Indians of North America

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Three photographs.

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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Materials include photocopies of “Navajo Life Series”, 1942; “Navajo Life Series – Pre-primer”, 1944; “Navajo Life Series – Primer”, 1944; “The Little Turtle”, 1943.

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Navajo Nation Tourist Guide, 1974.

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Photocopies of maps “Navajo Land U.S.A.”, 1960; “Indians of South America”, 1982.

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

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

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Photocopy of an article from Family Circle “Make Your Own Pottery”, 1950; typed untitled paper about Santa Rosa.