An upcoming talk in the UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Colloquium Series may be of interest to Anthropologists:
The Archives of the Nisga’a Nation
The Nisga’a Lisims Government is concerned to establish proper care of its archival material. This talk will report on a consultation with the Nisga’a people about measures needed to provide good care of its archives. Professor Emeritus Terry Eastwood will explain the situation of Nisga’a Nation over the years and the character of its governance of its affairs and of the archives it has accumulated and preserved to date. It will then look at the prospects of building an archival program of the government.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
Sherrington Room, Woodward Biomedical Library