Principles in Indigenous Archival Repatriation (PINAR)

The SAA Archival Repatriation Committee offers this set of Principles, which aligns with the SAA Core Values Statement and Code of Ethics, and the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials, to center repatriation and ethical returns as a core responsibility for archivists and institutions with holdings pertaining to Indigenous peoples. Such records contain invaluable information about Indigenous knowledge and lifeways, but are often inaccessible to the source communities and/or managed without regard for Indigenous knowledge and practice.