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Indians of North America -- Government relations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Testimony of Indian school and reservation superintendents in regard to a law and order bill

 Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9060
Scope and content Typed transcripts of feedback from agency and district superintendents eliciting their response to extending criminal jurisdiction to reservations. Folder one includes copies of two bills, one extending State laws to reservations dated April 18, 1929, the other regarding extending federal civil and criminal laws to reservations, dated January 8, 1930. Also a copy of the questionnaire that was sent to the superintendents and a summary of the responses. Folders two and three are the responses,...
Dates: 1930.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Testimony of Indian school and reservation superintendents in regard to a law and order bill

The Delaware Indians: a brief tribal history

 Collection — Huntington box 27a - folder 1
Identifier: 9179
Scope and content

Typed manuscript with annotations that was under consideration for publication by the Museum of the American Indian. It appears to have not been published. Included is correspondence discussing the work, to Roland Force from Mary Davis and Brenda Holland. Includes suggested further reading list.

Dates: 1985.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / The Delaware Indians: a brief tribal history

The Indians of northeastern California

 Collection — Huntington box 46
Identifier: 9163
Scope and content

Typed manuscript as requested by his excellency William D. Stephens, Governor of California, by Allen Gillihan and Alma B. Shaffer for the California State Board of Health.

Dates: ca. 1917-1923.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / The Indians of northeastern California

Treaty of peace with the Delaware Nation, also documentation and supplemental treaty

 Collection — Mapcase folder 45
Identifier: 9091
Scope and content Treaty of peace with the Delaware Nation entered into by their deputies before Sir William Johnson, baronet, His Majesty's sole agent and superintendent of Indian affairs in the Northern Department of North America...May 8 1765. With supplemental treaty, which was bound to the main treaty, titled The Delaware deputys [sic] sent from Ohio, to strengthen, ratify and confirm the annexed treaty subscribed by Killbuck...July 12, 1765. Treaty discusses the Indians being accepted by the English in...
Dates: 1765.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Treaty of peace with the Delaware Nation, also documentation and supplemental treaty

United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations

 Collection
Identifier: 9188
Abstract

Typed transcripts of correspondence and records of activities with Indian nations. Transcripts include information on Indian census, Indian removal, reports from Indian agencies, United States policy, trade regulations, emigration, crime, and treaties. Many of the reports are from Indian agents to commanding officers or superintendents of the Office of Indian Affairs, some correspondence giving instructions to agents. Includes an index.

Dates: 1798-1874.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations

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