Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
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Oral History Interview: St. Michael's, Ariz., with Bernard Fontana, April 1-2, 1960
The collection contains a typescript of a tape recording between Samual E. Day, a pioneer and trading post operator in the Navajo Indian Reservation, and Bernard (Bunny) L. Fontana, a prominent anthropologist who was involved in Tohono O’odham affairs. ...
castanoe - 2022-07-05 15:07
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Ben J. McKinney Oral Interview / 1963 February 9
Ben J. McKinney, born in 1883, was a pioneer cattleman who owned and operated the Ventana Ranch on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation from 1919 to the early 1930s. This collection contains a carbon transcript of a tape recording of McKinney being ...
castanoe - 2022-07-07 11:11
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Hopi Traditionalist Movement Papers
The Hopi Traditionalist movement opposed policies of Hopi Tribal Council, Peabody Coal Company, Indian Claims Commission, and others which threatened traditional Hopi land and life. This collection consists of correspondence, transcripts of meetings, ...
castanoe - 2022-07-18 13:29
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Guadalupe, Arizona, Townsite Papers
This collection contains the earliest information about the founding (c. 1910) of a Yaqui Indian settlement southeast of Phoenix in Maricopa County, AZ, now a Yaqui-Mexican town. Included in this collection is a holograph and typescript (photocopy) of ...
castanoe - 2022-07-25 12:05
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Who Were the Big Bend Basket-Makers?
George Castor Martin was a historical writer from Terrell Wells, TX. The collection contains a typescript about the archaeology of early native peoples in the southwest region of Texas and across the border into Coahuila, Mexico. Martin describes a ...
castanoe - 2022-08-12 13:30
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Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs Records
Established in 1953 by the Arizona Legislature, the Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs had as its original mission to study the condition of American Indian residing in the state. Comprised of 15 members, the Commission includes 7 Indian and 2 non ...
trentp - 2023-03-07 15:24
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Anna Ransier Glass Plate Collection
This collection is comprised of photographs taken during the extensive travels of Anna Ransier, a Baptist missionary, and her husband Hubert during the 1920’s and 1930’s. The hand-colored glass plate lantern slides were then shown to various school, club ...
castanoe - 2023-03-07 15:25
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The Navajos and the Indian Bureau
John Henry Holst was the Supervisor of Indian Education for the U.S. Department of the Interior from 1928 to 1943. The collection contains an original typescript with holograph corrections, written in 1950, concerning primarily education on the Navajo ...
castanoe - 2023-03-07 15:26
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Records of the Hubbell Trading Post
Hubbell Trading Post records pertain to vendor files, business materials, and personal and business correspondence. ...
castanoe - 2024-03-01 12:45
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Papers of the Roman Hubbell Family
The papers in this collection are arranged in five series: Family History and Reminiscences, Correspondence, Business and Financial Records, Photographs, and Printed Materials. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence to and from Roman and ...
castanoe - 2024-03-01 12:46