Navajo Indians -- Relocation
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
David M. Brugge Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-770-BC
Abstract
This collection contains David Brugge's research used to assist the Navajo Nation in their land claims, in particular the case, Healing vs. Jones, resulting from the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute. There is also material on the aftermath of the court ruling including post litigation negotiations, political solution, relocation, and resistance to relocation.
Dates:
1583-2009; Majority of material found within 1952-2009
Eda Gordon papers
Collection
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
Ellen Kemper papers concerning Navajo Hopi relocation
Collection
Identifier: MSS-939-BC
Abstract
The collection focuses on resistance and litigation in response to the forced relocation of the Navajo, pursuant to Public Law 93-531 (Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974).
Dates:
1964-1996; Majority of material found within 1986-1989
George P. Hammond Collection
Collection
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
John Redhouse Papers
Collection
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
Lisa Law Big Mountain Weaving Project and Santa Fe Big Mountain Defense Support Group Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-857-BC
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of activist, photographer, and documentary filmmaker Lisa Law pertaining to the Santa Fe Big Mountain Defense Support Group and the Big Mountain Weaving Project.
Dates:
1974-2007; Majority of material found within 1985-1989
Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-442-BC
Scope and Content
The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Documents, 1854-1984, are not a comprehensive body of material dealing with the land problem and relocation. Rather, they are composed of items collected by, and generated by, Jim Wright and Merlene DuBre in the course of documenting the plight of the refugees created by P.L. 93-531, the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974. For one thing, the chronological span is not nearly as broad as the title suggests; although the history of the dispute is well covered, the...
Dates:
1854-1984
Sacred Lands Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS -617-BC
Scope and Content
This collection contains the research and oral histories generated by the Sacred Lands Project. The project culminated with Parlow's book, Cry Sacred Ground: Big Mountain U.S.A., which documents Navajo and Hopi resistance to the 1974 Relocation Act. The collection is divided into three overlapping series.Series I contains background to the Sacred Lands Project, along with Parlow's correspondence and field research. Her research includes field...
Dates:
1894-1988 ( bulk 1984-1988)
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
U.S. Army Quartermaster’s Letters and Other Documents Relating to Various Forts in New Mexico
Collection
Identifier: MSS-945-BC
Abstract
Quartermasters’ returns, receipts, and letters relating to construction projects at Fort Wingate and the day to day operations and material necessities at Forts Wingate, Sumner, and Union.
Dates:
1868-1870