Ojibwa Indians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
An appeal to the charitable and benevolent people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland..
Collection — Mapcase folder 45
Identifier: 9092
Scope and content
An appeal To the charitable and benevolent people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of all classes and denominations, the appeal on behalf of the Chippewa nation of Indians of the Mississagua [sic] tribe residing at the River Credit in Canada... Dated October 19, 1844 at the Credit River.This petition of 1844 was taken to England by Peter Jones on behalf of his tribe. It is signed by members of the tribe with names and hieroglyphs. In the petition the Indians are requesting...
Dates:
1844 October 19.
Bills and reports regarding Indians
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438985]
Identifier: 9183
Scope and content
Collection of items from Congress, many from the Government Printing Office. Items include meeting minutes and proceedings, copies of acts and bills, reports, and other information that was discussed by the committees and subcommittees on Indian affairs. The papers cover a wide range of topics, some are broad, covering all Indians; others are specific to certain areas and tribes. Some topics include leasing of lands from the Indians, mining rights, tuberculosis on reservations, reparations,...
Dates:
1926-1935.
Catlin's North American Indian bills scrapbook
Collection — Huntington box 40
Identifier: 9109
Scope and content
Scrapbook of announcements and other ephemera advertising Catlin's Gallery of North American Indians and events pertaining to Indians. Includes some correspondence, tickets signed by Catlin, newspaper clippings, and information about his exhibitions in the Indian Museum at the Egyptian Hall, Picadilly. Also advertisements for events with Indians who were brought back to Europe, including archery competitions and am event held at Windsor Castle. The advertisements mention the various tribes...
Dates:
1840-1855.
Cree language studies
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438951]
Identifier: 9072
Scope and content
Three three-ringed binders full of handwritten notes about the Cree language. The notes discuss both the spoken and written language. Sections on grammar, dictionaries, the alphabet, various dialects, historical information, word definitions, phonetic pronunciation guides, word conjugations, language rules, instructions on how to make certain sounds with throat and tongue. Also sections on Algonquian, Abenaki, Montagnais, Ojibwa, and Gaelic Lowland Scottish languages. Information on...
Dates:
1950-1972.
Cyril M. Dickinson correspondence
Collection — Manuscript box 12 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065241733]
Identifier: 2088
Scope and content
Copy of letter from Dickinson of Denver, Colorado, to John G. Morrison, Bemidji, Minnesota including reminiscences concerning timber stands and logging operations, transportation by steamboat, stagecoach, and sleigh, railroad construction, and living conditions in northern Minnesota (late 1890s to early 1900s) after the Chippewa Reservation was opened to settlement with tributes to Jay P. Kinney, Addison C. Goddard, and Morrison for their work on Indian timber lands; also Kinney's comments...
Dates:
1960-1961.
De Cost Smith Collection
Collection — Huntington box 59
Identifier: 9174
Abstract
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, notebooks, brochures, manuscripts, maps, paintings, and sketches. Focus areas of the notes for articles, speeches, and books cover a wide variety of topics including the Onondaga Indians and their reservation, festivals and culture, Sitting Bull using a telephone, Tendoi The climber, articles by Elizabeth Custer, Moravian missions, history of Amenia, N.Y., Fort Buford, manuscript regarding Indian attitudes towards African Americans,...
Dates:
1880-1943.
Elisha Loomis papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2275
Abstract
Filmed papers consist of four journals (1819-27, 65 ft. microfilm) dealing with Loomis's experiences as an educator and as a Congregational missionary in the Hawaiian Islands.
Dates:
1816-1859,-1816-1836 (bulk)
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.