Native Americans

Scope and Contents The materials in this record group include project proposals, budgets and funding, correspondence, project evaluations, project reports, and various resources used for aspects of the projects. There is correspondence, proposals, budgets, evaluations, reports, resources, and many other types of documents relating to the Nebraska Curriculum Institute on Native American Life Summer Workshops from 1977 to 1983. The records on projects include correspondence, proposals,...

Scope and Contents The collection includes records of the Commandant such as unit statistics,  instructor’s and inspector’s reports, and annual reports for the Military Department.  Rosters providing names of cadets, ranks, company, drill record, classes, and grades are restricted.  There are records of demerits as well as sick reports.  Also included are records of Indian Scouts assigned to Company C, listing their names, places of birth, ages, occupations, where and when each joined the unit, physical...

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The newsletter written by Lloyd Ware, Native American Leadership Foundation Executive Director includes information about the Native American Leadership Foundation (NALF), preserving culture through positive changes in the community and institutions, addressing social issues such as poverty and despair, a series of programs created by NALF to address problems, and a short biography about NALF founders Beth and Michael Ball and their contributions to the organization.

Scope and Contents The Preston Holder Papers represent his career as an anthropologist, his personal life, and his involvement in contemporary issues such as the peace movement. The papers include correspondence, research, manuscripts, biographical information, and a few photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of work and personal correspondence as well as research notes, reports, drafts, and publications from the major projects of Holder’s career. Primary topics include archaeology and anthropology...

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A signed print of "The Sisters" by Robert Penn (56/2000).

Scope and Contents The Susette La Flesche letter is seven pages in length, written on two leaves of paper. La Flesche writes to Annie E. Howe in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Her letter references a school centennial and memories of her school friends. She writes about her brother being on a buffalo hunt and the ages of her sisters and where they are living. She mentions the Winnebago Tribe, experiences of children and the missionary school, and chapel on Sundays. The letter may have been written in 1877 as the...

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