Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Mayetta, Kansas, plans to conduct a preservation needs assessment of its Potawatomi language collection. Working with a contractor with preservation assessment expertise, staff will review the current collection, which includes 25 years of handwritten language documentation and more than 2,000 hours of audio and video. These activities will help them to develop strategies that address long-term preservation needs. The assessment also will provide guidance for digital and physical preservation of current language and cultural holdings and will pave the way for preservation and access programming for learning by future generations.