Susan M. Arkeketa Collection

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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK
AMERICAN NATIVE PRESS ARCHIVES
SUSAN M. ARKEKETA COLLECTION
ANPA MSS 033

Last updated: January 2003

EXTENT

Total Boxes: 1
Other Storage Formats: Oversize, four folders
Linear Feet: 0.75

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance

Gift from Susan M. Arkeketa, November, 2000

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Susan Arkeketa Collection is the physical property of the American Native Press Archives, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Access

The Susan M. Arkeketa Collection is open for research.

Citation Format

Susan M. Arkeketa Collection. American Native Press Archives.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Susan M. Arkeketa, Otoe-Missouri and Muscogee (Creek), has worked for nonprofit Indian organizations such as the Oklahoma City Native American Center, the Native American Rights Fund, and the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA). She served the latter as executive director when it was known as the Native American Press Association (NAPA) and later as a member of the board of directors. She has taught writing and speech at Haskell Indian Nations University, Tulsa Community College, and the University of Phoenix. She continues to work as a freelance writer and consultant to tribes and organizations. Most items in the collection relate to Arkeketa’s journalism career.

DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

The Susan M. Arkeketa Collection contains correspondence; typescripts and printed matter related to the Native American Press Association (later Native American Journalists Association ); publications, including newsletters, sponsored by NAJA; and printed matter related to issues in Indian Country. Materials cover the period 1985 to 1998.

Box	Folder
Correspondence, 1992-1994
1	Correspondence, 1992-1994
Career Matters
	Unity ’94: Invitations Hurrah, 2:1 (1988-89), containing an article on Arkeketa’s career
NAPA / NAJA Activities
	NAPA—Proposal for Support, 1985 (Typescript, 18 leaves) NAPA—Budget, 1988-89 (Typescript, 20 leaves) NAPA—Fact sheet, 1988 NAPA—Fact sheet, 1990 NAPA—IRS Status Document, 1990 NAPA—Journalism Registry, 1990 NAPA—Letterhead, 1990 NAJA—Project Phoenix, 1990 NAJA—Registry of Native Journalists, 1992 NAJA—Fact sheet, 1993 NAJA—Tribal Community College Survey, 1993 NAJA—Telephone Survey, 1994 NAJA—Newhouse Internship—Brochure, 1994 NAJA—Convention—Program, 1994 NAJA—Unity’94—Newswatch NAJA—Board of Directors Report to the Members, 1994-95
NAJA Publications
	Brochure, 1990 The New Storytellers, 1990 Medium Rare, 1991-1992 Native Keeper, 1992 Medium Rare, 1993-1994 NAJA News, 1996, 1998 From the Front Lines, 1998
Miscellaneous Items (Indian Country issues)
	Newspaper clippings, 1988-1997 Tribal Radio Stations, 1990 Cornel Pewewardy, “Native American Mascots and Imagery” (Typescript, 13 leaves)
Miscellaneous Publications (Indian Country issues)
	Native American Rights Fund, Annual Report 1988 Indian Nations at Risk Task Force, Indian Nations at Risk, 1991 Haskell Indian Nations University, Perspectives 1994
Oversize
	Seattle Times. Reprint of series “Washington’s Indians,” December 15-20, 1985. Filed in Oversize, Box 1, Folder 1. Arizona Republic. Reprint of series “Fraud in Indian Country, October 4-11, 1987. Filed in Oversize, Box 1, Folder 2. Cherokee Phoenix. Reprint of Vol. 1, No. 4, March 13, 1828. Undated. Filed in Oversize, Box 1, Folder 3. University of Montana School of Journalism, Special Report, A Health Crisis. Undated. Filed in Oversize, Box 1, Folder 4.