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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: American aborigines; American Indians; First Nations (North America); Indians of North America-- Ethnology; Indians of North America--United States; Indians of the United States; Indigenous peoples--United States; Native Americans; North American Indians; Indians of North America--Culture

Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:

Indian library indexes

 File — Box 01: Series MSS035:01 [Barcode: 35138007967109], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS035:01.01
Scope and Contents

Numbered index sheets.

Dates: 1921-1999

Indian Magna Carta Writ in Wampum Belts, 1925

 File — Box 02: Series MSS035:01 [Barcode: 35138007967117], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS035:01.30
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a page New York Times Magazine “Indian Magna Carta Writ in Wampum Belts”, 1925.

Dates: 1925

Indian Medicine, 1971

 File — Box 02: Series MSS035:01 [Barcode: 35138007967117], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS035:01.31
Scope and Contents

A magazine article from Prevention “The Indians Understood Healthful Living”, 1971; photocopy excerpt of “Rolling Thunder", by Doug Boyd; miscellaneous hand written notes.

Dates: 1971

Indian Symbolism

 File — Box 02: Series MSS035:01 [Barcode: 35138007967117], Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS035:01.40
Scope and Contents

Typed handouts titled “Fetish Pots or Jars”; “The Heartline”; “Fetishes”.

Dates: 1921-1999

Indian Trader publication, 1980

 File — Box 03: Series MSS035:02 [Barcode: 35138007967125], Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS035:02.04
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of the Indian Trader Publications “A prophecy for Easter”, 1980; “The Pueblo Revolt”, 1980; “The Hopis are Coming! The Hopis are Coming!”, 1980; “The Furor Over Fake Silver”, 1980.

Dates: 1980

Indian Trader publication, 1981-1982

 File — Box 03: Series MSS035:02 [Barcode: 35138007967125], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS035:02.05
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of the Indian Trader Publications “The Flourishing Sand Painting Market”, 1981; “The Many Talents of Marvin Toddy”, 1982; “The Traders in Buckskin”, 1982.

Dates: 1981-1982

Indian Trader publication, 1980-1981

 File — Box 04: Series MSS035:02 [Barcode: 35138007967133], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS035:02.20
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1980-1981

Indian Village

 File — Box 01: Series MSS035:01 [Barcode: 35138007967109], Folder: 22
Identifier: MSS035:01.22
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1921-1999

Indians of American Continent, 1971-1994

 File — Box 02: Series MSS035:01 [Barcode: 35138007967117], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS035:01.36
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1971-1994

Karuk burden basket

 File — Box 50: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116839], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:04.35
Scope and Contents

Karuk burden basket made by Marial Billings

Dates: 1822-2014