Publication Date
10-31-2017
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
University Libraries
Keywords
Critical pedagogy, Critical race theory, Native Americans, Inclusive archives, Sand Creek Massacre
Abstract
In 1864, the same year the University of Denver was founded by John Evans, then the Territorial Governor of Colorado and the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, a group of U.S. militia attacked and killed vulnerable members of the Cheyenne and Arapaho nations at Sand Creek. Using Critical Race Theory and the feminist “ethic of care,” we critique our collections in terms of the Massacre and absent Native American voices, in order to develop a collecting philosophy and direction to acknowledge and address the gaps, and to formulate strategies for teaching students to interrogate a predominately white institutional archive to give voice to the absent or silenced.
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Rights Holder
Jennifer Bowers, Katherine Crowe, Peggy Keera
Provenance
Received from author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
31 pgs
File Size
212 KB
Publication Title
Collection Management
Volume
42
First Page
1
Last Page
31
Recommended Citation
Bowers, J., Crowe, K., & Keeran, P. (2017). If you want the history of a white man, you go to the library: Critiquing our legacy, addressing our library collections gaps. Collection Management, 42(3-4), 159-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2017.1329104
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2017.1329104
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Collection Management on 10/31/2017, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2017.1329104