This session will present briefly the findings of the Trust and Technology (T&T) research project as a case study for discussion. The T&T project investigated how archivists can support the frameworks of knowledge, memory and evidence of Koorie communities, the Indigenous people of south-eastern Australia. The outcomes of the project present some significant challenges to practitioners who are committed to a culturally inclusive archive. Our central finding is that archivists cannot offer appropriate ways of archiving Indigenous knowledge unless we allow Indigenous knowledge systems and experiences as records subjects to reshape the foundations on which our work is based. This involves: reconceptualising the relationship between text and orality; applying new perspectives on the rights of Indigenous people in relation to archives; working with Indigenous communities on the development of community based archival systems and services; and enabling Indigenous people to challenge ‘official' records by recording their own oral and community records alongside them, as a means of limiting the ongoing potency of records which have governed Indigenous lives. Discussion will focus on how archivists might respond to these challenges to engage and empower and to overcome overt and covert barriers embedded in archival principles and practices.