Box 01

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.

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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Numbered index sheets.

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A magazine article from National Geographic, “First Masters of the Desert The Hohokam”, 1967.

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1980 calendar Trading Posts on the Navajo Reservation.

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The Colorado River Resettlement Program, 1948. Photocopy.

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Associated Press newspaper article “North American Indians may use peyote religiously in armed service”; Des Moines Sunday Register, “The Indian’s Great Circle”, 1977; magazine articles, “A Conversation with Frank Waters, Lessons from the Indian Soul”, 1973 and “Sioux Medicine Men still Work Wonders”, 1971.

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Magazine articles from Rock and Gem “Lawrence Saufkie, Hopi Silversmith”, 1975; Westways “Sky Stones”, 1974; Where Magazine “Classic Design”; “An Arizona Necktie Party”; Arizona “Silver and Turquoise Proud Heritage of the American Southwest”, 1975; Smithsonian, “Tantalizing Turquoise”, 1975; and Hopi Overlay by Hopicrafts brochure.

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Articles, “An American Indian Pompeii”; and “Rock art: a natural resource threatened”, 1999.

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Slide lecture titled “Contemporary Indian And Eskimo Crafts of the United States”; magazine article from Arizona Highways, “The Impact of Tradition On Native American Art”, 1996.