in land and water disputes. trib.al/G5iZG4t
ALT DigiTreaties.org project logo with MIAC logo and writing from a treaty in the background
ALT Image of Treaty beginning “Now Know Ye” with George Washington signature https://DigiTreaties.org/treaties/treaty/88697877/
ALT Map of continental US showing overlay of recorded land transfers of Native land -- many boundaries shown throughout most of US; other areas have not yet been mapped
ALT 1890s map of California showing recorded land transfers from Native tribes; Bay Area to Sacramento and Marysville detail
@NativeDocs (Indigenous Digital Archives) has put all 374 treaties with the US online!
You can explore maps, see which tribes are associated with which treaties.
The interpretation of these treaties is a different matter!
cc: @sarah_k_mockdigitreaties.org/
Built collaboratively with @NativeDocs, the @USNatArchives launched a new Native American treaty explorer site this week - featuring hundreds of newly digitized Ratified Indian Treaties.
Learn more about this amazing resource ⬇️.
Hundreds of Native American treaties have been scanned and are now available online, for the first time, in our Catalog. go.usa.gov/xGJp9
In partnership with The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC), you can learn more about these treaties: digitreaties.org/.
Hundreds of Native American treaties have been scanned and are now available online, for the first time, in our Catalog. go.usa.gov/xGJp9
In partnership with The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC), you can learn more about these treaties: digitreaties.org/.
Online video premieres later today for our new project. First ever International Image Interoperability Framework #IIIF@iiif_io project for the US National Archives! Thank you collaborators @dvnpete@leefrancisIV@digirati_uk@UNM_Law & others
ALT DigiTreaties.org project logo with MIAC logo and writing from a treaty in the background
ALT Image of Treaty beginning “Now Know Ye” with George Washington signature https://DigiTreaties.org/treaties/treaty/88697877/
ALT Map of continental US showing overlay of recorded land transfers of Native land -- many boundaries shown throughout most of US; other areas have not yet been mapped
ALT 1890s map of California showing recorded land transfers from Native tribes; Bay Area to Sacramento and Marysville detail
.@AnnaNaruta illustrates how much information about US indigenous history can be found in seemingly dry federal administrative documents. @nativedocs#bwok@okeeffemuseum
ALT A slide showing a federal document revealing child labor in the Indian boarding schools.