
Washington State University
Designed with Care: Mukurtu Provides Ethical Tools for Archiving and Preservation of Indigenous Heritage
A full and rich cultural and scholarly record is essential to understanding who we are. How we access and interact with books, archives, technology, and other artifacts is one of Mellon’s core interests as a grantmaker. By increasing equitable access to resources, and ensuring knowledge is produced as well as preserved, we can help foster a more informed and critically engaged society.
“I thought, ‘If something happens to me, nobody will know any of these stories or what any of this material was about.’ ”
“Libraries and librarians need to see themselves as active agents … who must support community participation and take a stand against social injustice.”
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