<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This past August, the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Council approved </span><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/standards/principles-in-indigenous-archival-repatriation-pinar" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">"Principles for Indigenous Archival Repatriation”</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (PINAR) as a professional standard. PINAR marks the culmination of a two- year effort by the SAA </span><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/groups/archival-repatriation-committee" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Archival Repatriation Committee</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, launched in 2022, to create professional guidance supporting the ethical return of archival materials to Indigenous communities. </span></div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-74750794-7fff-1f71-c227-7ef46b341a95"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To read more on the development and passage, check out our Archival Outlook piece</span><a href="https://mydigitalpublication.com/article/Adopting+Principles+in+Indigenous+Archival+Repatriation+as+a+New+SAA+Standard/5114810/861179/article.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> “Adopting Principles in Indigenous Archival Repatriation.”</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What’s next? What can you do?</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:13pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Come to Our Annual Meeting and Standards Meeting</span></h2></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our Component Group/Annual Meeting will be May 15th, 4pm EST, and is open to all. To attend and learn more about archival repatriation, please register </span><a href="https://connect.archivists.org/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=036ba920-f1e6-476e-b615-019d21a25d6b&Home=%2fevents%2fcalendar" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We will also be presenting alongside the </span><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/groups/native-american-archives-section/protocols-for-native-american-archival-materials-information-and-resources-page" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Protocols for Native American Archival Materials</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at the webinar </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There's a Standard for That</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on May 14th from 12pm-1:30pm. Register</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(70,70,70);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://connect.archivists.org/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=ca9cebe3-0591-4571-a53d-019d21c114b0&Home=%2fevents%2fcalendar" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,166,184);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(70,70,70);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to attend.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope these meetings will help spread the word about this new standard, and inspire you to start conversations at your institution.</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="2"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:6pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:13pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submit an Archival Repatriation/PINAR Testimonial</span></h2></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our next big goal is to promote the integration of PINAR into archival practice by showing how this work is happening in the field, and challenges institutions and communities face in undertaking it. To do that, our Committee is seeking </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">testimonials </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">about</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> repatriation, rematriation, copyright or full transfer of Indigenous archival materials to traditional owners, as defined by PINAR.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are collaborating with the Native American Archives Section to collect these testimonials as part of a revised case study series. To learn more about the new series, go to </span><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/groups/archival-repatriation-committee/archival-repatriation-committee-testimonials" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">our microsite</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or check out the NAAS </span><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/node/23269" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;fo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ledge to the Myaamia people. </i><i style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Miami University and the Miami Tribe are proud of this work and of the Myaamia students who have attended Miami since 1991 through the Myaamia Heritage Award Program.</i></div><div dir="ltr"><div> <br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>