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Indians of North America -- Land tenure

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Bills and reports regarding Indians

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Documents pertaining to the Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act

George Jarvis Thompson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 18-2-1173
Abstract

Collection includes student and professional papers from several schools and travels.

Dates: 1906-1957.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / George Jarvis Thompson papers

Lubicon Lake Cree Indian Band papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9171
Abstract Copies of correspondence, news clippings, and other documents pertaining to the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation's struggle with the Canadian government and various companies who were seeking to develop traditional Lubicon Cree lands. Press releases, letters, and articles discuss land claims, economic and social conditions, activism, and legal fights of the Lubicon Lake Cree Band. A couple of original clippings and magazine articles are also included. Includes a letter to Chief Bernard Ominayak...
Dates: 1981-1988.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Lubicon Lake Cree Indian Band papers

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

Paul Wallace Gates papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-17-1403
Abstract

Correspondence, office files, printed material, and other papers relating to Gates's study of U.S. land policy, his role in Indian land claims, and his work as a professor of American history.

Dates: 1873 - 1996; 1934 - 1982
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Paul Wallace Gates papers

Samuel A. Elliot collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 9165
Abstract Contains reports to the Board of Indian commissioners, reports 1-107, bulletins regarding Indians to the 70th Congress, and bulletins from the American Indian Defense Association, Inc. The items are typed mimeos. Indexes for the 70th Congress and American Indian Defense association papers and for the Indian Commissioners reports are included. Various authors. A wide variety of topics are covered including Indian and government relations, land tenure, living conditions, laws, and government...
Dates: 1927-1935.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Samuel A. Elliot collection

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 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

William Wallace Tooker papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9187
Abstract

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, and other papers, concerning Indian place names on Long Island, N.Y., Coastal Algonquian ethnology, ethnohistory, and linguistics. Notes investigate name origins and discuss how they derive from native languages. Other notes include analysis of early American texts in native languages. Extracts made from Indian land deeds and notes discussing land boundaries also included. Index cards for all the items included.

Dates: [18--]-1917.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / William Wallace Tooker papers

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