Box 04

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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Newspaper article from The Arizona Republic “Not Just Another Pretty Face”.

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Typed papers titled “Aspects of Peyotism among the Navajos”; “The Proceedings of The Peyote Meeting”; photocopy excerpt of “Peyotism”; pamphlet “John Red Hill back from the War learns about Peyote”; brochure on “Peyote Intoxication”; several photocopies of pictures about Peyote jewelry and equipment.

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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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Newspaper articles from The Mail Tribune “Glasgow will return Ghost Shirt to Lakotas”, 1998; Tri-Valley Dispatch “Seven Campfires Yielded Strange Justice”, 1976.

Scope and Contents Magazine articles from Sunset “The Navajo’s Canyon of History”, 1969; pamphlet from “Mission Echoes, Navajo Methodist Mission School” Vol. 15, No. 1, Farmington New Mexico, 1948; Arizona Highways “Photogenic Canyon de Chelly”, 1965; Rock & Gem “A Lesson in “Tuffa” Casting” , 1975; Arizona Highways “Reservation Route 3”, 1961; Arizona Highways “A Land of Beauty, History, and Navajo Culture Hiking”, 1998; Arizona Highways “Canyon del Muerto’s Massacre Cave Shrouds History’s Tragic...

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Magazine articles from Arizona Highways “Tumacacori”, 1968; Penthouse “Cultural Genocide”; newspaper articles from Tri – Valley Dispatch “Miracle at Casa Grande Ruins?”; Tri – Valley Dispatch “Mysterious Blue Lady Provides Mexican Lore”, 1987.

Scope and Contents Magazine articles “New Face for a Desert mission”; Arizona Highways “The Storyteller’s Tale, The Legend of the Tohono O’odham”, 1999. Newspaper articles from Tri-Valley Dispatch “Village Celebrates Feast of St. Francis”, 1998; Tuscan citizen “Sunrise Dance marks maturity for Apache”; Tri-Valley Dispatch “O’odham look wistfully at ancestral homeland now used by military”, 1999; Tri-Valley Dispatch “Southern Arizona Indians keep chicken scratch alive”, 1999; “Navajo Nation creates program to...

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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”.

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The Indian Traders titled “Medicinemen win fight for rights”, 1980; “The limA copy of The Indian Trader “Indian leaders take aim at Carter, Reagan and Anderson”, 1980; “The Seri controversy”, Volume 11, number 13, 1980; “Demand increasing for Momaday prints”, 1980; “Investing in prints: The pros and cons”, Volume 12, number 4, 1981; “Navajo Pottery Wins New Appreciation”, 1980.