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Higher Education Programs
The University of British Columbia offers a First Nation Curriculum Concentration for both their Master of Archival Studies and Master of Library and Information Studies. At the University of Arizona School of Information, M.A. Library and Information Science students can apply to the Knowledge River Program, which focuses on the information needs of Latino, Native American and Black communities. In 2021, the Bridging Knowledge program was announced, which will support 15 American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students to earn Masters of Library and Information Science through San José State University School of Information.

Digital Repatriation
Digital repatriation (or virtual repatriation) is the returning of digital copies of cultural heritage items, such as recordings, documents, and images, to the originating community. In an Indigenous context, this involves returning Indigenous cultural expressions to the relevant Indigenous community. As cultural memory institutions increasingly digitize their collections, Indigenous communities may be involved with determining descriptions for, and controlling access to, digital objects. Institutions may also repatriate collection and object rights to Indigenous communities. These materials may form a local knowledge base, requiring digital knowledge organization systems that can accommodate Indigenous cultural protocols. This has prompted software development specifically for this purpose.

In Canada
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) created the Indigenous Heritage Action Plan in 2019 to in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The action plan affirms the rights of Indigenous peoples as laid out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and contains 28 concrete actions that will be undertaken by LAC. These actions include: increasing Indigenous community engagement with LAC, seeking the council of an Elder-In-Residence, following Indigenous cultural protocols, increased partnerships with Indigenous communities regarding the loaning of documents, utilizing crowdsourcing software to allow for Indigenous people to contribute knowledge to digital collections, examining Indigenous-led access management of some LAC collections, such as those created from Indigenous knowledge, and collaborating with Indigenous communities to preserve non-governmental archival records according to the preferences of the community, whether at LAC or locally.

In 2010, the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN) was launched as a partnership between the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, the Musqueam Indian Band, the Stó:lō Nation/Tribal Council, and the U’mista Cultural Society. The RRN is an online tool that contains digital copies of Indigenous objects from the Northwest coast of British Columbia held at 29 institutions. The RRN allows for collaborative research between members, and allows members to create their own projects using objects from many different holding institutions. Each co-developer has a member in a steering group, to make decisions regarding the platform's scope, schedule, and budget.