The Baltimore Reservation Project
“The Baltimore Reservation Project chronicles the history and heritage of East Baltimore’s Historic American Indian “Reservation”—an urban, intertribal community formed in the mid-twentieth century. It is an ongoing, multifaceted, deeply collaborative project involving many people and led by Ashley Minner Jones.
In 2021, the Baltimore Reservation Project launched three public resources:
The print guide details 17 sites on a self-guided walking route through the former reservation. It features a zoomed in and zoomed out map of the neighborhood, contemporary and archival photos of individual sites, and original illustrations. Free print copies are typically available for pick up at the Baltimore American Indian Center, the Maryland Center for History and Culture, The Peale, The Walters Art Gallery, the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore National Heritage Area, and other local cultural organizations. They can also be requested directly. Write to hello@baltimorereservation.com. Download the full PDF here.
The baltimorereservation.com website
The Baltimore Reservation website details 60+ sites on the former reservation and beyond. It features contemporary and archival photos of individual sites, a virtual archival photo exhibition, links to press, and additional resources.
The Baltimore Reservation Project has since grown to include a photo exhibition, new archival collections (see the Ashley Minner Collection at UMBC and the forthcoming Beyond Baltimore Street collection at the Library of Congress American Folklife Center), as well as a forthcoming monograph under contract with the University of North Carolina Press.
The Baltimore Reservation Project is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.
