Mukurtu Hubs and Spokes
Regional Mukurtu Hubs are centers for support, development, and deployment of Mukurtu CMS to Community Spokes and other interested individuals and organizations in their areas. While the core Mukurtu team continues to provide support to anyone interested in Mukurtu, the Hubs take on local support and outreach wherever possible using their existing connections and regional expertise.
Mukurtu Hubs
There are currently five established and two upcoming Mukurtu Hubs supported by the core Mukurtu Team at the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation at Washington State University.
If you are in a region supported by one of the Mukurtu Hubs, we encourage reaching out to them directly with questions about using and supporting Mukurtu.
Mukurtu Support
The open-source code for Mukurtu CMS is developed, managed, and maintained by the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation (CDSC) at Washington State University.
NSW Australian Mukurtu Hub
The NSW Australian Mukurtu Hub is a collaboration between The Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation, Washington State University, Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research at The University of Technology Sydney and the State Library of NSW.
The NSW Australian Mukurtu Hub was established with the main focus of working in partnership with NSW Aboriginal communities to support training in digital curation and archiving, while establishing community informed guidelines for returning and maintaining Indigenous collections locally and within collecting institutions.
The partnership between Aboriginal peoples, communities and local organisations and the Australian Hub also aims to drive a national agenda in research within digital curation of Indigenous archiving and stewardship and protocols for responsible dissemination and access of collections.
https://mukurtu-australia-nsw.libraries.wsu.edu/
Mukurtu East Hub
Hosted by the Native Northeast Research Collaborative.
The Native Northeast Research Collaborative (formerly the Yale Indian Papers Project) represents tribal communities in greater Southern New England Indian Country — Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, and the historical communities that migrated west to Wisconsin. We offer access to the tribes’ long historical record by providing collaborative access to images, transcriptions with annotations and interactive biographies of primary source documents written by, for, and about the Indigenous peoples within our region. Our Mukurtu platform serves as a method of digital repatriation, of adding a Native voice to the archival records and sharing community stories.
https://www.nativenortheastportal.com
https://www.thenativenortheast.org
pgrant-costa@aya.yale.edu
tobiasglaza@gmail.com
California Native Hub
The California Native Hub, a regional Mukurtu Hub based at UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center, is aimed at supporting the development of the Mukurtu Content Management System (CMS) in tribal communities and organizations across the California region. We are not restricted to state borders, however, and have an understanding that First Peoples’ geographies precede these state and national borders. We honor geographic relationships to each other and the land.
Mukurtu Midwest
Hosted by WiLS, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison iSchool
Mukurtu Midwest is a regional hub that provides support and training in Mukurtu CMS to tribal and non-tribal cultural heritage institutions in Wisconsin and the western Great Lakes states.
https://mukurtu-midwest.libraries.wsu.edu
https://www.wils.org/mukurtu-midwest/
Erin F.H. Hughes – Mukurtu Midwest Hub Manager
Emily Pfotenhauer – Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager
Mukurtu West
Hosted by the University of Oregon Libraries.
The Mukurtu West: University of Oregon Hub provides consultation and technical support to tribal and non-tribal communities and organizations in the Oregon region that are interested in using the Mukurtu CMS to provide access to tribal cultural heritage materials.
https://mukurtu-west.libraries.wsu.edu/
Jennifer O’Neal, joneal@uoregon.edu
Nathan Georgitis, nathang@uoregon.edu
Mukurtu Oceania: Kaipumakani
Hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Department of Linguistics.
Kaipumakani is building a community of organizations and individuals dedicated to the preservation of digital cultural heritage in Hawai‘i and the Pacific. We are committed to maintaining an open, community-driven approach. If you or your organization is engaged in digital cultural heritage preservation activities, or if you are considering starting a project, please join us as a partner!
Alana Kanahele, apollack@hawaii.edu
Mukurtu Alaska
Hosted by the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
Community Spokes
The Hubs work with dozens of community and organizational Spokes, and hundreds of individuals, and their support networks continue to grow.
A selection of Spokes who chose to have their involvement publicly known are listed here:
Tranby National Indigenous Adult Education and Training (Sydney, NSW)
Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Heritage Preservation
Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
University of Guam
Massachusetts at Ponkapoag
Chappaquiddick Wampanoag Tribe
Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican
Brewarrina Aboriginal Culture Museum (Brewarrina, NSW)
Tribal Libraries, Archives and Museum (TLAM) Class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison iSchool
Brigham Young University–Hawaii
Nipmuc Nation
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Fall River/Pocassett Wampanaoag People
Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation (Hunter Valley, NSW)
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Feleti Barstow Public Library
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah
Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
Brothertown Tribal Nations
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
Washington State University
The open-source code for Mukurtu CMS is developed, managed, and maintained by the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation (CDSC) at Washington State University.
Mukurtu West
Hosted by the University of Oregon Libraries.
The Mukurtu West: University of Oregon Hub provides consultation and technical support to tribal and non-tribal communities and organizations in the Oregon region that are interested in using the Mukurtu CMS to provide access to tribal cultural heritage materials.
Mukurtu Midwest
Hosted by WiLS, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison iSchool
Mukurtu Midwest is a regional hub that provides support and training in Mukurtu CMS to tribal and non-tribal cultural heritage institutions in Wisconsin and the western Great Lakes states.
https://mukurtu-midwest.libraries.wsu.edu
https://www.wils.org/mukurtu-midwest
Mukurtu East Hub
Hosted by the Native Northeast Research Collaborative.
The Native Northeast Research Collaborative (formerly the Yale Indian Papers Project) represents tribal communities in greater Southern New England Indian Country — Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, and the historical communities that migrated west to Wisconsin. We offer access to the tribes’ long historical record by providing collaborative access to images, transcriptions with annotations and interactive biographies of primary source documents written by, for, and about the Indigenous peoples within our region. Our Mukurtu platform serves as a method of digital repatriation, of adding a Native voice to the archival records and sharing community stories.
https://www.nativenortheastportal.com
Mukurtu Oceania: Kaipumakani
Hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Department of Linguistics.
Kaipumakani is building a community of organizations and individuals dedicated to the preservation of digital cultural heritage in Hawai‘i and the Pacific. We are committed to maintaining an open, community-driven approach. If you or your organization is engaged in digital cultural heritage preservation activities, or if you are considering starting a project, please join us as a partner!
NSW Australian Mukurtu Hub
The NSW Australian Mukurtu Hub is a collaboration between The Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation, Washington State University, Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research at The University of Technology Sydney and the State Library of NSW.
The NSW Australian Mukurtu Hub was established with the main focus of working in partnership with NSW Aboriginal communities to support training in digital curation and archiving, while establishing community informed guidelines for returning and maintaining Indigenous collections locally and within collecting institutions.
The partnership between Aboriginal peoples, communities and local organisations and the Australian Hub also aims to drive a national agenda in research within digital curation of Indigenous archiving and stewardship and protocols for responsible dissemination and access of collections.
California Native Hub
The California Native Hub, a regional Mukurtu Hub based at UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center, is aimed at supporting the development of the Mukurtu Content Management System (CMS) in tribal communities and organizations across the California region. We are not restricted to state borders, however, and have an understanding that First Peoples’ geographies precede these state and national borders. We honor geographic relationships to each other and the land.
Mukurtu Alaska
Hosted by the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.