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Carol Sullivan Papers

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Identifier: MSS-659-BC
Abstract This collection contains papers of Carol Sullivan, an anthropologist, who did extensive research on the American Indian Movement (AIM), especially the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee at Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Other topics include AIDS, Amazon region (Brazil), Chiapas, corrections and mental health, Grants and Gallup area mining and general history.
Dates: 1923-2014; Majority of material found within 1973-2000

Carol Sullivan Pictorial Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-659
Abstract This collection contains photographs taken by Carol Sullivan, an anthropologist, who did extensive research on the American Indian Movement (AIM), especially the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, at Pine Ridge, South Dakota. An addition includes photos related to Wounded Knee, S. Dakota, and research in Mexico. A second, unprocessed, addition includes sketches by Carol Sullivan and others, along with exhibit material.
Dates: 1973-2000

Chester E. Faris Papers

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Identifier: MSS -229 -BC
Scope and Content This collection consists of 131 items in three folders. The first folder contains printed material including Christmas cards and postcards, resort and publicity brochures from New Mexico, Arizona, Indiana and Florida, as well as miscellaneous programs. Most of the correspondence, articles and other papers in the second folder relate to Faris' career with the United States Office of Indian Affairs and the Indian Rights Association. There is also material about Chief Washakie and Sacajawea, whom...
Dates: 1860-1956

Dennis Chávez Papers

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Identifier: MSS 394 BC
Scope and Content The Dennis Chávez Papers are comprised of material from Chávez' career as a politician. This includes his tenure in the New Mexico State Legislature, as well as in the United States Congress, where he was involved in such areas as Indian affairs, labor, the Post Office, the Defense Department, Latin American issues, and New Deal programs. The collection contains personal and congressional papers and correspondence (including materials relating to Senator Joseph McCarthy), photographs, news...
Dates: 1921-1963; Majority of material found in 1930-1962

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

E. L. Moulton Papers

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Identifier: MSS-387-BC
Abstract The majority of this collection is the business, legal, and personal correspondence of E. L. Moulton from 1910-1958.
Dates: 1910-1965; Majority of material found in 1912-1958

E.A. Graves letters to Governor David Meriwether regarding Indians in the New Mexico Territory

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Identifier: MSS-876-OV
Abstract The collection consists of correspondence from E. A. Graves, Indian Agent, to Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs for New Mexico Territory, David Meriwether. Most letters inform Meriwether of situations with the Utahs, Navajos, and Apaches, and seek advice or action on the part of the Governor.
Dates: 1853

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

Glenn Leonidas Emmons Papers

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Identifier: MSS-308-BC
Scope and Content The Glenn L. Emmons papers primarily document Emmons' tenure as Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1953-1961). The collection also contains biographical background, personal miscellany, and a small amount of banking-related materials. The collection is divided into the following series: Personal Papers Indian Affairs - Appointment correspondence and speeches Indian Affairs -...
Dates: 1922-1983; Majority of material found in 1953-1960

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

Kay Cole Papers

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Identifier: MSS-556-BC
Scope and Content The majority of this collection represents Kay Cole's involvement with Dennis Banks and American Indian issues, dating from the 1970's. The collection is divided into 9 overlapping series. D-Q University contains materials related to D-Q (Deganawidah Quetzacoatl) University, an accredited, Indian controlled Indian/Chicano college which was established in Davis, California in 1971 and continues to operate today. Dennis Banks was a student, an instructor,...
Dates: 1971-1992

LaDonna Harris Papers and Americans for Indian Opportunity Records

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Identifier: MSS-862-BC
Abstract The collection consists of documents from LaDonna Harris' life as an activist and from AIO's four decades of operation as a non-profit organization involved in advocacy and development projects related to the needs and rights of Native Americans.
Dates: 1953-2010; Majority of material found within 1970-2000

Michael Steck Papers

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Identifier: MSS-134-BC
Abstract The Steck Papers contain correspondence and business records relating to Steck's tenure as Indian Agent and Superintendent of Indian Affairs for New Mexico. Also contains records of his involvement with the New Mexico Mining Company and with railroad operations in Pennsylvania.
Dates: 1839-1933 (bulk 1852-1880)

National Indian Youth Council Records

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Identifier: MSS-703-BC
Abstract 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.
Dates: 1935-2000 (bulk 1961-1993)

New Mexico Indian Agent correspondence and documents

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Identifier: MSS-901-BC
Abstract This collection contains correspondence and documents relating to Apache and Navajo affairs in New Mexico during the mid-ninetieth century.
Dates: 1853

Rachel Walcott Papers

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Identifier: MSS-543-BC
Scope and Content The Rachel Walcott papers represent a bureaucratic dialogue between various government agencies concerning the murder of Samuel T. Walcott and James McNally, allegedly by two Navajo Indians on March 31, 1884, in the Territory of Arizona. The Indians, Osh-ka-ni-ne and Ten-nai-tso-si were pursued and arrested on July 10, and July 18, 1884. Interestingly, McNalley's remains were never recovered and this has led to the rise of local folk tales. The collection is comprised of...
Dates: 1883-1902

Robert E. Robideau American Indian Movement Papers

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Identifier: MSS-557-BC
Scope and Content The Robert E. Robideau papers contain reports, court documents, Freedom of Information Act released FBI files, newspaper clippings, correspondence, handwritten notes, publications, audiocassette tapes, flyers, and research files pertaining to Robideau's lifelong work as an American Indian Movement activist. The original collection is divided into 3 overlapping series. 2 more series were added in July 2011. AIM consists of 23 boxes which contain the...
Dates: 1974-2007

Robert L. Anderson American Indian Movement Papers

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Identifier: MSS-695-BC
Abstract This collection consists of correspondence, news clippings, publications, audio, video, and memorabilia relating to contemporary Native American issues and prominent American Indian personalities. The collection includes FBI files requested by Robert Anderson under the Freedom of Information Act, as well as materials pertaining to the American Indian Movement (AIM) and individuals such as Leonard Peltier, Russell Means, Dennis Banks, Ward Churchill, Tim Giago and Clyde and Vernon Bellecourt,...
Dates: 1973-2009

Roger A. Finzel American Indian Movement Papers

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Identifier: MSS-711-BC
Abstract 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.
Dates: 1965-1995 (bulk 1973-1979)

Roger A. Finzel Photograph Collection

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Identifier: PICT-000-711
Abstract The collection contains five photographs related to the American Indian Movement (AIM) and the activities of the group during 1973-1974.
Dates: 1973-1974

Santa Fe Indian School: The First 100 Years Project

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Identifier: MSS-595-BC
Scope and Content Santa Fe Indian School: The First 100 Years Project consists of 51 cassette tapes comprising 31 oral history interviews, 27 transcripts, photocopies of photographs (the originals are held at SFIS), the exhibition catalog, One House, One Voice, One Heart: Native American Education at the Santa Fe Indian School, and assorted biographies, correspondence, and clippings. There are no cassettes for interview numbers 6, 11, 24, and...
Dates: 1986-1987

Sophie D. Aberle Papers

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Identifier: MSS-509-BC
Abstract This collection documents the professional and personal interests of Sophie D. Aberle. There is an abundance of research materials pertaining to the Pueblo and Navajo Indians, as well as general Native American issues, including relocation. Records pertaining to Aberle's tenure with the United Pueblos Agency, the Commission on the Rights, Liberties, and Responsibilities of the American Indian, and the National Science Board are included in the collection.
Dates: 1913-1987

Tonantzin Land Institute Records

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Identifier: MSS-666-BC
Abstract This collection contains records of the Tonantzin Land Institute, an indigenous peoples advocacy organization founded in 1982. The records deal with a number of social and political issues relating to land, water, and community organizing, as well as administrative aspects of the Institute.
Dates: 1911-2000; Majority of material found within 1981-1997

Ward Alan Minge Papers

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Identifier: MSS-815-BC
Abstract The Ward Alan Minge Papers contain legal and historical documents (depositions, reports, exhibits, legal opinions, translations and transcriptions of Spanish and Mexican era sources, documents from the territorial and modern era) concerning New Mexico’s Pueblo Indians. Correspondences, reports, maps, and articles pertaining to the Pueblos and to various New Mexico historical associations and commissions are also included.
Dates: 1689-1991

William Zimmerman, Jr. Papers

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Identifier: MSS-517-BC
Scope and Content The content of this collection is held within ten (I to X) series. Series I contains personal correspondence from all aspects of Zimmerman's life. Series II is made up of official correspondence from his tenure at the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Land Management. Series III contains subject files in chronological order, beginning with files which did not have dates. Series IV has information regarding Tribal and Reservation issues, in alphabetical order. The end of...
Dates: 1933-1965

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Indians of North America -- Government relations 13
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1934- 6
Indians of North America -- Education 5
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. 5
Wounded Knee (S.D.) -- History -- Indian occupation, 1973 5
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Indians of North America -- Civil rights 4
Letters 4
Navajo Indians -- Land tenure 4
Photographs 4
Indians of North America -- Economic conditions 3
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Sources 3
Indians of North America--Land tenure 3
Navajo Indians 3
New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950 3
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) 3
Energy development -- Navajo Indian Reservation 2
Hopi Indians -- Land tenure 2
Hopi Indians -- Relocation 2
Indian agents -- New Mexico 2
Indian agents -- New Mexico -- Correspondence 2
Indian reservations -- United States 2
Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation 2
Indians of North America -- Ethnic Identity 2
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934 2
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Pictorial works 2
Indians of North America -- Land tenure 2
Indians of North America -- Medical care 2
Indians of North America -- Politics and government 2
Indians of North America -- Treaties 2
Land use--New Mexico 2
Mural painting and decoration 2
Navajo Indians -- Education 2
Navajo Indians -- Government relations 2
Navajo Indians -- Relocation 2
Navajo Indians -- Social conditions 2
New Deal, 1933-1939 2
New Mexico -- History -- 1848- 2
Oral histories 2
Peyotism 2
Sound recordings 2
Wounded Knee (S.D.) -- History -- Indian occupation, 1973 -- Pictorial works 2
AIDS (Disease) 1
Acoma (N.M.) -- History 1
Acoma Indians -- History 1
Acoma Indians -- Land tenure 1
Akwesasne Notes 1
Albuquerque (N.M.) -- Planning 1
Amazon River Region 1
Amazonas (Brazil) 1
Apache Indians 1
Apache baskets -- Designs 1
Arizona--History -- Military 1
Banks and banking -- New Mexico 1
Boarding Schools -- New Mexico -- History 1
Boarding Schools -- United States -- History 1
Boundary disputes 1
Chiapas (Mexico) History Peasant Uprising, 1994- 1
Chiapas (Mexico) History Peasant Uprising, 1994- -- Pictorial works 1
Clippings 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
Columbus Quincentenary, 1992-1993 1
Comanche women – Political activity – United States – History – Sources 1
Community development--New Mexico 1
Community organization--Southwest, New 1
Crazy Horse Spirit 1
Criminal investigation -- Southwest, New 1
Crow Dog's Paradise 1
Dakota Indians 1
Dakota Indians -- Music 1
Dakota Indians -- Pictorial works 1
Discrimination in education -- United States 1
Discrimination in employment 1
Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation--United States 1
Energy development--Navajo Indian Reservation 1
Environmental justice 1
Environmental protection -- Navajo Indian Reservation 1
Environmental protection--Citizen participation 1
Forest management--Social aspects--Southwest, New 1
Fort Hall Indian Reservation (Idaho) 1
Freedom notes 1
Freedom of information - - United States 1
Gallup Region (N.M.) -- Social life and customs 1
Gambling on Indian reservations – United States 1
Government, Resistance to--United States. 1
HIV infections 1
Hispanic American gays 1
Hispanic American politicians--New Mexico 1
Hopi Indians--Land tenure 1
Indian Reservations - - United States. 1
Indian activists 1
Indian agents -- Arizona 1
Indian agents -- Wyoming 1
Indian leadership -- United States – History – Sources 1
Indian termination policy 1
Indian women activists -- United States – History – Sources 1
Indian women civic leaders – United States – History – Sources 1
Indians -- Press coverage -- United States 1
Indians of Central America -- Nicaragua 1
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Language
English 24
Spanish; Castilian 1
Undetermined 1
 
Names
American Indian Movement 7
Means, Russell, 1939-2012 6
Banks, Dennis 4
Peltier, Leonard 4
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs 4
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Aquash, Anna Mae, 1945-1976 3
Collier, John, 1884-1968 3
Crow Dog, Leonard, 1942-2021 3
Robideau, Robert E. 3
Aberle, Sophie D., 1899-1996 2
Bellecourt, Clyde H. (Clyde Howard), 1936- 2
Chavez, Dennis, 1888-1962 2
Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico) 2
Finzel, Roger A. 2
Gordon, Eda 2
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee 2
Meriwether, D. (David), 1800-1893 2
National Indian Youth Council 2
Sullivan, Carol, 1935- 2
Tonantzin Land Institute 2
United Nations 2
Wounded Knee Legal Defense/Offense Committee 2
All Indian Pueblo Council 1
Americans for Indian Opportunity 1
Anderson, Robert L., 1944- 1
Black Elk, Wallace H. 1
Brophy, William A. (William Aloysius), 1903-1962 1
Charles Ilfeld Company 1
Churchill, Ward 1
Cole, Kay, 1911- 1
Coordinación de Organizaciones y Naciones Indigenas del Continente 1
Cutter, Donald C. 1
Dennis Banks Defense Committee 1
Diné Citizens against Ruining Our Environment (Organization) 1
Ellis, Florence Hawley 1
Harris, Fred R., 1930- 1
Harris, LaDonna 1
Indigenous Environmental Network 1
Indigenous Peoples Alliance 1
Indigenous Women's Network 1
Jenkins, Myra Ellen 1
Lujan, David 1
Minge, Ward Alan 1
Moulton, E. L. (Earl Lake), 1878- 1
National Lawyers Guild. Committee on Native American Struggles 1
Navajo Sovereignty Project 1
New Mexico Mining Company 1
Parman, Donald Lee, 1932- 1
Redhouse, John 1
Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice 1
Tacoma Leonard Peltier Support Group 1
Trudell, John 1
Tyler, Lyman S. 1
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. United Pueblos Agency 1
United States. Indian Claims Commission 1
United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Navajo Agency 1
Vietnam Veterans Against the War 1
Walcott, Rachel 1
Warrior, Clyde, 1939-1968 1
Wilkinson, Gerald 1
Wingfield, Edward H. 1
Zimmerman, William, Jr., 1890-1967 1
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