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Charlotte Johnson Frisbie Collection of Navajo Music and Oral Histories

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Identifier: MU-10
Abstract This is a copy of the field recordings made by Charlotte S. Johnson on the Navajo Reservation in 1963-1965. There are large segments of Navajo dialogue with English translations. The collection contains a wide range of songs and oral histories that provide an in depth view of Navajo religion, society and history.
Dates: 1963-1965

Chinle Public School Educational Posters

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Identifier: MSS-963-OV
Abstract Educational posters of Diné (Navajo) cultural and religious emergence stories, migration and settlement history.
Dates: 2013

Compensation for Navajo Uranium Miners collection

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Identifier: MSS-936-BC
Abstract This small collection consists of records related to compensation for Navajo uranium miners who contracted cancer and silicosis due to radiation exposure.
Dates: 1989-2004

Donald Lee Parman Papers

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Identifier: MSS-804-BC
Abstract This collection contains correspondence and research materials used by Donald L. Parman for his book The Navajos and the New Deal. The collection offers a grounded perspective about Navajo life during the New Deal era along with in-depth discussions about how tribal council leaders and the United States federal government worked within respectful yet contentious relationships in terms of reservation life, education and health issues, and land rights.
Dates: 1883-1994; Majority of material found within 1933-1944

Eda Gordon papers

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Identifier: MSS-764-BC
Abstract This collection contains materials generated from Eda Gordon's work on behalf of Native American peoples on issues relating to energy development and exploitation on native lands, the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, and tribal sovereignty.
Dates: 1974-2002; Majority of material found within 1974-1983

George P. Hammond Collection

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Identifier: MSS-55-BC
Abstract This collection contains three volumes of a detailed manuscript written by George Peter Hammond entitled "Navajo-Hopi Relations," which addresses the history of these two tribes between 1540 and 1956. The subtext speaks to the role of the U.S. government and military, missionaries, and other tribes in those relations.
Dates: 1933-1956

Herbert J. Hagerman Papers,

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Identifier: 1960-021
Scope and Content Collection consists of a broad range of materials from Hagerman's tenure as an Indian Commissioner. Includes congressional hearings and bills, speeches, reports, government publications, minutes of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and annual reports of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Board of Indian Commissioners, and the Board of Directors of the Indian Rights Association. Most of the materials concern the Pueblo and Navajo Indians and issues such as...
Dates: 1924-1932

John Redhouse Papers

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Identifier: MSS-780-BC
Abstract This collection documents John Redhouse's activities and involvement with projects and issues relating to Native sovereignty and environmental justice. Included are proposals, reports, correspondence, news clippings, articles, and publications.
Dates: 1972-2023

Luci Tapahonso Papers

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Identifier: MSS-580-BC
Scope and Content The bulk of this collection consists of working papers, drafts, and typescripts of poems written by Luci Tapahonso. There are several manuscripts of poetry collections, including A Breeze Swept Through and One More Shiprock Night. Tapahonso's essays, short stories, and plays are also included in the collection, as well as a small component of class materials, correspondence, interviews, and event programs. Luci Tapahonso writes...
Dates: 1976- ongoing

Malcolm Farmer Papers

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Identifier: MSS-920-BC
Abstract Papers relate to Navajo research: ethnobotany, bear ceremonialism, pottery, rock art, as well as California archaeology, anthropology, museum issues, and other general topics. Includes field notes, manuscripts, letters, maps, photographs.
Dates: 1935-2001

Mary C. Wheelwright Autobiography and Related Materials

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Identifier: MSS-773-SC
Abstract The core of this small collection is a photocopy of the first draft of Mary Cabot Wheelwright's unpublished autobiography, "Journey Towards Understanding."
Dates: 1979-1992

Navajo Uranium Miners Oral History and Photography Project

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Identifier: MSS -622-BC
Scope and Content This oral history project consists of 26 individual interviews with former uranium miners or family members of the Navajo Tribe on 26 different cassette tapes. This collection also contains 14 DVDs containing 3 interviews, scenery shots from the mines and the area where the miners lived, as well as some miscellaneous, untranscribed interviews.The interviews were conducted in either Navajo or English by Mr. Benally. Most interviews, or excerpts from them, were transcribed in both...
Dates: 1996-1998

Navajo Uranium Miners Oral History and Photography Project Photographs

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Identifier: PICT-000-622
Abstract The collection contains photographs which depict former Navajo uranium miners from the Four Corners area and members of their families.
Dates: 1996

Reports and Papers Related to the Navajo Nation

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Identifier: MSS-1121-BC
Abstract The collection contains working papers and reports concerning the Navajo Nation.
Dates: 1937-1979; Majority of material found in 1972-1979

Robert W. Young Pictorial Collection

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Identifier: PICT-000-672
Abstract The bulk of the collection is made up of material related to the Navajo Indians. It documents Navajo people, reservations, and various projects and programs related to education, health, industrial and resource development, and construction.
Dates: 1898-1970

Ronald J. Kurtz Cañoncito Navajo research papers

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Identifier: MSS-758-BC
Abstract The collection consists of Ronald Kurtz' field journal and field notes, as well as census data, court records, school records, drafts of unpublished papers, and historical research gathered for his dissertation, "Role Change and Cultural Change: The Cañoncito Navajo Case."
Dates: 1945-1963; Majority of material found in 1957

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UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections 15
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Navajo Indians -- Land tenure 7
Navajo Indians -- History 4
Uranium industry--Environmental aspects--Navajo Indian Reservation 4
Hopi Indians -- Land tenure 3
Hopi Indians -- Relocation 3
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Indians of North America -- Government relations 3
Navajo Indians -- Education 3
Navajo Indians -- Relocation 3
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Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. 2
Indians of North America -- Pictorial works 2
Mural painting and decoration 2
Navajo Indian Reservation 2
Navajo Indian Reservation -- Boundaries 2
Navajo Indians -- Economic conditions 2
Navajo Indians -- Rites and ceremonies 2
Navajo Indians -- Social conditions 2
Navajo Indians -- Social life and customs 2
Navajo mythology 2
Oral histories 2
Photographs 2
Addresses 1
American literature--Indian authors 1
Annual reports 1
Archaeology -- California 1
Archaeology -- New Mexico 1
Archaeology -- Southwest, New 1
Arizona--History 1
Autobiographies 1
Bears -- Folklore 1
Bears -- Religious aspects 1
Bills, Legislative 1
Boarding schools -- Arizona -- History 1
Breeze Swept Through 1
Cattle -- Marking -- Pictorial works 1
Cañoncito Navajo Indian Reservation (N.M.) 1
Cañoncito Navajo Indian Reservation (N.M.) -- History 1
Cañoncito Navajo Indian Reservation (N.M.) -- Social life and customs 1
Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.) 1
Clinics -- Arizona -- Many Farms -- Pictorial works 1
Coal gasification -- New Mexico--San Juan County 1
Coal mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- Navajo Indian Reservation 1
Coal mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- New Mexico 1
Color separation negatives 1
Education and state -- Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.) 1
Education and state -- Navajo Indian Reservation 1
Elections -- Arizona -- Pictorial works 1
Environmental protection -- Navajo Indian Reservation 1
Excavations (Archaeology) -- California 1
Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Mexico 1
Field notes 1
Film negatives 1
Hearings 1
Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.) 1
Hopi Indians -- Agriculture 1
Hopi Indians -- Education 1
Hopi Indians -- Government relations 1
Hopi Indians -- History 1
Hopi Indians -- Politics and government 1
Hopi Indians -- Population -- Statistics 1
Hopi Indians -- Rites and ceremonies 1
Hopi Indians -- Social life and customs 1
Hopi women -- Pictorial works 1
Illustrations 1
Indian dance -- Southwest, New 1
Indian land transfers -- Arizona 1
Indian reservations--Arizona 1
Indian reservations--New Mexico 1
Indians of North America -- Civil rights 1
Indians of North America -- Education 1
Indians of North America -- Politics and government 1
Indians of North America -- Relocation 1
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities 1
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History 1
Indians of North America -- Sovereignty 1
Indians, Treatment of -- United States 1
Journey towards understanding 1
Kinship -- Cañoncito Navajo Indian Reservation (N.M.) 1
Land Use -- Law and Legislation -- New Mexico 1
Landscape photographs 1
Letters 1
Livestock -- Arizona -- Many Farms -- Pictorial works 1
Map 1
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Mineral industries -- New Mexico 1
Miners -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Miners – New Mexico 1
Minorities in literature 1
Minutes (Records) 1
Missionaries -- West (U.S.) 1
Mormons -- Arizona 1
Navajo Indian Reservation -- History 1
Navajo Indian Reservation -- Pictorial works 1
Navajo Indian Reservation--Poetry 1
Navajo Indian Reservation|xDescription and travel 1
Navajo Indians 1
Navajo Indians -- Cultural assimilation 1
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Navajo Indians -- Genealogy 1
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Language
Navajo; Navaho 2
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Names
Collier, John, 1884-1968 2
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs 2
Adair, John, 1913-1997 1
Benally, Timothy 1
Brugge, Doug 1