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Indians of North America -- Folklore

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 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.

Erl Bates papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-24-790
Abstract

Papers include correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the background and passage of a state bill (1920) appropriating $10,000 to the College of Agriculture for Indian extension work and to the early progress of this work; correspondence and printed, mimeographed, and typescript reports, memoranda, newsletters, and pamphlets pertaining to the Cornell Indian Boards, Six Nations' Agricultural Society, Indian Farmers' Schools.

Dates: [ca. 1920-1960].

Indians of Skagit County : an outline of native history from an Indian's point of view

 Collection — Huntington box 1: [Barcode: 31924092111024]
Identifier: 9068
Scope and content

Copy of a draft from before the paper was published. Also includes a letter from Martin J. Sampson to Mrs. Floyd Faller, dated May 9, 1960. The letter discusses the Skagit Tribes. The manuscript covers the different tribes of Skagit County, their religion, Indian legends, stories, Swinomish reservation, and government relations.

Dates: 1960.

Native American artist vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: 9241
Abstract

This collection contains ephemera covering artists, both Native American and non-Native American, whose artwork often focused on Native American subjects.

Dates: [ca.1850-2000.]

Native American biography vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: 9242
Abstract

This collection contains ephemera providing biographical information of, both Native Americans and non-Native Americans, whose work focused on Native American subjects.

Dates: [ca.1850-2000]

Native American publications vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: 9246
Abstract

This collection contains newsletters, newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals produced by Native American and non-Native American sources.

Dates: [ca.1960-2000].

Native American subject vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: 9205
Abstract

This collection contains ephemera covering a broad variety of topics relating to Native Americans.

Dates: [ca.1850-2000.]

Notes made or collected by Lieutenant Allyn Capron

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9015
Scope and content This collection of letters and notes relates to Geronimo and other Chiricahua Apache prisoners of war. The letters were written at Mount Vernon Barracks and Fort Sill and include documents signed by Geronimo. There is some documentation of the Apache culture. Provenance note from Agnes K. Capron, wife of Allyn Capron, dated March 26, 1938, to George Gustav Heye. Notes by Capron, 7 pages and copies of notes about Apache culture, legends, religion, thoughts about white men. 5 leaves of notes...
Dates: 1884-1896.

Skywatchers of ancient Mexico

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 9200
Scope and content Kit for a planetarium show about the Mayas. Has a focus on their astronomical observations, which helped to develop their calendar system. Includes slides, audio reels, a brochure, and the manual about the show. The manual includes the script, information about visual and special effects, lists of the slides and how to fade them in and out, a list of the music used in the production, information on the individuals and groups that put the program together, surveys and evaluations, teacher...
Dates: 1980.

Star gods of the ancient Americas

 Collection — Huntington box 1: [Barcode: 31924092111024]
Identifier: 9058
Scope and content Photocopy mock up, with publishing annotations and edits, of a catalog for the Star Gods of the Ancient Americas exhibit which appeared at the American Museum of Natural History and the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, 1982-1984. The exhibit was produced by the Museum of the American Indian. The catalog includes the label copy that was in the exhibit, illustrations and photographs. Includes information about culture and artifacts from Indians of North, Central, and South America,...
Dates: [1982].