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Archives Closing Threatens Tribal History | Eureka News
Chicago’s National Archives, home to centuries of Bureau of Indian Affairs records vital to tribal sovereignty and history, is set to close by September—potentially delaying access for two years. Tribal leaders and advocates warn this move, allegedly communicated without consultation, threatens irreplaceable documents tied to enrollment, legal cases, and ancestral identity. With records slated for relocation to Kansas City and digitization costs soaring at 80 cents per page, tribes face an impossible financial and logistical burden. Critics see the closures as erasure tactics, compounded by…
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