On December 18, 2024, the Reporter General, NSDAR, on behalf of the National Society presented a $20,000 donation to the Sequoyah Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). This donation is to assist the Center in updating its collections, specifically focusing on acquiring books written by Native American authors. Several ASDAR officers and state chairs as well as officers from the Little Rock-Centennial Chapter attended the presentation. Staff from the Sequoyah Research Center were also present.
The top priority for the donation is to purchase books written by Native American authors from tribally owned and operated presses, such as the Chickasaw Press in the Chickasaw Nation in Ada, Oklahoma. The second and third priorities involve acquiring books from publishers that have a history of publishing works by Native American authors sharing their Native history and culture, as well as books from booksellers who maintain Native American authors.
The Sequoyah National Research Center is recognized as one of the world’s leading repositories of Native American materials. What a wonderful gift NSDAR has given to the Sequoyah National Research Center!
More information on the Research Center can be found at https://ualr.edu/sequoyah/
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