Knowledge Organization from an Indigenous Perspective: The Mashantucket Pequot Thesaurus of American Indian Terminology Project

Native Americans create, preserve, and organize knowledge within the context of community, thereby ensuring the inclusion of Native American philosophies. Historically, mainstream cataloging and classification systems have not adequately represented this knowledge. The Mashantucket Pequot Thesaurus...

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Published inCataloging & classification quarterly Vol. 53; no. 5-6; pp. 640 - 657
Main Authors Littletree, Sandra, Metoyer, Cheryl A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 04.07.2015
Subjects
American Indians
cataloging research
Classification
Communities
controlled vocabularies
Foundations
Indigenous knowledge organization
Indigenous librarianship
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
Philosophy
Preserves
Terminology
Thesauri
thesaurus
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Summary:Native Americans create, preserve, and organize knowledge within the context of community, thereby ensuring the inclusion of Native American philosophies. Historically, mainstream cataloging and classification systems have not adequately represented this knowledge. The Mashantucket Pequot Thesaurus of American Indian Terminology was designed to incorporate an Indigenous perspective into mainstream controlled vocabularies. Using story as pedagogy, this article examines the conceptual foundations, theoretical framework, and application of the Thesaurus to a museum setting.
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ISSN:0163-9374
1544-4554
DOI:10.1080/01639374.2015.1010113