File contains printed email correpospondence as well as other printed communications, all related in some way to the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials. Donor batched correspondence together if related; this order has been kept intact.

Correspondences include, in order of date of first correspondence:

• May 2, 2005. Focus on Native Americans. "News: Lotsee Patterson becomes ALA honorary member; Subject Headings for Indian Tribes; Radio Program [Native America Calling]; Indian ancestry; Institute of Museum and Library Services grants"
• May 2, 2005. Karen J. Underhill to Dr. Lotsee Patterson. Meeting invitation from Underhill to Patterson for participation in April 2006 meeting.
• May 12, 2005. American Indian Library Assoc. on behalf of Jacquie Samples to AILA-L@Listserv. Subject access and classification being used by the National Indian Law Library et al.
• May 13, 2005. Willow Powers and Lotsee Patterson. Email exchange about issues about Native American archives for non-Archivists
• June 12, 2005. Karen Underhill to various individuals. Email regarding $10,000 award from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation in support of the April 5-7 conference in Flagstaff, Arizona, at the Northern Arizona University Cline Library. File includes workshop bibliography attached by Patterson.
• August 8, 2005. Karen Underhill to Lotsee Patterson. Email regarding 5th annual gathering of the International Indigenous Librarians Forum to present on the Protocols.
• January 12, 2006 - January 13, 2006. Email exchanged between Karen J. Underhill and Deb Miles regarding presentation on the Protocols at the 5th annual gathering of the International Indigenous Librarians Forum, Brisbane, Australia.
• February 8, 2006. Karen Underhill to 2006 workshop participants. Email regarding draft agenda for April 5-7 workshop and conference in Flagstaff, Arizona.
• March 20, 2006. Karen Underhill to Lotsee Patterson and Willow Powers. Email regarding presentations at the April 5-7, 2006 workshop and conference in Flagstaff, Arizona.
• March 25, 2006. Karen Underhill to workshop participants. Email regarding conference resources recommended by Jim Nason. (includes written annotations by Dr. Lotsee Patterson)
• April 14, 2006 - May 10, 2006. Worshop participants. Email and typed communications from participants at the April 5-7, 2006 workshop and conference in Flagstaff, Arizona at Northern Arizona University's Cline Library. Participants discuss the workshop/conference and offer feedback on the draft Protocols. Email batch contains draft of Protocols. Email batch also contains discussion of the necessity of a Native American organization holding copyright of the Protocols, and the sanctioning of the Protocols by cultural heritage organizations.
• July 17, 2006 - July 26, 2006. Workshop particpants. Emails regarding one-page precis of goals of Protocols. Includes draft written by Willow Powers and revision by consensus.
• August 9, 2006. Karen Underhill to Hugh Eakin, workshop participants cc'd. Email response to questions by Hugh Eakin, New York Times, regarding article to be published in New York Times related to the Protocols on Native American Archival Materials.
• October 2, 2006. Karen Underhill to Terry Davis, Protocols contributors cc'd. Email to introduce Protocols for Native American Archival Materials and endorsement sought from American Association for State and Local History. (contains written inscription from Dr. Lotsee Patterson: "nice intro to Protocols")
• Novemeber 14, 2006. Karen Underhill to John Lewis. Written communication introducing Protocols for Native American Archival Materials and endorsement sought from the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. (contains written inscription from Dr. Lotsee Patterson: "Look for wording.")
• March 29, 2007 - April 3, 2007. Workshop participants. Email conversation about glossary definition of Secret for the Protocols.
• May 17, 2007. Emails between Lotsee Patterson and Karen Underhill. Regarding presentation at the 5th annual gathering of the International Indigenous Librarians Forum, Brisbane, Australia.
• December 20, 2007 - December 21, 2007. Jim Nason to Karen Underhill; Karen Underhill to Protocols contributors. Emails regarding response to Ohio Archaeological Council re: Protocols for Native American Archival Materials.
• January 4, 2008 - January 7, 2008. Teresa Reilly to The Association of Canadian Archivists Special Interest Section on Aboriginal Archives (SISAA); Teresa Reilly to Protocols contributors. Email discussion regarding Canadian legal structures and concerns into the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials.
• May 26, 2009. Helen McManus to First Archivists Circle; Karen Underhill to Helen McManus, First Archivist's Circle cc'd. Request to cite passages from the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials in online lesson plan aimed at high school teachers and students.
• January 18, 2011. Karen Underhill to First Archivists Circle. Email regarding article by Jim Nason and archives, libraries, and communities that have adopted the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials.
• February 17, 2011. Karen Underhill to First Archivists Circle. Email congratulating David George-Shongo on revised and released First Archivist Circle website. Email contains question on "Traditional Resource Rights" and the publication Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, by Darrell A. Posey and Graham Dutfield. Contains definition of Traditional Resource Rights.
• August 31, 2021 - September 1, 2021. First Archivists Circle. Email conversation regarding use of the Protocols for Native American Materials by the Autry Museum of the American West.