/news-archive/tag/american-library-association/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:15:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/10/24/erin-fehr-american-indian-newspapers/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:15:40 +0000 /news/?p=72391 ... Archivist Erin Fehr to be featured in webinar on American Indian newspapers]]> Erin Fehr, an archivist with the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Sequoyah National Research Center, will be a featured speaker in a webinar about American Indian newspapers.聽 The Association of College of Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, is presenting the webinar, 鈥淎merican Indian Newspapers: Exploring Primary Sources for the Study of American Indian Cultures,鈥� at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31. Tribal newspapers can provide a broad understanding of historical and contemporary Indigenous experiences across North America. Produced by and for Indigenous communities, these newspapers present scholars with unique research opportunities that cannot be found in textbooks alone. Working closely with Tribal Councils and in collaboration with the Sequoyah National Research Center and the Newberry Library, two centuries of Indigenous print journalism from the U.S. and Canada are now digitally accessible in the primary source collection, American Indian Newspapers, from Adam Matthew Digital. During the webinar, Fehr will discuss the origin of the digital collection, while Robert Warrior, Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Kansas, will discuss the significance of Indigenous journalism as an untapped tool for teaching and research within American Indian studies. 聽聽 Those interested in the webinar may. If participants cannot watch the webinar live, a recording of the webinar will be emailed to all those who registered.]]> /news-archive/2017/06/05/health-concepts-native-populations/ Mon, 05 Jun 2017 13:55:22 +0000 /news/?p=67284 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host exhibit exploring health concepts of native populations]]> will be on display at Sequoyah National Research Center from June 21 to Aug. 3. It explores the interconnectedness of wellness, illness, and cultural life for native people. 鈥淭he Sequoyah National Research Center is very excited to host our first national traveling exhibit, especially one that has been critically acclaimed,鈥� Archivist Erin Fehr said. 鈥淲e want visitors to understand the diversity of American Indian and Alaska Native perspectives and traditions, in particular their views on health and wellness, and walk away with a new appreciation of Native American lifeways.鈥� Sequoyah is one of 104 institutions in the country and the only one in Arkansas to host the exhibit produced by the National Library of Medicine and the American Library Association. The center will hold a reception for the exhibit from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, and a film screening of 鈥淗eartbeat Alaska鈥� at noon Wednesday, July 19, in Ottenheimer Library Room 535. The Sequoyah National Research Center acquired the Jeanie Greene Heartbeat Alaska Film Collection in 2014. The collection is a record of contemporary Alaska Native life. In 1990, Jeanie Greene, an Inupiat journalist, established the television show 鈥淗eartbeat Alaska鈥� as a forum for Alaska Native people to share the stories that impacted their lives on a daily basis. The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Sequoyah National Research Center is located at 5820 Asher Ave., Suite 500, in the University Plaza. The exhibit will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free. In the upper right photo, the healing totem in the National Library of Medicine herb garden began its year-long journey in 2010, with the selection of a downed 500-year-old red cedar by Jewell Praying Wolf James.]]>