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Hunter, Dwight
American Indian Tribal Court Judges Association
Superneau, Regina
Arrow, Inc.
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circa 1949-1999
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96.5 Linear feet (55 Paige boxes of unprocessed material. 96 Hollinger boxes of processed material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.013
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
These records, located in the Cultural Resources Center at NMAI, contain organizational records from ARROW, Inc. and the American Indian Tribal Court Judges Association (AITCJA). Included in this collection are both processed and unprocessed materials relating to the work conducted by these two organizations providing educational, financial and legal assistance to Native American communities.
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Peterson, Helen L.
- Dates:
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circa 1944 to circa 1990
- Size:
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55 Linear feet ((estimated))
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.016
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Helen Peterson collection includes correspondence, notes, miscellaneous administrative documents, financial records, calendars, questionnaires, notes from interviews, survey forms, copies of resolutions, proceedings, speeches, programs, press releases, printed and processed material, and many other types of documents. Mainly these relate to Petersons's career and special interests between 1953 and 1970. There are also a few documents that concern the organizations which Peterson served for periods preceding or following her periods in office. Of special interest are the materials related to the NCAI, many of which supplement the records in that organization's files. The collection also includes documents that concern a wide range of Indian interests and activities.
National Congress of American Indians records
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National Congress of American Indians
- Dates:
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1933-1990
bulk 1944-1989
- Size:
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251 Linear feet (597 archival boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.010
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The National Congress of American Indian (NCAI), founded in 1944, is the oldest nation-wide American Indian advocacy organization in the United States. The NCAI records document the organization's work, particularly that of its office in Washington, DC, and the wide variety of issues faced by American Indians in the twentieth century. The collection is located in the Cultural Resource Center of the National Museum of the American Indian.
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Edholm, Camilla S.
- Dates:
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1934-1938
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18 copy negatives
10 Postcards
6 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.157
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Negatives, postcards, and photographic prints made and acquired by Camilla S. Edholm in the San Blas Islands and Darién Province in Panama circa 1934-1938. These include images of Guna [Guna Yala], Chucunaque Guna (Kuna), and Emberá (Choikoi) community members.
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Wetherill, John
- Dates:
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1892
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42 lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.106
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains glass lantern slides shot by rancher and explorer John Wetherill (1866-1944). The photographs depict Ancestral Puebloan sites in southwestern U.S., as well as photos of Diné (Navajo) and Ute men and women.
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- Creators:
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National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
- Dates:
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undated
- Size:
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.998
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections contains documents ane ephemera concerning people, events, and activities related to the historical and contemporary lives of Native peoples throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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Miller, Fred E., 1868-1936
- Dates:
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circa 1898-1910
- Size:
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2 Linear feet
132 glass plate negatives
65 Photographic prints
145 acetate negatives (copy negatives)
148 contact prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.108
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains photographs depicting Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) people on the reservation in Montana. The photographs were shot by Fred E. Miller, a Bureau of Indian Affairs clerk circa 1898-1910.
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Lüthy , Werner, 1899-1967
- Dates:
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circa 1931
- Size:
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0.02 Linear feet
14 Photographs
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.189
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 14 photographs depicting the Barí (Motilone) and Wayuu (Guajira/Goajiro) peoples of Venezuela circa 1930-1931.
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Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth)
Rodman Wanamaker Expedition
Wanamaker, Rodman, 1863-1928
- Dates:
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circa 1913
- Size:
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0.25 Linear feet
3 gelatin silver prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.309
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 3 gelatin silver prints shot by Joseph K. Dixon as part of the Wanamaker Expedition circa 1913.
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Starr, Frederick, 1859-1933
Lang, Charles B.
Grabic, Louis
- Dates:
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1894-1910
- Size:
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152 lantern slides
3344 negatives (photographic)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.052
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The collection includes materials from cultures in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guiana: Acoma Pueblo, Apache, Arapaho, Arikara, Assiniboine, Caddo, Cahuilla, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chibcha, Chinantec, Chippewa (Ojibwa), Choco, Chol, Chontal, Cochiti Pueblo, Crow, Cuicatec, Eskimo, Flathead, Haida, Hopi, Huastec, Huave, Iowa, Iroquois, Isleta, Karaja, Kwakiutl, Laguna Pueblo, Macusi, Mandan, Maya, Mazahua, Mazatec, Mehinaku, Menomini, Mixe, Mixtec, Navajo, Nez Perce, Osage, Otomi, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pima, Ponca, Potawatomi, Salish, San Blas, San Felipe Pueblo, Sauk & Fox, Shuar, Sioux, Taos Pueblo, Tarasco, Teotihuacan, Tepehua, Tlaxcala, Tlingit, Tonkawa, Totonac, Triqui, Tzental, Tzotzil, Ute, Wampanoag, Zapotec, Zoque, Zuni.