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Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nuñez papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438795]
Identifier: 9169
Scope and content Photocopies of notes, diaries, poetry, and drawings, some of them published in Spirit Woman by Steiner. Also includes some original notes, clippings, and typed manuscripts by Nuñez. Titles include Inside the Indian wind, The hidden life, My trip to hell, and others. Correspondence to her, mostly from the 1920s, includes letters from Carlos Montezuma. Notes discuss mission schools, a speech by Major Pratt, laws governing Native Americans, information about growing up as an Indian, and...
Dates: [ca. 1900-1972]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nuñez papers

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].
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Native American publications vertical file

Stockbridge Indian papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9185
Abstract Collection includes correspondence, government publications, bills and acts related to the Stockbridge Indians. Includes copies of treaties; petitions to New York State and the federal governments; tribal rolls; lists of payments to Stockbridge and Munsee individuals; powers of attorney from Stockbridge leaders to particular individuals; government documents; and annuity claims. The documents range from correspondence about relocating to sites in Indiana and Wisconsin to receipts for small...
Dates: 1739-1915.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Stockbridge Indian papers

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

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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