Primary Sources in History: Indians
219. AMERICAN INDIAN CONSTITUTIONS, LAWS AND TREATIES. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 8533 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 2 R INDEX OR GUIDE: Reel 1 lists contents by tribe. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Full texts of documents. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians – Legal Status, Laws, etc.; Treaties; 19c
220. AMERICAN INDIAN CORRESPONDENCE: THE PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTION OF MISSIONARIES’ LETTERS, 1833-1893. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 7793 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 35 R INDEX OR GUIDE: User’s Guide (E 98 .M6 P7x Micro Ref.) Includes an introduction, reel contents lists; index of names of missionaries who wrote letters; and index of tribes, i.e., letters written from a particular tribal area. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: These letters are reports from the field, written by the missionaries, describing Indian peoples and cultures; tribal factionalism; relations with the U. S. government; Indian education; Indian women; problems and achievements of their ministry. The letters reveal attitudes toward the Indians. Among the tribes included are the Apache, Navajo, Ute and Zuni, as well as a number of Northern tribes. SUBJECTS: Presbyterian Church – Missions; United States – Indians; 19c
221. AMERICAN INDIAN INDEX, 1953-1968. CALL NUMBER: Microfiche E 51 .A564x Ref. NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: SCOPE AND CONTENTS: An index to articles on American Indians in periodicals. Reference has part of this title in paper (see E 51 .A564x Ref. Stacks). Numbers 1-104 (section 1) make up a single alphabet, A-Z. Section 2 begins in number 104 and makes up a second alphabet, A-G. The microform edition is part of two series: Library of American Indian Affairs and Princeton University Library on Microfiche. SUBJECTS: Indians – Indexes
222. AMERICAN INDIAN PERIODICALS IN THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. CALL NUMBER: Microfiche E 75 .A6x NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 2300 F + 2 R INDEX OR GUIDE: E 75 .A6x Micro Ref. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: The guide is simply a lsit of the titles with the dates and number of fiche. Some go as far Back as the mid-19th century and one ends in 1980 (none later and most end in the 1970’s). One title, Southern Indian Studies, has a different number: E 78 .S55 S6. SUBJECTS: Indians of North America – Periodicals; 19c; 20c
223. AMERICAN INDIAN RESEARCH PROJECT. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA AMERICAN INDIAN ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION, PT. I. CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 4x6 3004 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 175 F INDEX OR GUIDE: Oral History Guide No. 2 (AI 3 .O7 Micro Ref. and Hayden Ref.). SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Part of the New York Times Oral History Program. Consists of interviews with Sioux, Chippewa and Crow Indians of the northern midwest United States and Canada (Minnesota, Nebraska, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming and the Dakotas). Informants relate events as far Back as the 1862 Minnesota uprising and recall massacres during the later 19th century, smallpox and flu epidemics of 1898 and 1918, and hard times during the 1930’s. The interviews cover various aspects of Indian life, such as education, agriculture, relations with the U. S. government, folklore and religion. Memoirists are arranged by tribe, then by name. Also includes interviews with businessmen, government officials and religious workers, who were closely associated with the Indians. These are grouped together on the microfiche. Each transcription begins with a biographical summary and a list of subjects discussed in the interview. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians – Oral History; Plains Indians; 19c; 20c
224. BUREAU OF CATHOLIC INDIAN MISSIONS, WASHINGTON, D.C., 1875-1920. CALL NUMBER: University of Arizona Microfilm 3430 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: No guide available. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Correspondence and administrative reports between Arizona missions and the Bureau relating to land and water problems, Indian allotments and claims, mission expenses and general religious and secular affairs. Most of the material pertains to work among the Papagos, as administered from San Xavier del Bac, Sells and outlying missions. Also well represented here are correspondence from the missions at St. Johns and St. Michaels, serving the Fort Apache and Navajo reservations. Also includes communications from othe missions and day schools in Arizona Indian communities. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians; Arizona; 19c; 20c; Papago; Navajo
225. CONSTITUTIONS AND LAWS OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 6864 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 7 R INDEX OR GUIDE: See KF8220 .A1 H3 Law INDL. Lester Hargrett, A Bibliography of the Constitutions and Laws of the American Indians. A descriptive list arranged chronologically under each tribe. Includes historical notes and locations of the originals. Items were filmed in the order in which they are listed in this bibliography. Law Library has the only copy at ASU. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Includes the printed constitutions, statutes, session acts and resolutions passed by the authorized bodies of 13 American Indian tribes and nations. Contains 157 items, which range from the Laws of the Cherokee Nation (1821) to Acts and Resolutions of the General Council of the Choctow Nation (1906). Based on Hargrett’s bibliography. All texts are in English unless otherwise noted. Related material is found in American Indian Constitutions, Laws and Treaties (Microfilm 8533, 2 reels) and additional items in the Law Library in hard copy. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians; 19c; 20c
226. CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPERS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN. CALL NUMBER: University of Arizona Microfilm 4091 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: Table of Contents, Contemporary Newspapers. Microfilm Guide 4091. Lists the papers alphabetically and gives reel numbers. Includes a master index and a geographical index. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Fifty Indian newspapers, most of which began in the late 1960s that reflect a general awakening among Indian youth to the more militant approach to civil rights issues. Includes official newspapers of various tribes. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians; Newspapers; 1960s; 20c
227. INDIAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION. PAPERS, 1885-1901. CALL NUMBER: University of Arizona Microfilm 3341 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 26 R INDEX OR GUIDE: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition. (E 93 .I414x 1975 Arizona Historical Foundation). Reels 1-10, outgoing letter books, include an alphabetical register of correspondents at the head of each volume. The remaining materials, Reels 11-26, incoming correspondence, are organized by year and collated chronologically within. Note that the guide describes the entire 126 reel collection, but that the U of A has only the first 26 reels (correspondence). SCOPE AND CONTENTS: The Association was founded in 1882 to influence public sentiment and Congressional action concerning the civil rights and education of Native Americans. These papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence relative to the organization’s activities as representative of American Indian tribes in land claims, water rights disputes and other grievances involving individual and tribal legal rights. ASU has some related material in the American Indian Periodicals in the Princeton University Library collection. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians; 19c; 20c
228. INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 8698 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 2 R INDEX OR GUIDE: Online Catalog record lists the contents. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: A collection of works selected from the Schomburg Collection of the New York Public Library. The scope of the collection is very broad, including translations of 16th century Spanish books, U. S. government reports and mid-twentieth century books. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians; 16c; 17c; 18c; 19c; 20c
229. MAJOR COUNCIL MEETINGS OF AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES, PART I: Section 1 (1914-1956): Navajo, Five Civilized Tribes, Ute, Pueblo, Cheyenne and Arapaho; Section 2 (1911-1956): Sioux, Chippewa and Klamath. PART II: Section 1 (1957-1971): navajo, Five Civilized Tribes, Ute, Pueblo, Cheyenne and Arapaho; Section 2 (1957-1971): Sioux, Chippewa and Klamath. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 8257 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 52 Reels INDEX OR GUIDE: e76 m35X 1982 VOLUME 1 Micro. Serv.; and E76 .G7x Ref. volume 1-2. The guide lists the contents of each rel and indicates the frame number where each neew document begins. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Filmed from selected holdings of the National Archives and Federal Records Center. The official records (minutes) of Indian council meetings, which consider all topics of importance to the tribes: claims, mineral rights, tribal funds, water supply and irrigation, proposed federal legislation, hunting and fishing rights, disputes, employment, health and education. Useful to anthropologists, historians, novelists. The collection is divided into the two parts noted above and follows a chronological arrangement. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians; 20c
230. MATTHEWS, WASHINGTON, PAPERS. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 8990 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 10 R INDEX OR GUIDE: E 76.45 M37 W47x 1985 REF and Micro SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Field notes, vocabulary cards, photographs, sketches, correspondence and other papers of a U. S. Army surgeon stationed in the West in the late 19th century. A major anthropologist who studied Native American life and languages. SUBJECTS: Indians of North America; Navajo Indians; Hidatsa Indians; 19c; United States
231. MONTEZUMA, CARLOS. PAPERS. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 8500 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 9 R INDEX OR GUIDE: E 99 Y5 M65x Micro Ref., Ariz and Ariz Hist Fd. History of collection; chronology; biographical sketch; list of manuscript collections, archives, newspapers and periodicals consulted; arrangement of the collection; reel guide; index to correspondence. Reel one also contains a brief guide. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Carlos Montezuma (ca. 1867-1923), a Yavapai Indian raised in urban white society, was both a leading crusader for native American rights and a prominent physician. Worked for Bureau of Indian Affairs; established a private practice, taught medicine in Chicago. Published monthly newsletter, Wassaja. Organized Society of American Indians. Papers include correspondence, essays, speeches, file of Wassaja (1916-1922), medical papers, and the Justice Dept. file on him. These papers offer an important collection of native American sources from the 1890’s through the 1920’s. Also includes the papers of his attorney, Joseph W. Latimer and the correspondence of his wife, Maria Keller Montgomery Moore. SUBJECTS: Montezuma, Carlos; Indians; 19c; 20c; United States
232. NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE NATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHIVES, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 4x6 3015 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 52 F INDEX OR GUIDE: Fiche includes a key to contents and index of cross references, indicating fiche and frame numbers. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: These photographs, selected from the Smithsonian collection, are a visual record of American Indians between 1860 and 1930. They include portraits of individuals and groups and pictures of dwellings, costume, arts and industries. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians – Photographs; 19c; 20c
233. SCHURZ, CARL (1829-1906). PAPERS, 1842-1932. CALL NUMBER: University of Arizona Microfilm 3318 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: Reel 1 contains description of collection, biographical notes and a guide to the contents. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: German immigrant who served as an army officer, statesman, journalist. As Secretary of the Interior (1877-81), his endeavors to improve the lot of the Indian carried him on inspection tours of reservations in the Far West. Collection documents conflict with the notorious Indian Ring who controlled the Office of Indian Affairs. Includes correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks. Correspondents include: Charles Francis Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ida Tarbell and others. SUBJECTS: Schurz, Carl; United States – History; Indians; 19c; 20c
234. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN INDIANS. PAPERS, 1906-1946. CALL NUMBER: Northern Arizona University (uncataloged Backlog). NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 10 R INDEX OR GUIDE: SCOPE AND CONTENTS: SUBJECTS: United States – Indians; 20c
235. SOUTH DAKOTA. EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION. SURVEY OF INDIAN RESERVATIONS, 1935. CALL NUMBER: University of Arizona Microfilm 4199 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 3 R INDEX OR GUIDE: Microfilm Guide 4199 SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Field surveys conducted at the Sisseton, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Cheyenne and Standing Rock agencies, and on the Crow Creek Lower Brule and Flandreau reservations to gather information on the condition of the Indian population. Includes interviews with Indian families, case histories and summaries on housing, employment, land tenurre, agriculture, transportation, education, health and other socio-economic information. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians; 20c; South Dakota
236. SURVEY OF CONDITIONS OF THE INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES. CALL NUMBER: University of Arizona Microfilm NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 8 R INDEX OR GUIDE: Printed guide SCOPE AND CONTENTS: A collection of 41 publications based on hearings and investigations conducted by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs between 1928 and 1943. Provides insight into many tribes, including Sioux, Navajo, Apache, Pueblo, Ute and others. Agents, scholars, businessmen, politicians and Indians offered evidence at locations such as Fort Defiance, Zuni Agency and Fort Yuma. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians; 20c; Arizona State University
237. U. S. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. INDIAN CENSUS ROLLS, 1884-1940. CALL NUMBER: Doc.Serv. Microfilm 3748 Record Group 75 – M595 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: Reels 196-198 and 580-581 [of the 692 reel set] INDEX OR GUIDE: SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Reel 196, Hualapai, Havasupai and Jicarilla; reels 197-198, Jicarilla; reel 580-581, Havasupai, Walapai, Yavapai and Hualapai. Listed by family name. Statistics on births, deaths. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians – Census; Population; 19c; 20c
238. U. S. INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION; THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS. CALL NUMBER: Law Library NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 5000 F INDEX OR GUIDE: Index to the Expert Testimony before the Indian Claims Commission (Doc. Serv. KF 8208 .E9 Index). Indexed by tribe, author, state and docket number. Law Library has this index (KF 8208 .A55 R4 Exp Index Law Micro) and also Index to the Decisions (KF 8208 .A55 R4 Dec. Index Law Micro). SCOPE AND CONTENTS: In existence since 1946, this agency hears and decides claims made against the U. S. government over lands ceded by the Indians in treaties. The microfiche contains 400,000 pages of historical, anthropological and economic reports on the American Indian. It consists of the written expert testimony and decisions of the commission, with abstracts. SUBJECTS: United States – Indians – Claims
239. U. S. OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. LETTERS RECEIVED, 1863-1880 BY HE ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO SUPERINTENDENCY. CALL NUMBER: Arizona Room Microfilm 3748 Record Group 75 – M234 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: Have reels 3-28, 54-55, 547-582 INDEX OR GUIDE: CD 3035 .B8 C34x Arizona Ref. is a detailed calendar for reels 15-28. It is a reel guide with notes on the contents. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Reels 3-28 deal with Arizona, 1863-1880. Reels 547-582 represent letters received by the New Mexico Superintendency, 1849-1880. Reels 54-55 contain letters dealing with the Indian exhibits displayed at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. These are letters sent to the Office from various superintendents, agencies, Indian schools and other sources. They may be used to obtain information on the conduct of Indian affairs by officers in the field and on inter-tribal matters. They are important for studies of Indian economy and culture as affected by white encroachment, the history of specific tribes and regional and state history. Documents are arranged chronologically on the reels. Note: the University of Arizona Library has films in this series of letters from a wide range of Western Superintendencies and Agencies. SUBJECTS: United States; Indians; Arizona – History; New Mexico; 19c
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