Miami Tribe of Oklahoma

The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma will address the need to increase online access to collections and archives of the Myaamia Heritage Museum & Archive for the benefit of tribal members, scholars, and the general public. The tribe will appoint a full-time archives technician to work closely with its information technology staff. The tribal archivist will ensure that best practices for digitization projects are followed as the staff imports, uploads, and creates metadata records. With the goal of creating 1,000 records, the project team will prioritize its work on two fragile National Council Books and a large artifact collection, which represents many aspects of Myaamia traditional life such as planting, harvesting, hunting, and playing games. The project will also include creating records for the manuscript collections of stories, pictures, and documents donated by tribal members.