Box 09

A journal article from Indian Notes and Monographs talks about tying knots in strings in order to keep records and the history behind this custom and what the different knots meant.

An academic paper, written by Prof. Charles F. Wilkinson, discussing the history and impact the Federal Indian Policy had on Indian rights then and now.

A written transcript of a presentation about the history of the Yakima Indian Nation, given by the Yakima Tribal Council to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Harrison Loesch

Two manuscripts from hearings conducted by the Subcommittee of Indian Affairs, conducted to repeal the Act of August 9, 1946.

An Interim Report on the economic development of the Yakima Indian Reservation, which deals with the economic history and resources related to the Yakima Indian Reservation

A photocopy of the book "The Crime Agaisnt the Yakimas" by Lucullus V. McWhorter which talks about the many crimes committed against the Yakima tribe including theft of their land and resources as well as overall neglect by those whose job it was to protect them.

An academic paper that discusses the treatment of Indians in Western Oregon by both the state govenment and the white settlers of the time.

A paper discussing the fishing habits and history of fishing spots taken over by the Yakima Indian tribe.

The Law and Order Code of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation, which helps "provide the machinery of law enforcment for the Indian tribes of the Yakima reservation for which no adequate enforment agency has beenprovied under Federal or State law".

A transcript of a speech given by Major J. W. MacMurry before the Albany Institute ttitled "The "Dreamers" of the Columbia River Valley, In Washington Territory" which discusses theories and the history regarding the "Dreamers."