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National Anthropological Archives
Robert Burnette photograph collection, circa 1910-1970
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.92-45
- Creators:
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Burnette, Robert, 1926-1984
- Dates:
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circa 1910-1970
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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149 Copy negativescirca
- 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
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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
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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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 |
National Anthropological Archives
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