National Anthropological Archives

Robert Burnette photograph collection, circa 1910-1970

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.92-45
Creators:
Burnette, Robert, 1926-1984
Dates:
circa 1910-1970
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
149 Copy negatives
circa
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Copies made from a photograph album compiled by Robert Burnett that appears to relate to three periods. A few photographs dated around 1910-1912 were likely received from Burnett's family and depict family members, ranchers, tipis, and people gathered for White River Frontier Days. Other photographs show Burnette and friends while he was in high school and then in the US Marine Corps during World War II. Many of the later photographs date around 1961-1964, when Burnette was Executive Secretary of the National Congress of American Indians; some of these depict Burnette and other Native Americans with John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, George McGovern, and Stewart L. Udall.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Robert Burnette (1926-1984) was a Native American civil rights leader, Tribal Chair of the Rosebud Sioux, and Executive Secretary of the National Congress of American Indians. He is also the coauthor of The Road to Wounded Knee, published in 1974.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Original album loaned for copying by Joallyn Archambault, circa 1990.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 92-45, Robert Burnette photograph collection, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
The National Museum of the American Indian Archives holds the National Congress of American Indians Records, 1933-1990.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 92-45

Reproduction Note

Reproduction Note
Copy negatives made by Smithsonian Institution, 1990.

Addl. KW Subj

Addl. KW Subj
Sioux


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sioux Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
World War, 1939-1945 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Congress of American Indians Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Udall, Stewart L. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
O'Neill Photo Co. Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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