Indians of North America

The file contains correspondence illustrating interactions between the Great Northern Railroad and the Indian reservations. The materials include letters and telegraphs involving the Office of Indian Affairs, the Department of the Interior, and the United States Indian Service. The documents are photocopies.

Red Wind Publication issues 2, 1975 thru issue 5, 1976.

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.

Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Biographical research on the Patton family including Mrs. Frances N. Patton, Matthew Patton, and Thomas McF. Patton written by Janine M. Bork. Published in 2001; List of quotes pertaining to the Indian population in Oregon; Copy of “Oregon War: Review of Agent Metcalf’s Letter of Defense” by John Beeson; Excerpt from the Oregonian from July 3rd, 1952

A newspaper article from The Sunday Oregonian “Searching for the site of a slaughter”.

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.

Six photographs from a magazine.

Pamphlets titled “The River Hohokam of Pueblo Grande”; "Trail Guide Over the Mound”. Booklets “Over Sea and Land”, 1921; “Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial”; “8th Annual Mul-Chu-Tha Sacaton, Arizona”, 1970. An illustrated map of the Great Southwest. A letter about San Carlos Irrigation Project Employees, 1980. The book “Dawn on the Desert”, 1961.

A brochure titled “St. Lawrence Island Title I Newsletter”.

The documents provide statistics on the Indian population in the United States. Douglas D. Martin compiled the statistics and added his research notes.