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= Native American Women Playwrights Archive = The Native American Women Playwrights Archive (NAWPA) is a collection of manuscripts and related items pertaining to Native American women in theater. It was established in 1997 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and is located in the university's King Library. The archive is a repository for Spiderwoman Theater and contains promotional and personal documents associated with the theater troupe and its members.

History
NAWPA began in 1996 with Dr. William Wortman and a graduate student researching Native American women playwrights at Miami University. The student had difficulty finding material to research, so the two built the archive by approaching writers and performers to add to the collection.

Holdings
The Native American Women Playwrights Archive in the King Library's Special Collections department at Miami University contains play manuscripts and audio and video recordings of performances. The archive also holds documents relating to the work of Spiderwoman Theater, such as photos of performances, posters, play programs, and personal accounts from the members of the theater troupe.

Publications
In 2008, University of Michigan Press published Footpaths and Bridges: Voices from the Native American Women Playwrights Archive, edited by Shirley A. Huston-Findley and Rebecca Howard. The anthology includes a number of scripts from NAWPA and critical commentary on the recurring themes in the plays.