ECDS Project Name of ECDS Member Who are the ECDS folks that have been involved in the project? Joanna Mundy Steve Bransford Name of Project Lead Who is the ECDS person taking the lead? Joanna Mundy Name of Faculty Lead Who is the primary Faculty contact that has been involved in the project? Malinda Lowery Date of Start The date ECDS agreed to take on the project. 2026-06-01 Short Description of Project A short description of the project. This is the blurb on the back of a book. This is the elevator pitch. This is what you politely explain to the elder/unfamiliar family member who doesn't know what you do for work at that obligatory holiday gathering. This will be displayed publicly. ECDS partnered with Dr. Malinda Lowery, Emory University, on the <a href="https://catalog.ecds.emory.edu/items/show/16" title="OpenTour Catalog Page">OpenTour</a> Tour Site: "Indigenous Vicksburg." ECDS will host the Tour Site and provide training and access to the application. Content will be created and managed by Billups.<br /><br />This site also will have a video component supported by Steve Bransford. Project Documentation Site Is the project documentation being held somewhere specific for the team? Microsoft Teams link, Dropbox, Box, NAS resource, etc https://trello.com/c/OjeWlPys Other Items and resources that need a label or descriptor that do not fit elsewhere. Please avoid this unless absolutely necessary. Hiding application language - not approved for public posting: The Indigenous Reconstruction OpenTour offers visitors to select National Parks in Mississippi, Florida, and Virginia the chance to see those sites from the point of view of Indigenous peoples. Native people fought and were impacted by the Civil War in these states; and they contributed to systems of education, agriculture, and tourism that built the modern American market economy. Throughout this dynamic time, they exercised mobility, developed their material culture, and preserved a broad range of traditional knowledge systems. This Open Tour site will offer visitors a new narrative of history at these places that emphasizes Indigenous persistence, rather than disappearance. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource OpenTour - Indigenous Reconstruction