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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4087 Notes concerning Sauvies Island
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4087
- Creators:
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Waldron, Gary E.
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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2 Pages1 Photograph
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Refers to Sauvies Island, used by the tribes of western Indians as their Council Island. Refers to (Chief ?) "Multnomah's tribes of the Wauna."
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
States that in 1913 there remained of the Molala only Chief Henry Yelkes, his wife Nell, and their son Fred who in 1915, after the death of his mother and the murder of his father, was the only Molala Indian left. Photo of Fred Yelkes accompanies the notes. [Copy Negative Number 56319.]
Administration
Custodial History
Previously titled "Notes."
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4087, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4087
OPPS NEG 56319
Local Note
Local Note
Photo OPPS NEG 56319 found but not inventoried.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Molala | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Plateau | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Multnomah, Chief | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Yelks, Henry, Chief | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Yelkes, Nell | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Yelkes, Fred | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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