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Fact sheet regarding Title IV of the Library Services and Construction Act, P.L. 98-480, signed into law October 17, 1984.

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Photocopied pages from the published conference proceedings related to resolutions.

Scope and Contents Documents regarding the White House Conference on Library and Information Services, specifically the Joint Congressional Hearings on Library and Information Services for Literacy, Productivity, and Democracy. Materials in file include Dr. Patterson's statement on behalf of Native Americans for the hearings; correspondence from Claiborne Pell, Chairman Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, and Mary Alice Hedge Reszetar, NCLIS Associate Executive Director; as well as photocopied...

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U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education. A brief history of the Federal responsibility to the American Indian: Based on the report "Legislative analyisis of the Federal role in Indian Education." Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979.

Contains tipped in document titled "U.S. Government Policy for American Indians, 1786-1979."

Scope and Contents Three folders each containing individual issues of the American Indian Libraries Newsletter ( Vol. VIII, no. 1&2, spring/summer 1983; Vol. XIII no. 1, fall 1990; Vol. 18, no. 1, fall 1995).Articles list:Spring/summer 1983: News Update at of May 16, 1983 [H.R. 2878 "to amend and extend the Library Services and Construction Act"]; The Long Path to American Indian Libraries by Virginia H. Mathews (Osage) [edited and revised from "American Indian Libraries" in ALA...

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File contains draft document and published versions of the Culturally Responsive Guidelines for Alaska Public Libraries, Sponsored by the Alaska State Library. The guidelines were developed by a group of Alaskan library directors at a workshop facilitated by Dr. Lotsee Patterson. They are intended to "help public libraries examine how they respond to the specific informational, educational, and cultural needs of their Alaska Native users and communities."

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Documents related to work Dr. Lotsee Patterson did with training library aides in Pueblo Indian Schools, and information on the Pueblo of Laguna Library. Handwritten notation by Patterson: "Liz Wacondo gave me this at a NASLEG meeting in Sept 04"

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Materials related to the advocacy, creation, and implementation of the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials, tribal libraries and librarianship, advocacy for tribal libraries, and Dr. Lotsee Patterson (Comanche). The Protocols are best practices, standards and goals for North American archives that steward materials related to Native Americans to commit to and implement culturally responsive care and use of Native American resources held by non-tribal organizations.