Bury My Documents in Lenexa, Kansas: Expert Witness Work and the American Indian Records Repository.

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  • Author(s): Greenwald E; Smith I
  • Source:
    The Public historian [Public Hist] 2015 Feb; Vol. 37 (1), pp. 39-45.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: University of California Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8510642 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0272-3433 (Print) Linking ISSN: 02723433 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Public Hist
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Berkeley Ca : University of California Press
      Original Publication: [Santa Barbara, Ca. : Graduate Program in Public Historical Studies, Dept. of History, University of California],
    • Subject Terms:
      Archives* ; Expert Testimony* ; Historiography*; Indians, North American/*legislation & jurisprudence; History ; Humans ; United States
    • Abstract:
      Restricted access to the American Indian Records Repository (AIRR) poses significant problems for expert witness historians working outside the federal government, as well as for academic historians and tribes. The authors discuss the creation of the AIRR in 2004, the records housed there, and the challenges they have experienced as expert witnesses seeking access to the AIRR. Although the AIRR preserves a far greater volume of federal records than might have otherwise occurred, the lack of public access may ultimately impede historians' ability to examine modern topics in Native American history and United States-tribal relations.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20150819 Date Completed: 20150821 Latest Revision: 20191113
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      10.1525/tph.2015.37.1.39
    • Accession Number:
      26281239