1 print: at Isleta -- Falls of Presidio de Rio Grande, 1933-1956
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection consists of one small folder relating to New Mexico history, and a three-part typescript, which was written by George P. Hammond, and belonged to Senator Clinton P. Anderson. The typescript describes what Hammond calls "Navajo-Hopi Relations" between the years 1540-1882, 1882-1922, and 1911-1956, respectively, in the Navajo-Hopi reservation of Arizona. After presenting population statistics for each tribe, Hammond provides a detailed history of the region. The theme of how relations between the Navajos and Hopis were strained by U.S. intervention with regard to schools, land, and water rights runs throughout the three tomes.. Numerous failed accounts of U.S. attempts to move the Hopi off their mesas and into reservations are accompanied by stereotypical descriptions of the Hopi as stubborn and resistant to change as well as criticism of their religious and social practices.
Schools mentioned in this report include the Navajo Blue Canyon School (later known as Western Navajo School), Polacca Day School, and the school at Keams Canyon. Countless superintendents of schools and of Indian Affairs, teachers, missionaries, traders, and BIA agents are named, as are military leaders, representatives of the Office of Indian Affairs, and government officials. Fewer Native American leaders and representatives of the Federation of Hopi Indians are mentioned by name.
The conflicts addressed are the result of the establishment of a combined Hopi-Navajo reservation and vagueness surrounding the rights of each tribe within it. In addition to commenting on the relations between the Hopi and Navajo, Hammond discusses encroachment onto Native American lands by Mormons (including some prominent historical figures of the Latter Day Saints), and ethnic tensions over schooling, water, stock, and land by Paiutes, Tewa-Hopi, and various combinations of these ethnic groups.
Hammond notes that "division of certain lands between Navajos and Hopis was only a minor aspect of the large problem which had grown up in consequence of time-serving steps taken by the U.S. Government since 1868 to reconcile the realities of Navajo life with U.S. land policies. In spite of the title of these manuscripts on "Navajo-Hopi Relations," this text says more about U.S.-Navajo and U.S.-Hopi relations and how these pit the two tribes against each other in issues surrounding schools, grazing lands, and residential (reservation) lands. Notable names mentioned in the collection include James S. Calhoun, Kit Carson, Chester E. Faris, Jacob Hamblin, General William T. Sherman, General James H. Carleton, Oliver La Farge, General Nelson A. Miles, and Herbert Welsh, and John Wesley Powell.
A catalogued copy of this typescript is also available (ZIM CSWR E99 N3 H349 1957).
Schools mentioned in this report include the Navajo Blue Canyon School (later known as Western Navajo School), Polacca Day School, and the school at Keams Canyon. Countless superintendents of schools and of Indian Affairs, teachers, missionaries, traders, and BIA agents are named, as are military leaders, representatives of the Office of Indian Affairs, and government officials. Fewer Native American leaders and representatives of the Federation of Hopi Indians are mentioned by name.
The conflicts addressed are the result of the establishment of a combined Hopi-Navajo reservation and vagueness surrounding the rights of each tribe within it. In addition to commenting on the relations between the Hopi and Navajo, Hammond discusses encroachment onto Native American lands by Mormons (including some prominent historical figures of the Latter Day Saints), and ethnic tensions over schooling, water, stock, and land by Paiutes, Tewa-Hopi, and various combinations of these ethnic groups.
Hammond notes that "division of certain lands between Navajos and Hopis was only a minor aspect of the large problem which had grown up in consequence of time-serving steps taken by the U.S. Government since 1868 to reconcile the realities of Navajo life with U.S. land policies. In spite of the title of these manuscripts on "Navajo-Hopi Relations," this text says more about U.S.-Navajo and U.S.-Hopi relations and how these pit the two tribes against each other in issues surrounding schools, grazing lands, and residential (reservation) lands. Notable names mentioned in the collection include James S. Calhoun, Kit Carson, Chester E. Faris, Jacob Hamblin, General William T. Sherman, General James H. Carleton, Oliver La Farge, General Nelson A. Miles, and Herbert Welsh, and John Wesley Powell.
A catalogued copy of this typescript is also available (ZIM CSWR E99 N3 H349 1957).
Dates
- 1933-1956
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 box ( .26 cu. ft.)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu