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Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

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  1. A Pima Remembers

    This collection includes the author's original typescript of sketches of Pima history and traditions. It also includes revisions with editor's notes; correspondence, designs, financial records pertaining to the book's publication; original ...

    castanoe - 2022-04-29 11:39

  2. Letters to Jean Dwight Franklin

    The collection contains original typescript letters concerning investigation and resignation of Tuba City, AZ Indian agent and school superintendent William T. Sullivan. It includes a letter signed by John Bassett Moore, then counselor for the United ...

    castanoe - 2022-05-25 16:52

  3. Carlos Montezuma Papers

    This collection includes correspondence; manuscripts of lectures, articles, and reminiscences relating to his career and relationships with the federal government, reservations, and the Carlisle Indian School; and miscellaneous medical materials. ...

    castanoe - 2022-06-14 11:51

  4. Memoirs of James McCarthy

    James McCarthy was a Tohono O'Odham author and World War I veteran. The collection contains holograph memoirs of James McCarthy’s experiences as a member of the Tohono O'odham on the reservation, at Indian schools, service in World War I and ...

    castanoe - 2022-06-30 15:59

  5. Collection Relating to James McCarthy

    Author James McCarthy’s autobiography A Papago Traveler: The Memories of James McCarthy was edited by John G. Westover, a military historian, and published by the University of Arizona Press in 1985 for the Sun Tracks series. The collection contains ...

    castanoe - 2022-06-30 16:02

  6. Letter from Sergeant James E. Derwent to Charles Fellows, Regarding the Death of Cochise, 1874 June 10

    The collection consists of a letter from James E. Derwent, Sergeant in Company D of the 5th United States Cavalry, to personal friend Charles Fellows discussing the death of Apache leader, Cochise, on the Chiricahua reservation. Included is the holograph ...

    castanoe - 2022-06-30 16:34

  7. Letterbook of Rueben Augustine Wilbur

    Rueben Augustine Wilbur was a U.S. Indian Agent for the Papago Reservation in Arizona Territory in the 1870s. The collection contains chiefly letters written between Oct. 2, 1871 and Dec. 8, 1874, addressed to Wilbur's superiors in the Bureau of ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-01 16:31

  8. Papers Relating to a Proposed Trailer-Home Development in the Area of Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tohono O'Odham Indian Reservation, Arizona

    The collection consists of correspondence, petitions, maps, photographs, and clippings concerning land owner's protest to the Pima County Planning and Zoning Commission. Also included is material relating to the Historic Zone amendment to the Pima ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-05 14:17

  9. 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

  10. Records of the Hubbell Trading Post

    Hubbell Trading Post records pertain to vendor files, business materials, and personal and business correspondence. ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-05 16:44

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Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.