Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

Search Results

The Case for Native American Sovereignty: Indian Treaty Conference The Case for Native American Sovereignty: Indian Treaty Conference
Call Number: JG/ 013Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
"The Case for Native American Sovereignty" produced by Laurie Simms, Steve Lieberman, Judy Gerber. A lot of footage from the 1976 2nd International Treaty Conference, contains many voices from different nations on sovereignty.
Interview with Louise Bennally Interview with Louise Bennally
Date: 8/3/1991Call Number: SS 137BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Louise Bennally on the Dineh Native American Elder and defender of traditional Dineh in Big Mountain, AZ.
Interview with Louise Bennally Interview with Louise Bennally
Date: 8/1/1991Call Number: SS 141AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Louise Bennally on the Native American Elder, the defender of traditional Dineh and the resistor of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) relocation.
Interviews with Dannis Jennings and AIM Interviews with Dannis Jennings and AIM
Call Number: SS 039Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interviews with Dannis Jennings and people of the American Indian Movement (AIM) between 1981 and 1985.
Prison Mix, Native American mix, I Hotel mix from Roots of Resistance Prison Mix, Native American mix, I Hotel mix from Roots of Resistance
Call Number: CD 045Format: CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Prison Mix, Native American mix, I Hotel mix from Roots of Resistance
Fannie Lou Hamer, Meridel LeSeuer, Raygun, Fannie Lou Hamer, Meridel LeSeuer, Raygun,
Call Number: CD 055Format: ProTools CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Backup pro tools audio files from session of Roots of Resistance
Ward Churchill: Doing Time, The Politics of Imprisonment Ward Churchill: Doing Time, The Politics of Imprisonment
Date: 9/15/2000Call Number: CD 063Format: CDProducers: AK PressCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Ward Churchill discusses how the US government has used all means to subvert and neutralize movements for social change. He focusses on the FBI’s counter intelligence program - COINTELPRO, their use in undermining dissent and the criminal (in)justice system’s role as an agent of social control.
Ward Churchill: In a Pig’s Eye, Reflections on the State, Repression Ward Churchill: In a Pig’s Eye, Reflections on the State, Repression
Date: 5/16/2001Call Number: CD 066Format: CDProducers: AK PressCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
2 CD set of talk given by Ward Churchill in San Francisco on May 16, 2001 about the history of state targetting the Native American, Black, Brown and progressive movements.
Partial sessions from Roots of Resistance Partial sessions from Roots of Resistance
Call Number: CD 088Format: ProTools CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Pro Tools audio materials from I Hotel, Native Americans from Roots of Resistance
My Life is My Sundance: Prison Writings of Leonard Peltier through the voice of Harvey Arden My Life is My Sundance: Prison Writings of Leonard Peltier through the voice of Harvey Arden
Date: 1/1/1999Call Number: CD 200Format: CDProducers: Mi Abuelo RecordsCollection: Leonard Peltier
My Life is My Sundance. The prison writings of Leonard Peltier (read from his book of the same name) Thru the voice of Harvey Arden (unfortunately no Leonard Peltier) and the music of Rev. Goat & the New Orleans Light. 12 tracks