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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.
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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.

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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.
Rita Clark - The Chant Rita Clark - The Chant
Date: 7/18/1991Call Number: LA 178Format: Cass A & BCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Rita Clark interviews the co-ordinator of the Nicaragua United States Friendship Office (July 18, 1991). The Chant reports from Atlanta on the controversy of using racist images in sports (October 23,1991).
Cherokee Nation Press Conference at World Series Cherokee Nation Press Conference at World Series
Date: 10/19/1991Call Number: JG/ 138Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Members of the Cherokee Nation protest the Atlanta “Braves” and other Major League teams’ representation of Native Americans. Demand respect of living indigenous cultures and recognition of racism in mascot rituals.
Political Prisoner Installation - International Women's Day Political Prisoner Installation - International Women's Day
Date: 10/21/1991Call Number: V 492Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Street celebrations of International Women’s Day include the Women Against Imperialism Quilt, a political prisoner and prisoner of war street installation and street theater. Activists portray various figures like Linda Evans, Alejandrina Torres, Ricardo Flores Magon as well as pay tribute to the indigenous peoples of California, the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico. The performance is part of the International Women’s Day theme of 500 Years of Resistance.
Ward Churchill - American Indian Movement of Pine Ridge: Siege by FBI and US Marshalls Ward Churchill - American Indian Movement of Pine Ridge: Siege by FBI and US Marshalls
Date: 3/23/1991Call Number: CE 484Format: Cass A & BProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Ward Churchill, author, activist, and former professor, speaks about the 71-day siege at Wounded Knee in which 200 or so Oglala Lakota and members of the AIM occupied Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation responding to the failure of impeaching the tribal president and to expose inhumane and corrupt conditions on Pine Ridge by the US Federal government through the tribal government. Churchill gives a succinct history of Lakota/US relations, including details of treaties, and discusses the role of COINTELPRO in neutralizing the AIM.
Program for Conference on the Oppressed Nationalities within the U.S. Program for Conference on the Oppressed Nationalities within the U.S.
Date: 12/10/1991Volume Number: 10-DecFormat: MonographCollection: 1992 Tribunal
Native Nations Native Nations
Publisher: Native NationsYear: 1991Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Native Americans
News and Analysis from Indian Country