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Thank You, Eric

by Paul Grant-Costa • December 20, 2018

Eric Maynard, a member of The Mohegan Tribe, just concluded a successful internship with the Yale Indian Papers Project. Beginning in June and running through October, his primary responsibilities included learning the workings of our Mukurtu-based Native Northeast Portal platform. …

A Journey from Mashpee

by Paul Grant-Costa • November 16, 2018

This December brings to a close another successful semester of the Yale Indian Papers Project’s Native Internship Program. This year’s interns, Eric Maynard (Mohegan) and Danielle Hill (Mashpee), assisted the Project with document transcription, metadata development, record creation, and various…

A Warm Welcome to Danielle Hill (Mashpee) Our New Native Intern for 2018

by Paul Grant-Costa • April 26, 2018

Danielle Hill (Mashpee) will be joining the Indian Papers Project staff as one of its Native Interns for 2018. Ms. Hill has been working with tribal governments since 2010 in various capacities and departments and offers a well-rounded perspective on the…

Please Welcome Our New Project Advisory Board Members

by Paul Grant-Costa • January 26, 2018

Toby and I are very happy to announce six new members to the Project’s Advisory Board have joined over the past year. They replace several members who have retired, taken positions as Project consultants, or whose term has expired. The…

Welcome to Our New Hub IT Manager

by Paul Grant-Costa • September 5, 2017

My name is Brian Kitano, and I’m a junior at Yale University studying Statistics and Data Science. My experience in cultural heritage preservation as a field archaeologist drove me towards YIPP, where I can combine my passion for computer science…

Welcome to Our New Consulting Editor

by Paul Grant-Costa • August 13, 2017

Please welcome a new member of our editorial team, Julie Fisher. Julie holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Delaware with a focus on Early American and Native American history. Her research centers on English-colonial politics, language acquisition,…

“We did not land on Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock landed on us.”

by Paul Grant-Costa • November 24, 2016

For this Thanksgiving, we republish our post of November 27, 2013. Frank James, whose Wampanoag name is Wamsutta, organized the United American Indians of New England in 1970 after a speech he had written for the celebration of the 350th anniversary…

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Passamaquoddy Reclaim Their Culture through Digital Repatriation

by Tobias Glaza • February 1, 2019

A recent New Yorker article by E.Tammy Kim highlights the collaboration between the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Passamaquoddy in their efforts to digitally reclaim historical sound recordings. In addition, there is an interesting discussion…

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