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Best Practices in Authority Work Relating to Indigenous Nations in the U.S. / Latin American and Indigenous Peoples of the Americans (LAIPA) Funnel. (May 2023)
Best Practices in Authority Work Relating to Indigenous Nations in the U.S. is intended for settlers and other non-Indigenous people with limited experience and knowledge about the complexity around Indigenous sovereignty and group names. For Indigenous peoples, groups include nations, tribes, and distinct native communities which may or may not be recognized by the federal government, but exclude groups with vague claims to native identity for the purpose of misrepresentation. To recognize the distinct identity of Indigenous nations as sovereign entities, and for the ease of reading within this document, we refer to these groups as nations.
This document is specifically constrained to discussing authority work relating to Indigenous nations in the U.S. There are Indigenous peoples throughout the world and while the overarching principles outlined here may apply broadly, different contexts will necessitate different practices. Terminology relating to Indigenous peoples is ever-changing; the members of LAIPA consider this an initial version of this document and publish it with the intention that it will continue to be revised in the future.
Creating subject headings for Indigenous topics : a culturally respectful guide / Richard Sapon-White, Pamela Louderback, and Sara Levinson. (March 2023)
“This manual provides guidance on creating subject heading proposals for Indigenous topics that can be submitted to the Subject Authority Cooperative Program (SACO) for addition to the Library of Congress Subject Headings.”
Improving Subject Headings for Iowa Indigenous Peoples / Heather M. Campbell, Christopher S. Dieckman, Wesley Teal, Harriet E. Wintermute in Library Resources & Technical Services. Vol. 66, no. 1
Land Acknowledgement and Indigenous Metadata Resources / PCC Advisory Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ACDEI). (May 2023)
List of resources to aid PCC members in developing greater awareness of Indigenous peoples and an understanding of the issues involved in making land acknowledgement statements, as well as Indigenous issues within metadata contexts. The list is not intended to be comprehensive nor exhaustive. PCC members are actively encouraged to seek out additional resources, and the PCC ACDEI welcomes additions to the list.
Metadata to Support Indigenous Knowledge & Non-Traditional Outputs: NISO Webinar, Workshop #3. / Stacy Allison-Cassin, Melissa Stoner. (December 6, 2021)
Subject Headings for Indigenous Peoples / Library of Congress. (Last updated: 7/26/2023)
The Library of Congress is committed to updating the Indigenous names of the United States in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The announcement for Evaluation of Headings for Indigenous Peoples states the foundational principle for this work. In the meantime, this webpage offers guidance on how to handle proposals related to ethnic groups.
Unsettling the Library Catalog: A Case Study in Reducing the Presence of “Indians of North America” and Similar Subject Headings in Library Resources & Technical Services. Vol. 67, no. 2
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As the University of Denver (DU) has begun to accept and wrestle with its history, the DU Libraries have looked for ways it may be perpetuating the harms done to Indigenous populations. An example of this work can be seen in the libraries’ work on changing the displayed terminology used in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to more current and appropriate headings that respect and correspond to the terminology used by the populations they are meant to represent. This article provides background for this work through a literature review and a more detailed account of how this topic is directly related to the institutional history of DU. A discussion of the specific steps and procedures taken to implement this change is followed by the obstacles encountered along the way and how they were overcome.