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Paiute Indians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Buff family history : with an account of early times, and the Native American language

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 9130
Scope and content Collection of information gathered by B. C. Dawson about the Buff family. Includes typescript of oral history and Buff family genealogy told to B.C. Dawson by Truman Buff at Fort Independence, California. Papers include Paiute vocabulary and alphabet with phonetic and proper spelling. Includes photocopies and typescripts of letters written by family members. Photocopies of 1920s newspaper clippings as well. Biographical information as well as info on Indian legends and stories, military...
Dates: 1980.

Earl Y. Henderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9059
Abstract

Correspondence to and from Henderson, Indian reports written and collected by Henderson.

Dates: 1916-1931.

Edward H. Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9166
Abstract

Field notebooks, sketchbooks, manuscripts, and correspondence, pertaining primarily to Indians of California and into Mexico. Includes index. Includes information about reservations, artifacts, ruins, ceremonies, descriptions of wildlife, landscapes, languages, and archeological notes. Tribes mentioned include, Pima, Seri, Mayo, Yaqui, Nayarit (Cora), Yuma, Opata, Modoc, Paiute, Diegueño, Cahuilla, and Soboba Indians.

Dates: 1910-1944.

Edwin L. McLeod collection of Kern basket photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 9079
Scope and content 30 photographs of the basket collection of E. L. McLeod, assembled around 1892-1908. The baskets are chiefly from Kern County California. Some of the photos show the baskets at what looks to be McLeod's residence; others are shown in a studio. The photos are described on the back, possibly by E. L. McLeod. The descriptions identify the type of basket, and in some cases seem to tell where the basket was acquired or where it resides. Most of the baskets are labeled as being the bottle neck...
Dates: ca. 1910.