Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon, led by the tribes’ Tamástslikt Cultural Institute (TCI ), will begin the Tamástslikt Tribal Knowledge Database Project. The overarching purpose of the project is to increase the quality of information contained within TCI’s Past Perfect® museum database, making the collections and associated information more accessible to staff, tribal members, and researchers. Staff will identify and remove erroneous object records and information, add to and standardize the lexicon used to identify objects, and work with the tribe’s language department to identify indigenous names for tribal and native specific collection objects. A paid internship will be developed to teach a college student the techniques, policies, and procedures used by Tamástslikt to care for and manage collection objects.