University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library's Archival Resources on Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Other Indigenous People at the UMD Archives
A guide to materials created by or about Anishinaabe, Ojibwe and other Indigenous people in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives.
Title: Archival Sources on Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Other Indigenous People at the UMD Archives
Summary: UMD Archives has three Indigenous oral history collections: Waasa Inaabidaa Video Interviews and Transcripts, Boundary Changes on the Fond du Lac Reservation Oral History Interviews, and Other Individual Interviews.
The Waasa Inaabidaa video interviews and transcripts are available online at the links here. They were conducted for the production of a six-part public television documentary about the history and culture of Anishinaabe Ojibwe people titled Waasa Inaabida: We Look In All Directions that aired in 2001. These interviews are part of the Norrgard Anishinaabe Collection Waasa Inaabidaa Archives. The documentary is available to stream on WDSE's website.
The Boundary Changes collection includes interviews from 1978 and 1979 where historian Barbara Sommer interviewed residents of the Fond du Lac Reservation in Minnesota. The participants discussed and defined changes in the boundary of the Fond du Lac Reservation, MN. They also identified some changes in land use that occurred on the reservation and identified historic sites. The interviews include some spoken Ojibwe words and place names.
Access Note: To request access to any of the audio files or transcripts that are not available online, please contact the UMD Archives at libarchives@d.umn.edu or (218) 726-8526.
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Subject(s):
Archives
Tags:
American Indians
Anishinaabe
Ojibwe
GUIDE CREATOR NOTE: No Traditional Knowledge (TK) Labels are present on the collection information page, but does include a Land Acknowledgment Statement.
For more information on the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and their Indigenous Oral History collections, please visit their website here.