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.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 4/21/1973Call Number: RD 039Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman. Claude Marks, Mary MackeyProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program opens with Wounded Knee, Gibson Justice verdict, Dr. Howard Levy conviction overturned, Watergate “when the watergates are opened, the real criminals will fly out.” Bombings in Athens, Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin named; Basque struggle
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 5/5/1973Call Number: RD 041Producers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Real Dragon celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Pinocchio spoof on Nixon and Watergate, range of international news, Indochina, Wounded Knee and related Native American news.
Interview with Farika Birhan Interview with Farika Birhan
Date: 11/29/1984Call Number: SS 113Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Farika Birhan on Maroons of Jamaica.
Cecilia Rodriquez on EZLN Cecilia Rodriquez on EZLN
Date: 2/14/1995Call Number: SS 012Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Zapatista solidarity event put on by the Peralta Latino Association and the Raza Student Union at Laney College. Cecilia Rodriquez, the US spokesperson for the Zapatistas, talks about repression against the Zapatistas after the 94 uprising, democracy in Mexico and NAFTA, globalization, peso devaluation.
Interview with Farika Birhan Interview with Farika Birhan
Call Number: SS 129AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Farika Birhan on the Maroons of Jamaica.
Interviews with Guillermo Glenn and Arnoldo Garcia Interviews with Guillermo Glenn and Arnoldo Garcia
Date: 2/14/1995Call Number: SS 136Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interviews with Guillermo Glenn and Arnoldo Garcia on the indigenous people's movement and resistance in Chiapas, Mexico.
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 Ward Churchill Interview with Ward Churchill
Date: 10/1/1992Call Number: SS 014Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Ward Churchill on Native Americans at Black Oak Bookstore.
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.