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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 147 Collections and/or Records:

Vues de l'Amerique du nord.

 Collection — Huntington box 41 - folder 1
Identifier: 9093
Scope and content

Three different prints, hand printed from the original woodblocks. Prints include depictions of West Point, Boston Harbor, Winnebago Indians, Natural Bridge in Virginia, Niagara Falls, and New York bay.

Dates: 1900; Undated

Wampanoag Indian research and field notes

 Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9057
Scope and content Research relating to the Burr's Hill Wampanoag Indian burial site in Warren, Rhode Island. Field notebook has daily account of the excavation from 1913, information about the artifacts recovered, maps of the site, some related correspondence, inscriptions in the runic alphabet found on artifacts. Second folder contains typed notes from various sources that Carr used in preparation for a monograph on the Wampanoag burial site. The notes are a combination of a transcript of the item Carr was...
Dates: 1913.

Warner D. Miller collection

 Collection
Identifier: 9180
Abstract Notebooks, sketches, postcards, photographs, manuscripts, Indian vocabularies, poetry, newspaper clippings, and maps. Most pertaining to mid west and northern Great Plains Indians. There are many sketches of native plants, some of them appear to have been copied from botanical books, but others appear to be original drawings also sketches of land formations. Biographic and encyclopedic information on Indians and their customs. Notes regarding places of the west he visited, cowboys, how to...
Dates: [ca. 1930-1945].

Warrior on horseback sketch

 Collection — Huntington box 39b - folder 1
Identifier: 9078
Scope and content

Pencil sketch of an Indian riding on a horse. Teepees can be seen in the background. Includes photocopy of an excerpt about Cary from "The illustrated biographical encyclopedia of artists of the American west.".

Dates: undated.

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.

Words to the ganoda chant of the Little Water Society, nig anigoah and Seneca writings

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9013
Scope and content

Notebook and several photostat copies of the text. Contains words to the chant, written November 3, 1849, as well as financial records and other writing in Seneca. The other notes are attributed to individuals other than John Jacket at different times.

Dates: 1849-1871

Zuni census

 Collection — Huntington box 39b - folder 1
Identifier: 9192
Scope and content

Photocopies of a typescript census of Zuni Indians from January 1, 1941. It is unclear if this was a government census or done by a private group. The census tracks 650 Zuni families and includes names, sex, birthdate, position in the household, and marital status. Also a column filled with the letter F or a fraction that is presumably describing whether the individual is a full-blooded Zuni or a portion. May contain unpublished genealogical information.

Dates: 1941 January 1.