Indians of North America
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 147 Collections and/or Records:
Sioux on the warpath, scrapbooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 9150
Scope and content
Three scrapbooks, one titled Sioux on the warpath, one titled Indians on the warpath, and one untitled. The books contain newspaper clippings regarding Indians, particularly the Sioux, and the events leading up to and shortly after the Wounded Knee massacre. Clippings discuss the people involved, the Ghost Dance, thoughts on how to disarm the Indians, mention of individuals coming over from Great Britain to aid soldiers at the Pine Ridge Agency, Sitting Bull's death, some other events...
Dates:
1890.
Sketch from life : Chief Tall Bear, and photos of Henry H. Cross
Collection — Huntington box 39b - folder 1
Identifier: 9077
Scope and content
Oil painting on board of Chief Tall Bear. Includes photocopy of an excerpt about Cross from The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West. Back of painting has inscription to "Minnie Walkin, compliments of H. H. Cross." The corner that has the date is missing. The back states that Tall Bear was a member of the Blackfeet Indians. Also included are two signed photographs of Cross. One says "Why Not, 1915"; the other shows Cross in his studio surrounded by his...
Dates:
ca. 1900.
Skywatchers of ancient Mexico
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 9200
Scope and content
Kit for a planetarium show about the Mayas. Has a focus on their astronomical observations, which helped to develop their calendar system. Includes slides, audio reels, a brochure, and the manual about the show. The manual includes the script, information about visual and special effects, lists of the slides and how to fade them in and out, a list of the music used in the production, information on the individuals and groups that put the program together, surveys and evaluations, teacher...
Dates:
1980.
Society of Samoset constitution and papers
Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9191
Scope and content
Contains photocopies of material including the Constitution of the Society of Samoset from 1932, a 60th anniversary of the society booklet from 1972, minutes from the society, description of the Samoset ritual, meeting places, list of members. Notes with the material from 1993 states that the collection was given to the Brooklyn Museum and then sent to the Brooklyn Historical Society library.
Dates:
1912-1972
Some missionaries and their work in Alaska
Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9043
Scope and content
Scrapbook of postcards and other ephemera collected during a trip to coastal Alaska. Includes a narrative by Ms. Jones and various fact sheets and profiles on Alaska and its missions, as well as reverend biographies, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs. Items relateing to Ketchikan, Wrangell, Skagway, and Juneau, the First Presbyterian Church, the American Baptist Home Mission Societies, and other Alaskan political and religious figures. Also, a baby's Indian moccasin.
Dates:
1959.
Souls and Testamentary Executors
Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9234
Scope and content
Typescript translation into English of the late 16th or early 17th century Aztec metrical comedy with additional notes. Contains some historical information about the Aztec and Spanish influence on their literature. Also includes an inventory of other comedias.
Dates:
December 12, 1931.
Star gods of the ancient Americas
Collection — Huntington box 1: [Barcode: 31924092111024]
Identifier: 9058
Scope and content
Photocopy mock up, with publishing annotations and edits, of a catalog for the Star Gods of the Ancient Americas exhibit which appeared at the American Museum of Natural History and the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, 1982-1984. The exhibit was produced by the Museum of the American Indian. The catalog includes the label copy that was in the exhibit, illustrations and photographs. Includes information about culture and artifacts from Indians of North, Central, and South America,...
Dates:
[1982].
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.
Testimonial for giving Indians medals, engraved by Henry Dawkins
Collection — Huntington box 41 - folder 1
Identifier: 9100
Scope and content
Reprint of a William Johnson Indian testimonial used for giving medals to Indians, printed from the original copper plate. The print is in a folder that states "On the occasion of the visit of the Walpole Society to the New York Historical Society on May 25, 1946 there were made from the original copperplate owned by the latter Society, fifty impressions of Sir William Johnson's Indian Testimonial, engraved by Henry Dawkins of Philadelphia in the month of April 1770 and originally designed...
Dates:
1946.
Testimony of Indian school and reservation superintendents in regard to a law and order bill
Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9060
Scope and content
Typed transcripts of feedback from agency and district superintendents eliciting their response to extending criminal jurisdiction to reservations. Folder one includes copies of two bills, one extending State laws to reservations dated April 18, 1929, the other regarding extending federal civil and criminal laws to reservations, dated January 8, 1930. Also a copy of the questionnaire that was sent to the superintendents and a summary of the responses. Folders two and three are the responses,...
Dates:
1930.