"Afterlives, nevertheless, responds to a recent turn to the archive in Indigenous studies—a movement that found its impetus in an emerging generation of Native scholars. . . . This collection opens up a poignant conversation about how scholars, entering into both traditional and digital archives, will have to engage with such spaces and arrive at respectful solutions for dealing with the spectral afterlives of Indigenous archives."

Modern Philology

“This collection brings together cutting-edge research and thoughtful commentary on what it really means to create indigenous-centered archives in the digital age. The contributors ask difficult questions and pose innovative responses about access to and interpretation of cultural collections often unavailable to the very tribal Nations which created them. Afterlives of Indigenous Archives is a must-have resource for community members and scholars who not only want to work with archives that hold our communal objects and stories, but also want to center their contexts in a framework of traditional knowledge and collaboration.”

Gwen N. Westerman, Humanities Program Director, Minnesota State University, Mankato