Collins, Dean

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Materials include: a magazine article “Indian Culture Again Flourishes in the Grand River Valley”; photocopy of “Indian Villages 1830: Michigan Territory, Indians , Ohio, Map 25”; newspaper article from the Grand Rapids Press “Mission Tradition”, 1978.

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Magazine articles from National Geographic Magazine “Beluga White Whale of the North”, 1994; “The Living Magic of Indian Art”; Argosy “Last of the Kalapalos”; Argosy “First Visit to Three Forbidden Cities”, 1971; Alaska “How the Chugach People Got Their Name”, 1999; Argosy “Yankee Pioneers in Guatemala Find Lost Mayan City”, 1971; newspaper article “Indian elders share wisdom wisdom cite prophecy at gathering”; a map from National Geographic Magazine “Indians of North America”, 1972.

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A photocopy of an article from Sunset “Land of the Haida”, 1998.

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A publication of Mission Historical issue, 1973.

Abstract

The Dean and Mary Collins papers contain articles about Native American tribes from the southwest region, maps of the reservations, as well as tourist guides. Much of the literature found in this collection pertains to the Navajo. However, there is also information on other Southwest tribes including the Pomo, Hopi, Zuni, Papago, and on tribes from other regions such as the Yurok, Cherokee, Sioux, and others.

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Magazine articles from Look “America’s Indians Reawakening of a Conquered People”, 1970; Alaska “From Ketchik”, 1999.

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The book “The Devine Cactus”, 1948, and a photocopy of a newspaper article on “Peyotism”.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dean and Mary Collins papers contain articles concerning Native American tribes from the southwest region. The papers include maps of the reservations, as well as tourist guides. The collection focuses on the Navajo. However, other Southwest tribes including the Pomo, Hopi, Zuni, Papago, and on tribes from other regions such as the Yurok, Cherokee, Sioux, and others are included. The collection relates to a prior donation by Mary Collins. In 2007 Mary Collins donated an...

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Magazine articles from Arizona Highways “Northland Press”, 1963; Arizona Highways “Mrs. Charlie Dye collection”, 1971; Arizona Highways “Post Office Arizona Style”, 1973; three pictures Native Americans of Arizona. A pamphlet from the National Monument Arizona.

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Magazine articles from Arizona Highways “Ran”, 1962; Arizona Highways “Dinetah, If I Forget You…”, 1996; National Geographic “Hawk High Over Four Corners”, 1996; Arizona Highways “Portraits In Glass”, 1997; Arizona Highways “Navajo Culture Stories Grandmother Told”, 1996. Newspaper articles “Navajo Weaver Produces Enormous Rug in 13 Months”; Tri-Valley Dispatch “’Anasazi’ added to list of politically incorrect terms”, 1997; Arizona “Research Subject: Navajo Medicinemen”.