NATIVE NATIONS GO ONLINE WITH DIGITREATIES.

The launching of the Indigenous Digital Archive's Treaties Explorer, an online tool known as "DigiTreaties," has been announced by the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, in partnership with the National Archives and Records Administration. This resource expands access to 374 digitized Ratified Indian Treaties from NARA's holdings and provides context and tools for working with the treaties online.

'The treaties between the U.S. and Native nations are relevant, and few people have had access to know about treaties that are related to where they live," says Della Warrior (Otoe-Missouria), director of the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. "MIAC is pleased to be able to provide this online resource that we all can use to explore our relationships using maps and a carefully curated set of historical documents from the National Archives, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, and other sources."

"Providing online access to these original treaties is a powerful educational tool and part of the mission at...

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