Researchers must use the digital access copies of the Menominee, Ojibwe, Oneida,
Potawatomi, and Ho-Chunk recordings. Access copies are available as .mp3 files. Citizens
of the Oneida, Ojibwa, Ho-Chunk, Menominee and Potawatomi nations and their descendants
may have access to the files. Others may request to use the files per an agreement with
the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council.
The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council owns the copyright to the collection. No documents or tapes may be copied without the written permission of
the GLITC or its designated representative . At the time of this writing (December
2004), the UWM Libraries' Archives Department head serves as curator of the copyright held
by the GLITC in this collection. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming
with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of any
part of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).
In 1976, complete sets of all WNALP materials were delivered by William Cook to the GLITC
office at Lac du Flambeau and the Department of Public Instruction. An additional complete
set was retained by UW-Milwaukee. Additionally, Cook delivered a complete set of each
language series to the relevant tribual offices. By 1979, all parties had apparently lost
all or parts of their sets, leaving the collection at UW-Milwaukee the extant copy. In
March 1981, this collection was transferred from the UW-Milwaukee Native American Studies
Program office to the Golda Meir Library. In partnership with The Electa Quinney Institute
for American Indian Education each nation continues to work with these materials and
retains a copy in their local tribal archives.
John Boatman, coordinator of the UW-Milwaukee Native American Studies Program,
transferred the first accession in March 1981, and a second accession in March 1992.
Tim Spindler and Mark A. Vargas processed the collection at the Archives in January-March
1992.
The audio recordings were digitized by Safe Sound Archive in Philadelphia in 2008.
Preservation master files were created as 44.1 kHz/24-bit resolution .wav files. Access
copies were created as CD-R and 44 kHz/96 kbps bit resolution .mp3 files.
Cassette 62, a duplicate of cassette 61, was removed from the collection on August 15,
2008. Audio reels 89 and 90, which duplicated reels 74 and 81, were also removed from the
collection in August 2008.
