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Charlotte Johnson Frisbie Collection of Navajo Music and Oral Histories
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.
Chinle Public School Educational Posters
Educational posters of Diné (Navajo) cultural and religious emergence stories, migration and settlement history.
Compensation for Navajo Uranium Miners collection
This small collection consists of records related to compensation for Navajo uranium miners who contracted cancer and silicosis due to radiation exposure.
Donald Lee Parman Papers
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.
Eda Gordon papers
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.
Effie Paige Eddy Photograph Collection
The collection contains a manuscript and photographs of Effie Paige Eddy's trip to Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo communities in Arizona and New Mexico.
George P. Hammond Collection
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.
Governor Andrew W. Hockenhull Papers,
Governor Arthur Seligman Papers,
Governor Clyde K. Tingley Papers,
Governor James F. Hinkle Papers,
Governor John E. Miles Papers,
Herbert J. Hagerman Papers,
John Redhouse Papers
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.
Luci Tapahonso Papers
Malcolm Farmer Papers
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.
Mary C. Wheelwright Autobiography and Related Materials
The core of this small collection is a photocopy of the first draft of Mary Cabot Wheelwright's unpublished autobiography, "Journey Towards Understanding."
National Indian Youth Council Records
This collection contains the records of the National Indian Youth Council. The records relate to administrative and organizational issues and activities such as voting rights protection, American Indian religious freedom issues, political participation projects, treaty rights protection, public education, international work, and job training/placement.
Navajo Uranium Miners Oral History and Photography Project
Navajo Uranium Miners Oral History and Photography Project Photographs
The collection contains photographs which depict former Navajo uranium miners from the Four Corners area and members of their families.
Reports and Papers Related to the Navajo Nation
The collection contains working papers and reports concerning the Navajo Nation.
Robert W. Young Pictorial Collection
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.
Roger A. Finzel American Indian Movement Papers
This collection documents activities of the American Indian Movement (AIM), including the takeover of Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota by AIM. Also documented are the circumstances underlying the takeover, the aftermath, and individual court cases associated with Wounded Knee and the American Indian Movement. Materials relevant to Native American issues such as sovereignty, land, water, resources, health and education are also included in the collection.
Ronald J. Kurtz Cañoncito Navajo research papers
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."
Scrapbook of Loyal J. Miller
This scrapbook contains summaries with black and white photographs of Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache communities. The bulk of the collection dates in the 1950s and contains a 1 page summaries with 2-3 black and white photographs of architectural buildings