Digital Archivist​/Faculty in American Indian Studies

Digital Archivist/ Faculty in American Indian Studies (full-time, exempt, salaried position)

Santee Campus, Macy Campus, or South Sioux City Campus

Department Chair of American Indian Studies

For best consideration, please submit application materials by November 6, 2026.

$66,

The Nebraska Indian Community College provides quality higher education and lifelong educational opportunities for Umonhon (Omaha) Isanti (Santee Dakota) and all learners. Nebraska Indian Community College is envisioned as a comprehensive Tribal College which values service through high quality education. Institutional programs value and cultivate the creative and productive talents of learners, faculty, and staff, and seek ways to contribute to the self-sufficiency of the Nations served, the wellbeing of our communities, and the quality of life and development of its learners, faculty, and service areas.

The Digital Archivist/ Faculty in American Indian Studies is a full-time faculty position with a 12-month contract and minimum of forty hours per week. This includes activities in three general areas: research (50%), service (25%), and teaching (25%).

• Facilitate the build of NICC’s Mukurtu content management system (CMS) platform.
• Integrate culturally appropriate features such as language support and cultural annotations.
• Continue to develop standard operating procedures (SOP) for NICC Archives.
• Create process and protocol for digitization.
• Call upon advisory committee with representatives from the Umonhon and Isanti Dakota communities to guide the project.
• Continue to inventory existing physical and digital materials related to the languages and histories of Umonhon, Isanti Dakota, and other Indigenous communities.
• Prioritize materials for digitization based on their cultural significance and preservation needs.
• Collaborate with NICC Archives Committee on to digitize selected materials with appropriate metadata and cultural context.
• Process new and existing archival collections in all formats (analog and born-digital).
• Apply project management strategies to accessioning and processing work

• Chair:
  Archives Committee
• Voting Member:
  Academic Council, Assessment & Curriculum Committee;
  Institutional Review Board
• Serve regular shifts on NICC’s Archives desks and collaborate on requests for access to unprocessed collections.
• Direct and coordinate the work of student employees and archival assistants.
• Develop campus literacy in digital humanities by generating an understanding of key digital humanities concepts, such as data representation, digital archives, information visualization, and user interaction through the study of contemporary research, in conjunction with working on real-world projects for scholarly, educational, and public needs Train community members and relevant stakeholders on using the digital databases by creating online finding aids:

• Develop instructional materials and support resources for users.
• Facilitate new content generation through the one-button storytelling studios at all three campus locations.
• Collaborate with faculty on curriculum development using content on the NICC Digital Archives.
• Teach courses and model for others how to actively use NICC’s Digital Archives on Mukurtu platform.

• Master’s Degree required in history, digital humanities, or related field.

• Doctorate Degree preferred.
• Two or more years of work experience accessioning and/or processing archival materials.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience using archival accessioning and processing standards and principles across a multitude of formats (manuscripts,…