Museum of the Southeast American Indian

What source did you review and who created it?

My web source that I have researched is the Museum of the Southeast American Indian. This web source is found at the University of North Carolina Pembroke and the museum is an integral part of the University and is a multifaceted museum and resource for scholarly research and also a community outreach. This source was created and is maintained by UNCP and the webpages form a living document and are regularly updated (uncp.edu, Legal, Copyright, and Privacy). The website is very well laid out and is user friendly in that the items that a person would usually need to find or locate are easily labeled and easy to find. I explored the web pages and started with the section called ‘about us’. This part of the web source gives a detailed mission statement that reads” The mission of the Museum of the Southeast American Indian is to educate and serve the public about the prehistory, history, culture art, and contemporary issues of American Indians, with special emphasis on the Native American communities of Robeson County, of North Carolina”. It continues to state, “They conduct scholarly research to collect and preserve the material culture of Native America”.

What perspective do you think it is meant to convey? 

I think that the University of North Carolina at Pembroke has established a great resource that not only has the school’s scholarly interest in mind but also has the capacity to keep and preserve the local Native American culture and to help to resolve the issues in that are facing the Native American communities in North Carolina. I believe that they are trying to convey that even though an educational institution can be where scholarly research on Native American culture takes place, they can also double as a local museum and resource center for the local Native American culture and help to preserve them also. The university does seem to want to share this information with not only the local communities but along with this web source, it gives almost anyone who can access their web source the chance to explore and find out more about the school’s Southeast American Studies program and conduct their own research within the website.

www.uncp.edu/academics/opportunities-programs-resources/opportunities-programs/museum-southeast-american-indian/about-us

Gloria Tara Lowery, Lumbee Artist