IMLS SESSIONS and PANELS:

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT From Start to Finish: Successful IMLS Grant Projects Tuesday

Location: Room 7
Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services has helped ensure the cultural continuity of many Native Nations. In this workshop, IMLS program officers will be on hand to guide you through the process of planning a successful project, applying to the appropriate funding opportunity, understanding the peer review process, and successfully managing an award.

Speakers:

• Sarah Glass, Senior Program Officer, Office of Museum Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Jennifer Himmelreich, Senior Program Officer, Office of Library Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM CT Opening Ceremony

Location: Oklahoma Station Ballroom
Plated breakfast served; Welcome to ATALM2023 – Walter Echo-Hawk, ATALM Board of Governors Chair; Blessing – Cheyenne Peace Chief Gordon Yellowman; Presentation of the Colors – Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society; Greetings from the Institute of Museum and Library Services – Crosby Kemper, Director; Greetings from the ATALM2023 Chair – Jim Pepper Henry, First Americans Museum, Director; Live Your Dreams Keynote – John B. Herrington, PhD, Commander, United States Navy (Retired) Astronaut, STS-113.

Thursday, October 26, 2023 3:45 AM - 4:45 AM CT The Challenges of International Repatriation: Identifying Gaps and Building a Unified Approach

Location: Room 1
The global landscape of international repatriation remains complex and multifaceted, demanding a more cohesive and uniform approach. This Listening Session will serve as a platform for meaningful dialogue with the goal of identifying gaps, challenges, and potential solutions towards creating a more unified framework for international repatriation efforts.

Moderator: Rick West, Going Home Fund Chair

Speakers:

• Laura Huerta Migus, Deputy Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Ashley Fry, US Department of State
• Sven Haakanson, Anthropologist, Museum Leader
• Anne Luther, Founder, Institute for Digital Heritage/Project Director for Digital Benin
• Joe Horse Capture, VP of Native Collections and Ahmanson Curator of Native History & Culture, Autry Museum of the West
• Brian Vallo, Independent Scholar

Wednesday October 25, 2023 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT A Toolkit for Providing Community-Driven Technology Spaces in Tribal Libraries

Location: Room 4
With funding from IMLS, the University of Arizona and the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums worked with a cohort of five tribal libraries to develop model technology labs/makerspaces with the intention that their experiences could benefit other tribal libraries. In this session, participants will learn from the cohort libraries how they developed innovative technology labs that respond to needs identified by their communities. From assessing community and technology needs to designing highly functioning labs, the cohort librarians will share their inspirational projects and lessons learned.

Speakers:

• Miriam Jorgensen, Senior Researcher, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona
• Britnee Johnson, Research Analyst, Native Nations Institute
• Carson Block, Owner, Carson Block Consulting
• Blake Norton, Director, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Center
• Jacquelyn McCalvin, Library Manager/Director, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Tribal Library
• Pattie Billings, Library Director, Quapaw Nation
• Griselda Rogers, Education Director, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
• Merida Kipp, Library Administrator, Yakama Nation

Wednesday October 25, 2023 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT A Piece of Kake: An Oral History and Podcast Project

Location: Room 11
The podcast A Piece of Kake shares stories of community, culture, and a "whole lotta food" from the village of Kake, Alaska: a traditional Lingít community that Haida, Tsimshian and others now also call home. Through an IMLS grant, the Organized Village of Kake partnered with A Piece of Kake to create 30 additional podcast episodes to foster community engagement and preserve oral histories. This poster shares the processes and challenges of creating and producing podcast episodes centered around Native culture in rural Alaska.

• Sarah Campen, Podcast Producer & Creative Director, Organized Village of Kake (Partner)
• Mona Evan, Higher Education Coordinator, Organized Village of Kake

Wednesday October 25, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT Collaborating on a Digital Archive: Serving the Wyandotte Community

Location: Room 3
The Wyandotte Nation is collaborating with the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library and the IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to assemble digital versions of primary historical sources documenting the Huron/Wyandot experience across the Midwest. The digital resources will be compiled with searchable transcriptions and commentaries to be accessed as the Wyandot Heritage Digital Archive (WHDA). These efforts have been funded by two IMLS grants. Presenters will discuss the unique challenges of maintaining this collaboration through the pandemic, as we worked to counter the "mystique" often attached to digitally based research to focus on community-centered access and usability.

• Beci (Rebecca) Wright, Cultural Researcher, Wyandotte Nation Cultural Center and Museum
• Robert Wicks, Professor Emeritus, Miami University of Ohio
• Anne Lacey, Kansas Collection Librarian, Kansas City, Kansas Public Library
• Kelsey Grimm, Librarian/Archivist, Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Wednesday October 25, 2023 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT Succession Planning for Libraries, Archives, and Museums

Location: Room 3
Through a project funded by IMLS, the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) and Lyrasis are gathering data and developing professional resources to support succession planning for arts organizations and collections stewardship staff. The project will develop educational programs presenting "best practice" strategies to prepare for staffing and volunteer transitions, focusing on training which can help to position existing staff or volunteers for promotion from within. This informal conversation will probe issues related to organizational structure, documentation, retaining and transferring knowledge, training and coaching for emerging leaders, and considerations for organizational leadership.

• Tom Clareson, Project Director, Performing Arts Readiness
• Holly Witchey, Executive Director, ICA-Art Conservation

Thursday October 26, 2023 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM CT Reading Nation Waterfall: Improving Access to Books in Native Communities

Location: Room 4
How can we increase access to literacy resources and libraries for children and families in tribal communities? Come to this session and learn about a three-year IMLS funded project that successfully built early children's literacy networks between five tribes, schools, and tribal and public libraries in collaboration with Head Start Centers and the national Little Free Library organization. This session will share results, lessons learned, barriers faced, and tips for building book ecosystems in tribal communities.

• Anthony Chow, Project Director, San Jose State University
• Adam Lambert, Library Manager, Qualla Boundary Public Library
• Adrienne Violett, Library Director, Woodenlegs Library, Chief Dull Knife College