University of California, Los Angeles

This three-year project will develop an innovative open-source, online collaborative catalog system and set of best practices that will dynamically expand the cultural and historical knowledge of Native American objects held in museum collections. This project will allow museums to gather indigenous perspectives while maintaining their existing metadata, and creates a refined model that museums can use to include Native American perspectives within their community context. UCLA is partnering with the Denver Art Museum, Museum of Northern Arizona, Denver Museum of nature and science, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, and A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center on this project.