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The Ed Fields Digital Cherokee Archive (EFDCA) is a grassroots community-led digital archive intended to help preserve our language and culture for future generations. We are proud to serve our three sovereign nations through preservation of our shared language and culture via archival of cultural resources contributed by individual members as well as institutions. Through this processs, we also provide access to contemporary Cherokee language and cultural education materials. Access to specific items in our archive is provided following Cherokee cultural protocols and practices as proscribed by our community advisory board as well as the wishes of our Cherokee contributors.
The EFDCA is managed by an Indigenous community advisory board with expertise in areas related to Cherokee language and culture as well as library sciences. We are proud to serve Cherokee people as a safe repository for sensitive cultural items, as a hub for community-based research data management for Cherokee scholars and community leaders, and as a bridge for non-Cherokees to learn about Cherokee language and culture in respectful ways. We encourage individuals as well as institutions to reach out to discuss how the EFDCA can play a role in preserving Cherokee language and cultural items for you, your family, your community, and Cherokees all around the world.