Indians of North America -- Economic conditions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Glenn Leonidas Emmons Papers
File
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
LaDonna Harris Papers and Americans for Indian Opportunity Records
Collection
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
Shirley Hill Witt Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-591-BC
Scope and Content
The contents of this collection reflect Dr. Witt's concerns for American Indian issues. Series I contains materials that Witt collected while working as a consultant to the Potawatomie, Ottawa, and Chipewa tribes for their cases before the Indian Claims Commission (ICC). The majority of the material in this series relates to docket numbers 18e (Ottawa and Chippewa of Michigan), 18g (Red Lake Band, Chippewa), 29 (Hannahville Potawatomi), 57 (Saginaw Chippewa), 58 (Ottawa and Chippewa of...
Dates:
1610-1991
Tonantzin Land Institute Records
Collection
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