INDIAN TOWN PROJECT

Indian Town Project

Over the next year, NHBP has the opportunity to curate an archival documentary of NHBP’s history, specifically focused on the Indian Town era. This project is partially funded by the Library of Congress American Folklife Center, and the archive collection produced will be featured by the Library of Congress, increasing representation of the Bodéwadmi people on an international scale with self-curated content

This archival project’s goal is to preserve the knowledge and stories of those who have first-hand lived experience with Pine Creek Reservation prior to NHBP becoming federally recognized, and the process of securing federal recognition. Preserving this history brings the past to life in the present for the benefit of the future generations of NHBP members to remember the path walked by those who came before them.

The curated collection will be owned and utilized by NHBP to achieve NHBP Strategic Plan goals to preserve and archive tribal history and disseminate cultural information to tribal membership.

This project will need involvement from NHBP membership across generations and government cross-departmental collaboration in order to be successful. 

After the interviews with those who have first-hand lived experience of this history have been recorded, reenactments of key points and stories will then be filmed with family members/relatives of the Elders who shared the story re-enacting it.

Ways you can get involved in this project!

• Sign up for an Interview Recording Session and tell your story! Recording Sessions will take place July 11-12 at the Pine Creek Community Center.
• Consider joining the Indian Town Historical Advisory Consultants. This group is being formed and will meet regularly to guide the creation of this collection of NHBP history.

Interested parties should email archive@nhbp-nsn.gov or call 269.300.8243 for more information.