Navajo Indians -- Social conditions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Donald Lee Parman Papers
Collection
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
Collection
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
Joseph M. Montoya Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-386-BC
Abstract
The Joseph M. Montoya Papers document Montoya's career in politics, primarily in the U. S. House of Representatives and U. S. Senate. The collection contains administrative files, correspondence, legislation, reports, speeches, press releases, campaign materials, and news clippings.
Dates:
1913-1977; Majority of material found within 1957-1976
Navajo Uranium Miners Oral History and Photography Project
Collection
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
Robert W. Young Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-672-BC
Abstract
This collection contains works and materials written and gathered by Robert W. Young, professor emeritus in linguistics at the University of New Mexico. Materials concern Navajo linguistics, BIA and Navajo tribal government records, customs, livestock, education, employment, natural resources, and other issues.
Dates:
1850-2003 (bulk 1823-1980)