Site Pages and Standards
Accessibility Statement
This page names the standard the Society intends to keep in public. Care is a public standard. It shows up in consent, access, privacy, correction, and the refusal to turn people into raw material.
The work in front of us
Accessibility Statement begins with a plain question. What becomes possible when a visitor slows down long enough to see the conditions around the subject, rather than treating it as a quick proof point?
A cultural institution earns trust through the ordinary decisions that protect people. Can someone attend without being recorded? Can they correct a name? Can they understand the page with a screen reader? Can a family keep a story private? Can a contributor withdraw material when public circulation no longer serves them? These are not side questions.
What this page makes possible
The Society does not assume access is entitlement. It will name its processes, minimize unnecessary collection of personal information, preserve attribution, and keep a route for repair. When a subject touches health, legal status, ceremony, children, or personal history, the right response may be a slower process and a clearer boundary.
The point is not to make public life smaller. It is to make the path into it more exact, more usable, and less likely to harm the people whose histories or work are involved.
A practical move
Before you share a story, image, recording, or name, ask four questions: who is affected, what permission exists, where will it travel, and what would repair look like if the decision proves wrong?
Editorial and review note
This page is currently marked leadership review in the source record. Review applies to claims, permissions, naming, source paths, operational details, or Society-Tribe boundaries as relevant.