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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 147 Collections and/or Records:

Frederick Webb Hodge papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9065
Abstract

Correspondence addressed to Hodge, foldered alphabetically by correspondent. Letters from many late nineteenth century and early twentieth century anthropologists, archaeologists, ethnologists, professors, and individuals otherwise connected to Indians of North America. Correspondents include individuals working for museums, colleges and universities, including the American Anthropological Association, Columbia University, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Dates: 1888-1931.

Gallup, New Mexico invites you to attend its Inter-tribal Indian ceremonial, poster.

 Collection — Huntington box 41 - folder 1
Identifier: 9094
Scope and content

Two copies of a poster for the meeting which was held on August 29-31 of 1934. Shows an Indian holding a gun. Painting which the print is from is signed Ed Rawlings and is dated 1924.

Dates: 1934; Undated

George G. Heye autograph collection

 Collection — Huntington box 1 - folder 2
Identifier: 9063
Abstract

Collection of autographs of individuals associated with George Gustav Heye, Frederick W. Hodge, and Indians of North America.

Dates: 1886-1928.

Index by site and state to the archaeology of Mexico

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438803]
Identifier: 9175
Scope and content

Index cards containing the name of an archaeological site in Mexico and the Mexican state where the site is located. The cards are arranged alphabetically by the name of the site and then repeated alphabetically by Mexican state. Each card references an atlas page number as well.

Dates: undated.

Indian vocabulary, places, and people: bibliographic references

 Collection — Huntington box 65
Identifier: 9177
Scope and content

Index cards arranged alphabetically with encyclopedic entries on each card. Cards have articles or newspaper clippings attached to them in addition to typed text. The entries all regard Indians and include places, people, such as chiefs and anthropologists, artifacts such as Folsom points, events, such as Indian conferences, and other associated terms, some in Indian languages. Some cards also give references to other terms and bibliographic information.

Dates: [ca. 1942].

Indians of Skagit County : an outline of native history from an Indian's point of view

 Collection — Huntington box 1: [Barcode: 31924092111024]
Identifier: 9068
Scope and content

Copy of a draft from before the paper was published. Also includes a letter from Martin J. Sampson to Mrs. Floyd Faller, dated May 9, 1960. The letter discusses the Skagit Tribes. The manuscript covers the different tribes of Skagit County, their religion, Indian legends, stories, Swinomish reservation, and government relations.

Dates: 1960.

Iroquois sketches

 Collection — Manuscript box 65 - folder 1
Identifier: 4422
Scope and content

Typescripts about "The Mohawks in Action," "The Oneidas and the Tuscaroras," "The Land of the Onondagas," "The Cayugas," "The Senecas at the Western Gate," and "The Iroquois at Fort Niagara," by Henry M. Allen, Auburn, N.Y., some apparently done for the CITIZEN-ADVERTISER (Auburn, N.Y.?).

Dates: 1945.

Joel Benson collection

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9026
Scope and content

Includes one page titled "The prophet of the Allegheny," which is a description of meeting Red Jacket. A hymn in Mohawk, signed by Daniel Bread, dated February 13, 1829. Another letter in Mohawk signed by Daniel Bread. Also included is a Cherokee hymn book published by the American Baptist Publication Society, 1896. The items come with a letter explaining their provenance from Mary Benson Mann Adams, the great grand daughter of Joel Benson, dated February 20, 1944.

Dates: 1829.

Joseph Jones collection of papers relating to Indians of Tennessee

 Collection
Identifier: 9152
Abstract Collection focus is mainly on the Indians of Tennessee and Jones' work Explorations of the aboriginal remains of Tennessee or Antiquities in Tennessee. Covers Indian burial practices, archaeological digs, items found, and other information about Indian antiquities. Includes Mounted pages from Jones' book on notebook sheets with handwritten notes, probably a proof. A handwritten manuscript for the book, bound in a notebook with the hand written title "Explorations of the antiquities of...
Dates: 1846 - 1889; Majority of material found within 1867 - 1868

Joseph Keppler Jr. Iroquois papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9184
Abstract Primarily letters to Keppler, including a record of events and people at the Tonawanda and Cattaraugus reservations, among others, over the first part of the twentieth century. Well known correspondents include noted Seneca scholar, Arthur C. Parker; artist, Jesse Cornplanter; and Mohawk poet, E. Pauline Johnson. Other parts of the collection include newspapers clippings on Iroquois subjects, government documents, Seneca vocabulary collected by Keppler, and other miscellaneous documents...
Dates: 1882-1944.