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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 147 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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / A partial dictionary of the Wutchumna language

A view of the Chaco from Salmon Ruin: update 1980

 Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9173
Scope and content

This is a paper presented at the 1980 Pecos Conference, Mesa Verde, Colorado. Includes information about the excavation site and techniques as well as information about the Chacoan and Anasazi pueblos. Several illustrations of construction plans and maps from the ruins. Description of building objects and artifacts that were recovered. Mentions research conducted by other anthropologists and scientist working at the site.

Dates: 1980.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / A view of the Chaco from Salmon Ruin: update 1980

Account of a visit made by Penrose Wiley, John Letchworth, Anne Mifflin, Mary Bell, and others to the Seneca Indians settled on the Allegany River

 Collection — Huntington box 39 - folder 1
Identifier: 9001
Scope and content Original manuscript attributed to Mary Gilbert with description of meeting with Indians at Coldspring, Usqueshanadarqua, and Geneshatago. Includes quotes from Seneca chief Cornplanter and Blue Eyes. Described as the first visit by white women to Geneshatago. Also includes transcript of an excerpt from letter of Charles E. Congdon dated December 20, 1945 mentioning the manuscript, and the original invoice from Dauber & Pine Bookshops. Discussion of the white man using up all the water...
Dates: 1803.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Account of a visit made by Penrose Wiley, John Letchworth, Anne Mifflin, Mary Bell, and others to the Seneca Indians settled on the Allegany River

Accounts and publications about Indians

 Collection
Identifier: 9087
Abstract Correspondence, biographies, and accounts collected in the 1930s, but describing actions from many years previous. Focus is on western Indians, exploration, and pioneers, particularly pertaining to Colorado and Utah. Folder 1: correspondence from Thomas P. Willson of the society. Stories of Indian captivities in Nebraska. Folder 2: accounts about Tascosa Texas, Guatemala, Central America Accounts, E. B. Sopris, William Carroll Riggs, St. Louis, Pierre Laclede, William Campbell, The Pony...
Dates: 1934-1938.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Accounts and publications about Indians

Album unique

 Collection — Portfolio 49
Identifier: 9110
Scope and content Eleven original watercolors with holographic descriptions by the artist. Includes a letter to Catlin as well. Descriptions include specifics as to the individuals who are pictured and their place in the tribe they are from. Names of Indians are given in the native language as well as the English version, including: The Surrounder, Red Thunder, The Jumper, Double Walker, Big Elk, Black Dog, Big Crow, Little Soldier, Black Rock, and The Very Brave Chief. Information about Indian culture is...
Dates: 1863.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Album unique

Alfred Tamarin papers

 Collection — Huntington box 1: [Barcode: 31924092111024]
Identifier: 9070
Scope and content Correspondence, notes, photography permissions, and documents accumulated during research for the publication of his book We Have Not Vanished: Eastern Indians of the United States. Folder one contains copy of a draft of the publication titled "American Indians Today on the Atlantic Seaboard." Has the original photos that were to be used for the publication taped or laid into the pages. Folder two, list of George Catlin slides. Folder three, edits, revisions, additions, other historical...
Dates: 1968-1975.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Alfred Tamarin papers

Amelia Quinton Stone correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 9266
Abstract

Amelia Quinton Stone (1833-1926) was born in Jamesville, New York. Her correspondence includes several hundred letters both to and from, dating approximalty 1874-1910. The collection also includes associated documents relating to her advocacy for Native American rights and her work as one of the founders of the Women’s National Indian Association.

Dates: 1874 - 1910
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Amelia Quinton Stone correspondence

An account of a visit to Indian territory : Ft. Scott, Kansas

 Collection — Huntington box 39 - folder 1
Identifier: 9003
Scope and content A 10 page letter handwritten by Mrs. Coffin to her children about a 10 day trip she and her husband took visiting various missions in Indian Territory, dated November 5, 1894. Also includes typed copy and envelope. Their journey went through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Letter mentions having dinner with Shawnee chief Charles Blue Jacket. There is discussion of government schools; full-blooded and half-blooded Indians; how intermarriage will eventually cause the Indian race to be...
Dates: 1894 November 5.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / An account of a visit to Indian territory : Ft. Scott, Kansas

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / An appeal to the charitable and benevolent people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland..

Articles of a treaty between the United States of America and the Cherokee Indians

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9019
Scope and content

Printed by Meriwether Jones, printer to the Commonwealth, in Richmond, Virginia. Extracted from Acts passed at the 3rd session of the Fifth Congress of the U.S. December 1787 to March 1799. Ten different articles described. From the treaty concluded on the Holston River on July 2,1791. Discusses the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation. Lists all signers and witnesses.

Dates: 1799.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Articles of a treaty between the United States of America and the Cherokee Indians

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