Indians of North America -- California
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
A partial dictionary of the Wutchumna language
Collection — Huntington box 15 - folder 1
Identifier: 9216
Scope and content
Vocabulary with remarks on accent, vowel sounds, etc, customs, government, and religion. Some information about the Wutchumna Indians, their legends and religious beliefs. Brief mention of other Indians in the Tulare Valley, San Joaquin, Kaweaah, and Kern River area of California.
Dates:
undated.
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.
Constance Goddard DuBois papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438761]
Identifier: 9167
Abstract
The papers include her field notes from her summers in California, notes on her activities with the Connecticut Indian Association, and newspaper clippings relating to Indian affairs, particularly those in California. Drafts of manuscripts for her publications on Luiseno religion, Diegueno mythology, and other subjects relating to the Mission Indians of California are included in the collection. Letters written to Du Bois from 1897 to 1909 comprise a significant part of the collection....
Dates:
1897-1909.
Documents pertaining to the Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act
Collection — Huntington box 26
Identifier: 9182
Scope and content
Collection contains transcripts and proceedings of testimony and hearings, meeting minutes, copies of bills, and a letter to Frederick A. Blossom from Will Rogers, chairman of the Committee. Contents include: Readjustment of Indian affairs, Hearings before the Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives, 73d Congress, 9 parts; Bills H. R. 7902 and S.2755; The purpose and operation of the Wheeler-Howard Indian rights bill; Amendments to Wheeler-Howard bill; Testimony taken at ...
Dates:
1934.
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.
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.