The National Archives in the United States is looking for volunteer archivists to make its collections of photography from life on Native American reservations more accessible via online searches.
Volunteers will tag these historic photos of reservation life, taken in the early- and mid-20th century by photographers from federal agencies like the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Citizen archivists can generate searchable tags by identifying the people, places, and activities shown in the images. It helps if the volunteers have a bit of insider knowledge and can recognize individuals or the locations where the images were shot, but non-experts can lend a hand by labeling what’s happening in the photos.
More information about this crowd-sourcing project and how to volunteer is available in the Mental Floss article, Help the National Archives Tag Photos of Life on Native American Reservations.
