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J.W. "Duke" Wellington Papers, 1876-1974
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Wellington, J. W. (Joseph W.)
- Title
- J.W. "Duke" Wellington Papers
- Dates
- 1876-197418761974
- Quantity
- 7.2 linear feet; 12 oversize folders
- Collection Number
- Collection 2029, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The J. W. "Duke" Wellington Papers consist of papers Wellington collected during his 32 year career in the Bureau of Indian Affairs as well as a few family papers. Papers relating to administration, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, education, government-Indian relations, Fort Belknap Reservation, Rocky Boy Reservation, Standing Rock Reservation, subject files on various tribes and issues and topics relating to American Indians as well as photographs are found in the Wellington collection.
- Repository
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Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
- Access Restrictions
-
This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical NoteReturn to Top
A native of Harlotown, Montana, Joseph W. "Duke" Wellington was the son of Mr. and Mrs. LeClaire Wellington. Duke received his degree in agricultural education from Montana State University in 1929. He was the quarterback for the Bobcat football team for three years as well as being a member of the track team. From 1930 to 1936, Wellington taught vocational education and coached at Smith-Hughes. The following two years he worked on the family ranch in Harlotown. He returned to education from 1938 to 1939 teaching vocational agriculture and coaching at Broadwater County High School in Townsend, Montana. He married Mabel Morton in 1932, and they had one daughter, Barbara. In 1940, he began his 32 career in the Bureau of Indian Affairs as the agricultural instructor at Stewart Indian School at Carson City, Nevada. He then became the supervisor of livestock and farming for the BIA for 17 western states before becoming the superintendent of the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy reservations in 1947. While at Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy, Wellington emphasized strong public relations and the utilization of a natural resources program and developed a range fencing program. He moved to North Dakota seven years later and was the superintendent of the Standing Rock reservation at Fort Yates, North Dakota. After recovering from a heart attack in 1956, he became the superintendent of the Indian School at Wahpeton, North Dakota, where he stayed until he retired in 1972. In addition to his work for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wellington was active in community affairs. He was the chairman of the United Fund, president of the Red River Bowling Association, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Elks, and various Masonic bodies including the Shrine. An avid golfer, he was director of the Bois de Sioux Golf Club. He was interested in youth activities and was a Boy Scout Committeeman as well as the director of Red River Council for Educational Television. He was a lover of Montana history and collected Indian artifacts and materials.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The J. W. "Duke" Wellington papers have been separated into 8 series based on topical and departmental divisions. Included in the collection are papers Wellington collected during his 32-year career in the Bureau of Indian Affairs as well as a few family papers. Papers relating to administration, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, education, Government-Indian relations, Fort Belknap Reservation, Rocky Boy Reservation, Standing Rock Reservation, subject files on various tribes and issues and topics relating to American Indians as well as photographs are found in the Wellington collection. Publications that Wellington collected have been removed for item level description. Folders marked with an asterisk (*) have had items removed for storage in another area.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Series 1 J. W. "Duke" Wellington, Correspondence and Personal Papers, 1935-1972
Series 2 LeClaire Wellington, Correspondence and Personal Papers, 1907-1915
Series 3 Administrative Papers, 1876-1971
Subseries 1 : W. T. Hughes, U.S. Indian Agent, Correspondence, 1876-1878
Subseries 2 : Correspondence, 1876-1971
Subseries 3 : Superintendent's Memorandums, 1947-1966
Subseries 4 : Addresses and Speeches, 1947-1970
Subseries 5 : Legal Papers, 1920-1970
Series 4 Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1940-1971
Subseries 1 : Subject Files
Subseries 2 : Conferences and Workshops, 1940-1967
Subseries 3 : Information Circulars, 1948-1952
Subseries 4 : Memorandums, 1949-1971
Subseries 5 : News Releases, 1949-1971
Subseries 6 : Orders and Reports, 1948-1956
Series 5 Education, 1941-1971
Subseries 1 : Correspondence and Memorandums, 1943-1971
Subseries 2 : Speeches and Papers, 1955-1970
Subseries 3 : Subject Files, 1941-1971
Series 6 Government-Indian Relations, 1778-1971
Series 7 Subject Files, 1895-1974
Subseries 1: General, 1929-1971
Subseries 2: Fort Belknap,1895-1954
Subseries 3: Rocky Boy, 1947-1954
Subseries 4: Standing Rock, 1913-1957
Subseries 5: Tribes, 1932-1970
Subseries 6: American Indian Issues and Topics, 1938-1971
Subseries 7: Clippings, 1947-1974
Series 8 Slide Narratives and Photographs and Paintings
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: J.W. "Duke" Wellington, Correspondence and Personal Papers, 1935-1972Return to Top
Wellington served as superintendent for several reservations during his career with the Bureau of Indian affairs. Included in Series 1 are awards, certificates, and clippings he collected. In addition, Series 1 contains correspondence he received while superintendent. Correspondence relating to the BIA and Wellington's work is also included in Series 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | General Correspondence |
1947-1954 |
1/2 | General Correspondence |
1955-1956 |
1/3 | General Correspondence |
1957 |
1/4 | General Correspondence |
1958-1970 |
1/5 | Correspondence
Tobias Moran, 1970; Don Jensen, 1957
|
1970; 1957 |
1/6 | Business Correspondence |
1929; 1940-1949 |
1/7 | Business Correspondence |
1951-1954 |
1/8 | Business Correspondence |
1956-1957 |
1/9 | Business Correspondence |
1958-1959 |
1/10 | Business Correspondence |
1962-1970 |
1/11 | Letters about his retirement |
1972 |
1/12 | Letters from Ed McGivern |
1935 |
1/13 | Letters from Ed McGivern |
1938-1938; 1952 |
1/14 | Clippings on Ed McGivern |
|
1/16 | Awards and Certificates |
1959-1969 |
1/16 | Clippings |
1954-1959 |
1/17 | Clippings |
1965-1974; undated |
Series 2: LeClaire Wellington, Correspondence and Personal Papers, 1907-1915Return to Top
Duke was a native of Harlotown, Montana, where his father was a rancher and his mother was postmistress. Series 2 contains business papers and correspondence regarding his parents' ranch including land sale prices in the Harlotown area, a stock certificate for the Meagher-Fergus Telephone Company, an assessment list, and a collection of postage stamps.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/18 | Correspondence |
1907-1911 |
1/19 | Correspondence |
1912-1915 |
1/20 | Business Papers |
1907-1912 |
1/21 | Land Sales, Harlotown Area |
|
1/22 | Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Land Price list for
Meagher, Fergus, and Musselshell Counties |
1911 |
1/23 | U. S. Official Postal Guide |
1912 |
1/24 | Postage Stamps, western images |
Series 3: Administrative Papers, 1876-1971Return to Top
As an administrator and supervisor in the BIA, Duke was responsible for the running of the office. The papers in Series 3 are the correspondence, office memorandums, addresses, speeches, and legal papers concerning the offices Wellington worked in and supervised. Also included is Series 3 are photocopies of the correspondence of Indian Agent W. T. Hughes from 1876-1878. The materials have been separated into five subseries
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Subseries 1: W. T. Hughes, U.S. Indian Agent,
Correspondence
W. T. Hughes was an Indian agent at Standing Rock Agency in North Dakota. The
photocopied correspondence in Series 3 are letters he wrote and received concerning
the agency. Issues include budgets, overuse of food supplies, transferring Indians to
the agency, and Department of the Interior information.
|
1876-1878 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/25 | November-December, 1876 | |
1/26 | January 1877 | |
1/27 | February 1877 | |
1/28 | March 1877 | |
1/29 | April 1877 | |
1/30 | May 1877 | |
1/31 | June 1877 | |
1/32 | July 1877 | |
1/33 | August 2-14, 1877 | |
1/34 | August 15-28, 1877 | |
1/35 | September 1877 | |
1/36 | December 1877 | |
1/37 | January 1878 | |
1/38 | February 1878 | |
1/39 | March 1878 | |
1/40 | April-May, 1878 | |
1/41 | June 1878 | |
1/42 | July 3-18, 1878 | |
1/43 | July 20-31, 1878 | |
1/44 | August 1878 | |
1/45 | September 1878 | |
1/46 | October 1878 | |
1/47 | November 1878 | |
1/48 | December 1878 | |
Subseries 2: Correspondence
During his career in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wellington was responsible for
correspondence in his office. The correspondence in Series 2 cover a wide range of
topics and issues Wellington faced while at Fort Belknap, Rocky Boy, Standing Rock and
Wahpeton Indian School. Topics include Indian policies, reservation activities and
conditions, working with tribal councils and American Indians, law and order on the
reservation, and office policies and practices.
|
1879-1971 | |
Box/Folder | ||
2/1 | 1879-1880; 1916; 1939 | |
2/2 | 1945-1947 | |
2/3* | January-April, 1948 | |
2/4 | June-December, 1948 | |
2/5 | 1949 | |
2/6 | January-June, 1950 | |
2/7 | July-November, 1950 | |
2/8 | February-June, 1951 | |
2/9* | July-December, 1951 | |
2/10 | Georgie Blackbird, American POW in North
Korea |
October 1951 |
2/11 | January-March, 1952 | |
2/12 | April- August, 1952 | |
2/13 | September-October, 1952 | |
2/14 | November-December, 1952 | |
2/15 | January-February, 1953 | |
2/16 | March-April, 1953 | |
2/17* | May-June, 1953 | |
2/18 | July-August, 1953 | |
2/19 | September-October, 1953 | |
2/20 | November-December, 1953 | |
2/21 | January-April, 1954 | |
2/22 | May-August, 1954 | |
2/23 | September-October, 1954 | |
2/24 | November-December, 1954 | |
2/25 | January-March, 1955 | |
2/26 | April-June, 1955 | |
2/27 | August-October, 1955 | |
2/28 | November-December, 1955 | |
2/29 | January-April, 1956 | |
2/30 | August-December, 1956 | |
2/31 | 1957 | |
2/32 | 1958-1959 | |
2/33 | 1960-1962 | |
2/34 | 1964-1965 | |
2/35 | 1966 | |
2/36 | 1967 | |
2/37 | 1968 | |
2/38 | 1969 | |
2/39 | 1970 | |
2/40 | March-April, 1971 | |
2/41* | July-November, 1971 | |
2/42 | undated | |
Subseries 3: Superintendent's Memorandums
The Superintendent's Memorandums found in Series 3 are memos Wellington wrote
concerning the various offices he supervised while in the BIA.
|
1947-1966 | |
Box/Folder | ||
2/43 | 1947-1949 | |
2/44 | 1950 | |
2/45 | 1951 | |
2/46 | January-March, 1952 | |
2/47 | April-July, 1952 | |
2/48 | November-December, 1952 | |
2/49 | February-June, 1953 | |
2/50 | August-December, 1953 | |
2/51 | 1954-1955 | |
2/52 | 1957; 1966 | |
Subseries 4: Addresses and Speeches
Series 3 also contains addresses and speeches delivered on American Indian topics
such as withdrawing federal supervision of the American Indian, aims and objectives of
the Indian service, the outlook for the American Indian, graduation addresses at
Wahpeton Indian School, individual rights of members of tribal organizations, and the
American Indian way of life. The addresses and speeches have been arranged
chronologically. Other speeches on education can be found in Series 5.
|
1947-1970 | |
Box/Folder | ||
3/1 | 1947 | |
3/2 | 1948 | |
3/3 | January, 1949 | |
3/4 | April, 1949 | |
3/5 | June-November, 1949 | |
3/6 | March, 1950 | |
3/7 | August-September, 1950 | |
3/8 | 1951 | |
3/9 | 1952 | |
3/10 | January, 1954 | |
3/11 | May-August, 1954 | |
3/12 | 1955-1956 | |
3/13 | 1957-1958 | |
3/14 | 1959-1960 | |
3/15 | 1961-1962 | |
3/16 | 1963-1964 | |
3/17 | 1966 | |
3/18 | February-March, 1967 | |
3/19 | June-September 4, 1967 | |
3/20 | September 14-November, 1967 | |
3/21 | 1968 | |
3/22 | March, 1969 | |
3/23 | August-September, 1969 | |
3/24 | April-July, 1970 | |
3/25 | November, 1971 | |
3/26 | undated | |
Subseries 5: Legal Papers
Legal papers found in Series 3 include court cases before the Claims Commission,
petitions, attorney's contract, and a juvenile court case. The papers have been
arranged chronologically.
|
1920-1970 | |
Box/Folder | ||
3/27 | 1920-1922; 1932 | |
3/28 | 1949; 1951 | |
3/29 | 1952 | |
3/30 | 1953-1954 | |
3/31 | 1957 | |
3/32 | February, 1967 | |
3/33 | November, 1967 | |
3/34 | 1968; 1970 | |
3/35 | undated |
Series 4: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1876-1971Return to Top
As an employee of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Duke received paperwork concerning the philosophy and practices of the department. Included in Series 4 are handouts and programs from conferences and workshops as well as Bureau circulars such as information circulars, memorandums, news releases, orders, and reports. Subject files of various policies and general information regarding the BIA are also included. The materials have been separated into six subseries.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Subseries 1: Subject Files |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/1 | Development of the BIA and Indian Policy |
|
4/2 | Employee Bulletin |
1971 |
4/3 | Establishment |
|
4/4 | Establishment of Billings Area Office |
|
4/5 | General information |
|
4/6 | Redelegation of Authority |
|
4/7 | Ritual of Admission of Indians to Full American
Citizenship |
|
4/8 | Robert Yellowtail |
|
4/9 | Weekly Activities Reports |
July 1971 |
Subseries 2: Conferences and Workshops
Many conferences and workshops were held to discuss issues concerning the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. They have been divided into general conferences, conferences for Area
Directors, and Superintendents Conferences.
|
1940-1967 | |
Box/Folder | ||
4/10 | Conferences and Workshops |
1949 |
4/11 | Conferences and Workshops |
1950 |
4/12 | Conferences and Workshops |
1951-1952 |
4/13 | Conferences and Workshops |
1957; 1965 |
4/14 | Conferences and Workshops |
1967 |
4/15 | Conferences and Workshops |
undated |
4/16 | Area Directors |
1952 |
4/17 | Area Directors, summary |
1954 |
4/18 | Area Directors, exhibit A |
1954 |
4/19 | Area Directors, exhibit B |
1954 |
4/20 | Area Directors |
1962; 1966 |
4/21 | Area Directors |
1967; 1971 |
4/22 | Superintendents |
1952; 1958 |
4/23 | Superintendents |
1966 |
Subseries 3: Information Circulars |
1948-1952 | |
Box/Folder | ||
4/24 | 1948-1949 | |
4/25 | 1950-August, 1951 | |
4/26 | September-December, 1951 | |
4/27 | 1952 | |
Subseries 4: Memorandums |
1949-1971 | |
Box/Folder | ||
4/28 | 1949-1951 | |
4/29 | 1952-1953 | |
4/30 | 1954-1955 | |
4/31 | January-October, 1956 | |
4/32 | November, 1956 | |
4/33 | 1958-1962 | |
4/34 | 1964 | |
4/35 | 1965 | |
4/36 | 1966 | |
4/37 | February-March, 1967 | |
4/38 | May, 1967 | |
4/39 | September-December, 1967 | |
4/40 | February-May, 1968 | |
4/41 | June-December, 1968 | |
4/42 | 1969 | |
5/1 | January, 1970 | |
5/2 | March-September, 1970 | |
5/3 | October-December, 1970 | |
5/4 | January-April, 1971 | |
5/5 | May, 1971 | |
5/6 | June, 1971 | |
5/7 | July-November, 1971 | |
Subseries 5: News Releases |
1949-1971 | |
Box/Folder | ||
5/8 | 1949-1952 | |
5/9 | 1953-February, 1954 | |
5/10 | May-July, 1954 | |
5/11 | 1955-1956 | |
5/12 | 1957 | |
5/13 | 1958 | |
5/14 | January-May, 1959 | |
5/15 | June-December, 1959 | |
5/16 | 1960 | |
5/17 | 1961 | |
5/18 | 1962 | |
5/19 | 1963 | |
5/20 | 1964 | |
5/21 | March-June, 1966 | |
5/22 | July-December, 1966 | |
5/23 | January-July, 1967 | |
5/24 | August-December, 1967 | |
5/25 | 1968 | |
5/26 | 1969 | |
5/27 | January-July, 1970 | |
5/28 | October-November, 1970 | |
5/29 |
Series 4
|
1971 |
Subseries 6: Orders and Reports |
1948-1956 | |
Box/Folder | ||
5/30 | Orders |
1948-1949 |
5/31 | Orders |
1950 |
5/32 | Reports |
1954 |
5/33 | Reports |
1956 |
Series 5: Education, 1941-1971Return to Top
One large area of work in the BIA was education. Series 5 contains correspondence, speeches, and reports dealing with education practices and policies on various Indians reservations and the teaching of American Indian children. Also included in Series 5 are subject files dealing with educational philosophy, teaching materials, information on boarding schools, Wahpeton Indian school in North Dakota, workshop material for teachers, and newsletters and pamphlets on education.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Subseries 1: Correspondence and Memorandums
Subseries 1 of Series 5 contains correspondence and memorandums dealing with
education issues concerning American Indians and reservation schools. Many are letters
Wellington wrote to various Indian agencies on the condition of their schools and
farms while he was supervisor of education, livestock and dairy in the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
|
1943-1971 | |
Box/Folder | ||
6/1 | December 1943-January, 1944 | |
6/2 | February- April, 1944 | |
6/3 | May-June, 1944 | |
6/4 | July 7-18, 1944 | |
6/5* | July 22-31, 1944 | |
6/6 | August, 1944 | |
6/7 | October-December, 1944 | |
6/8 | January, 1945 | |
6/9 | February, 1945 | |
6/10 | March, 1945 | |
6/11 | April, 1945 | |
6/12 | May 3-20, 1945 | |
6/13 | May, 21-30, 1945 | |
6/14 | June, 1945 | |
6/15 | July, 1945 | |
6/16 | August-September, 1945 | |
6/17 | October, 1945 | |
6/18 | November, 1945 | |
6/19 | December, 1945 | |
6/20* | January, 1946 | |
6/21 | February, 1946 | |
6/22 | March 1-13, 1946 | |
6/23 | March 15-28, 1946 | |
6/24 | April, 1946 | |
6/25 | May 1-14, 1946 | |
6/26 | May 15-27, 1946 | |
6/27 | June, 1946 | |
6/28 | July, 1946 | |
6/29 | August 2-14, 1946 | |
6/30* | August 15-27, 1946 | |
6/31 | September-October, 1946 | |
6/32 | November 1946-January 1947 | |
6/33 | 1965; 1969 | |
6/34 | 1970-1971 | |
6/35 | Memorandums |
1952-1953; 1956 |
6/36 | Memorandums |
1966-1971 |
Subseries 2: Speeches and Reports
Subseries 2 of Series 5 contains speeches and reports concerning American Indian
education and schools.
|
1955-1970 | |
Box/Folder | ||
6/37 | 1955; 1959 | |
6/38 | 1967 | |
6/39 | 1968 | |
6/40 | 1970-1971 | |
6/41 | undated | |
Subseries 3: Subject Files
Wellington collected many subject files on issues relating to education. Subseries 3
of Series 5 contains files on teaching American Indians, the Wahpeton Indian School,
approaches to American Indian education, educational newsletters and pamphlets,
boarding schools, educational philosophy, curriculum development, and teacher
orientation workshops.
|
1952-1971 | |
Box/Folder | ||
6/42 | Application for Federal Assistance for the Education
of Children from Low-Income Families |
1968 |
6/43 | American Indian Education |
|
6/44 | American Indians in the Classroom |
|
7/1 | Bibliographies American Indians |
|
7/2 | Bibliographies Teaching Materials |
|
7/3 | Boarding Schools |
|
7/4 | Boarding Schools for American Indian
Youth |
1970 |
7/5 | Boarding Schools, Effects on Indian Children
Culturally and Socially |
|
7/6 | Book of American Indian Student Writing |
|
7/7 | Clippings |
1952-1954; 1969 |
7/8 | Clippings |
1970-1971 |
7/9 | Education Dialogue |
1968-1969 |
7/10 | Education Dialogue |
1970-1971 |
7/11 | Education Leadership |
|
7/12 | Index for General Manual for the Indian School
Service |
1941 |
7/13 | Folklore, Legends, Poetry |
|
7/14 | Michigan Education System |
|
7/15 | New Approach to Indian Education |
|
7/16 | Newsletters |
1956-1971 |
7/17 | Pamphlets |
1952-1965 |
7/18 | Philosophy of Special Education |
1971 |
7/19 | Public School Guidelines |
|
7/20 | Report on Federal Funds for Indian Children in
Public School Districts |
|
7/21 | Staff |
|
7/22 | Study of Effectiveness of Indian
Education |
|
7/23 | Suggestions for Social Studies
Curriculum |
|
7/24 | Supervisor of Indian Education |
|
7/25 | Supervisor of Indian Education, Papers and
Statements |
1948-1952; 1968 |
7/26 | Testimony before Subcommittee on Indian
Education |
1969 |
7/27 | Wahpeton School |
|
7/28 | Wahpeton School, Correspondence |
1967 |
7/29 | Wahpeton School, Teaching Objectives and
Goals |
|
7/30 | Status Report, Wahpeton Indian School |
1969 |
7/31 | Wahpeton School 50th Anniversary |
|
7/32 | Turtle Mountain Chippewa Indians Teacher Resource
Unit |
|
7/33 | United Tribes Education Center |
|
7/34 | Education Workshop |
1958; 1970 |
7/35 | Guidance Workshop |
1959 |
7/36 | Teacher Orientation Workshop |
1966; 1968 |
7/37 | Teacher Orientation Workshop |
1969 |
7/38 | Teacher Orientation Workshop Handouts |
Series 6: Government-Indian Relations, 1778-1971Return to Top
Series 6 contains papers dealing with the relationship between the government and American Indians. Included are reports from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior during the late 1800s, treaties with various tribes, and circulars, memorandums, and correspondence regarding legal relations.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
8/1 | Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to
the Secretary of the Interior, Blackfeet Agency |
1855-1859 |
8/2 | 1860-1864 | |
8/3 | 1865 | |
8/4 | 1867-1868 | |
8/5 | 1869-1872 | |
8/6 | 1873-1877 | |
8/7 | 1878-1881 | |
8/8 | 1882-1886 | |
8/9 | 1887-1890 | |
8/10 | 1891-1894 | |
8/11 | 1895-1897 | |
8/12 | 1898-1900 | |
8/13 | 1901-1906 | |
8/14 | Circulars and Memorandums |
1950 |
8/15 | Circulars and Memorandums |
1951 |
8/16 | Circulars and Memorandums |
January, 1952; March, 1952 |
8/17 | Circulars and Memorandums |
April, 1952; November, 1952 |
8/18 | Circulars and Memorandums |
March-April, 1959 |
8/19 | Circulars and Memorandums |
May, 1959 |
8/20 | Circulars and Memorandums |
1960 |
8/21 | Correspondence |
1950 |
8/22 | Correspondence |
January-May, 1951 |
8/23 | Correspondence |
June 11, 1951 |
8/24 | Correspondence |
June 11-21, 1951 |
8/25 | Correspondence |
July-November, 1951 |
8/26 | Correspondence |
January-April, 1952 |
8/27 | Correspondence |
June-December, 1952 |
8/28 | Correspondence |
1953 |
8/29 | Correspondence |
1965-1966 |
8/30 | American Indian Claims and Charters |
|
8/31 | American Indian Claims |
|
8/32 | American Indian Claims |
1954 |
8/33 | American Indian Claims |
1964 |
8/34 | Federal Government and the American Indian |
|
8/35 | Federal Government and the American Indian,
Congressional Questionnaire on Administrative Practice |
1969 |
8/36 | Federal Government and the American Indian, Laws and
Legislation |
|
8/37 | Federal Government and the American Indian, Richard
Nixon |
|
8/38 | Federal Government and the American Indian,
Clippings |
|
8/39 | State Government, Reports |
1950 |
8/40 | State Government and the American Indian |
|
8/41 | Tribal Government |
|
8/42 | Tribal Attorney, Felix S. Cohen |
|
8/43 | Tribal Council Conference, Minutes |
1956 |
9/1 | Treaties and Agreements, Comment from J. W. "Duke"
Wellington |
|
9/2 | Treaties and Agreements, Delawares |
1778 |
9/3 | Treaties and Agreements, Sioux |
1816; 1825; 1851 |
9/4 | Treaties and Agreements, Sioux, Hunkpapa Band;
Yanktonai Band; Upper Yanktonai Band
Treaties and Agreements, Sioux, Hunkpapa Band, 1865; Yanktonai Band, 1865; Upper
Yanktonai Band, 1865
|
1865; 1865; 1865 |
9/5 | Treaties and Agreements, Blackfeet |
1855 |
9/6 | Treaties and Agreements, Fort Berthold |
1866 |
9/7 | Treaties and Agreements, Sioux Nation of
Indians |
1868 |
9/8 | Treaties and Agreements, Crows |
1868 |
9/9 | Treaties and Agreements, Sisseton and Wahpeton Band of
Sioux Indians; Wahpeton Indian School
Treaties and Agreements, Sisseton and Wahpeton Band of Sioux Indians, 1872; Wahpeton
Indian School, 1904-1913
|
1872; 1904-1913 |
9/10 | Reports and Legal Papers |
1949-1951 |
9/11 | Reports and Legal Papers |
February, 1952 |
9/12 | Reports and Legal Papers |
August 1952-1953 |
9/13 | Reports and Legal Papers |
1971 |
Series 7: Subject Files, 1895-1974Return to Top
Series 7 contains subject files Wellington collected on various issues dealing with American Indians and the role of the superintendent. Most of the series contains information on three of the reservations Wellington work at including Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy in Montana and Standing Rock in South Dakota. He also collected material on American Indian issues such as civil rights, culture and heritage, employment, lands, religion and legends, welfare, self-rule, unemployment, and health as well as collecting subject files on various tribes like the Apache, Blackfeet, Sioux, and Shoshone. He also collected general clippings and material on policies and information regarding American Indians. He wrote short narratives on several of these topics, giving his perspective on the issues.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Subseries 1: General
Wellington collected many general subject files on various issues concerning American
Indians. Subseries 1 of Series 7 contains general histories and reports he collected
as well as miscellaneous papers. Many of these subject files contain narratives by
Wellington explaining the material as well as giving his opinion and viewpoint on the
issues.
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Box/Folder | ||
8/14 | American Indian Festival |
1968 |
8/15 | The Chief Clerk |
1948-1952 |
8/16 | The Chief Clerk |
1953 |
8/17 | The Chief Clerk |
1954-1955 |
8/18 | Comments on the Press, J. W. "Duke"
Wellington |
|
8/19 | Commissioner's Policy Statement |
1957 |
8/20 | Delegation of Authority |
1954 |
8/21 | Department of the Interior, Manuals and
Handbooks |
|
8/22 | Department of the Interior, Official
Seal |
|
8/23 | Drought and Livestock |
|
8/24 | Famous Last Words
(Memo from J. Milton McKee, Consultant)
|
1960 |
8/25 | Field Personnel Answers to Question from Indian
Service Organization |
1953 |
8/26 | General Bulletins and Releases |
1968-1971 |
8/27 | General Pamphlets |
|
8/28 | General Reports and Histories |
1929 |
8/29 | General Reports and Histories |
1953 |
8/30 | General Reports and Histories |
1956; 1971 |
8/31 | General Reports and Histories |
undated |
8/32 | Governing Bodies of Federally Recognized Indian
Groups |
|
8/33 | Indian Liquor Law |
|
8/34 | The Indian Side of Environmental
Education |
|
8/35 | Incoming mail brings many weird messages |
|
8/36 | Investigation of Superintendent |
1950 |
8/37 | Dr. S. L. Lee Collection |
1939 |
8/38 | Petitions by Jesse J. Graybear |
1955 |
8/39 | Prominent American Indians |
|
8/40 | Questions about Indian Problems |
|
8/41 | A Response in Sioux to an Invitation |
|
8/42 | Submarginal Land |
1952 |
8/43 | Tribal Resolutions No. 30-53,
Correspondence |
1953 |
8/44 | Withdrawl Program |
1952 |
8/45 | Withdrawl Program, Memorandums |
1952-1953 |
Subseries 2: Fort Belknap
Wellington's first position as superintendent was at the Fort Belknap Consolidated
Agency with headquarters in Harlem, Montana. Wellington oversaw both the Fort Belknap
and Rocky Boy Subagency. Subseries 2 of Series 7 contains subject files Wellington
collected on Fort Belknap. Material on Rocky Boy are found in Subseries 3. Subject
files on Fort Belknap include reports and programs regarding Fort Belknap, tribal
histories and legends, and minutes from tribal and community council meetings.
|
1895-1954 | |
Box/Folder | ||
10/1 | Proceedings of Councils of the Commissioners
Appointed to Negotiate with the Fort Belknap Indians |
1895 |
10/2 | Issue Journal |
1895 |
10/3 | Pass or Permission Form Book |
1923-1924 |
10/4 | Assiniboine Rights on Fort Belknap
Reservation |
1913-1951 |
10/5 | Acts and Resolutions regarding Fort
Belknap |
|
10/6 | Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
to the Secretary of the Interior, Fort Belknap |
1870-1875 |
10/7 | Annual Report of the Commissioner . . . |
1876-1881 |
10/8 | Annual Report of the Commissioner . . . |
1882-1884 |
10/9 | Annual Report of the Commissioner . . . |
1885-1887 |
10/10 | Annual Report of the Commissioner . . . |
1888-1890 |
10/11 | Annual Report of the Commissioner . . . |
1891-1893 |
10/12 | Annual Report of the Commissioner . . . |
1894-1896 |
10/13 | Annual Report of the Commissioner . . . |
1897-1899 |
10/14 | Annual Report of the Commissioner . . . |
1900-1906 |
10/15 | Ten Year Program |
|
10/16 | Reservation Wide Program |
1941 |
10/17 | Personnel Organization and Procedure for Reservation
Program |
|
10/18 | Fort Belknap Community Rehabilitation
Program |
1942 |
10/19 | Statistical Data by J. W. "Duke"
Wellington |
|
10/20 | Superintendent's Duties: Fort Belknap,
Classification Survey Questionnaire |
1948 |
10/21 | Brief on Fort Belknap Reservation |
|
10/223 | Fort Belknap Inspection report |
1952 |
10/23 | Report on Reservation |
curca 1952 |
10/24 | Reports |
1947-1953 |
10/25 | Fort Belknap |
|
10/26 | Fort Belknap, Calendar |
1977 |
10/27 | Correspondence and Memos |
1951-1954 |
10/28 | Department of the Interior Centennial |
|
10/29 | Dourine Infected Horses |
|
10/30* | Fort Belknap maps |
|
10/31 | Gros Ventre, notes by Paul Plummage |
|
10/32 | Paul Plummage, Fort Belknap Superintendents,
Handwritten |
|
10/33 | Paul Plummage, Fort Belknap Superintendents, Typed
transcript |
|
10/34 | Sun Dance, Permission to hold ceremony |
1931 |
10/35 | Termination |
|
10/36 | Fort Belknap Consolidated Agency |
1947-1949 |
10/37 | Fort Belknap Consolidated Agency, Statistical Data
Indian Service Agency |
1948 |
10/38 | Fort Belknap Consolidated Agency, Superintendent's
Report |
|
10/39 | Minerva Allen, Assiniboine |
|
10/40 | Assiniboine Historical Notation |
|
10/41 | "Big Medicine of the Gros Ventres" by John Wesley
Noble |
|
10/42 | Bull Lodge's Life as told by his daughter, Garter
Snake Woman |
|
10/43 | Chief Medicine Pipe or Feathered Pipe |
|
10/44 | Chief Medicine Pipe (Feathered Pipe) by Garter Snake
Woman |
|
10/45 | How the Gros Ventre got the Horse as told by The
Boy |
1942 |
11/1 | Iron Hand Woman |
|
11/2 | Half Bear Hande Wahanksica, Kills his First Enemy by
Walking Chief |
|
11/3 | History of the Assiniboine by Speak
Thunder |
|
11/4 | History of the Assiniboine by Medicine
Robe |
|
11/5 | The Life and Legends of Bull Lodge, Gros Ventre
Medicine Man, Part I |
|
11/6 | The Life and Legends of Bull Lodge, Gros Ventre
Medicine Man, Part II |
|
11/7 | The Life and Legends of Bull Lodge, Gros Ventre
Medicine Man, Part III |
|
11/8 | The Life and Legends of Bull Lodge, Gros Ventre
Medicine Man, Part IV |
|
11/9 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
March 16, 1950 |
11/10 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
August 7, 1950 |
11/11 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
August 22, 1950 |
11/12 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
December 1950 |
11/13 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
January 8, 1951 |
11/14 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
February 1951 |
11/15 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
April 6-7, 1951 |
11/16 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
April 8-9, 1951 |
11/17 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
May 1951 |
11/18 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
June 1951 |
11/19 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
July 1951 |
11/20 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
October 1951 |
11/21 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
November-December 1951 |
11/22 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
January 1952 |
11/23 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
February 4, 1952 |
11/24 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
March 31, 1952 |
11/25 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
June 1952 |
11/26 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
August 1952 |
11/27 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
October 1952; February 1953 |
11/28 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
March 1953 |
11/29 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
April-June 1953 |
11/30 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
July 1953 |
11/31 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
August 1953 |
11/32 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
September-October 1953 |
11/33 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
November-December 1953 |
11/34 | Tribal and Community Council Meeting,
Minutes |
February-July 1954 |
Subseries 3: Rocky Boy
As a subagency of the Fort Belknap Consolidated Agency, some of the information on
Rocky Boy can also be found in Subseries 3. Subject files in Subseries 3 of Series 7
contains information of plans for creating the Rocky Boy reservation and the history
of the agency as well as minutes from various council meetings.
|
1947-1954 | |
Box/Folder | ||
12/1 | Plans for preparing a reservation |
|
12/2 | Rocky Boy Sub-Agency |
1948; 1953 |
12/3 | Questionnaire on tribal organization |
1953 |
12/4 | Brief on the Rocky Boy Reservation |
|
12/5 | Comments and Suggestions on the Development of a
Program |
|
12/6 | History of the Rocky Boy Reservation |
|
12/7 | Reservation Description |
|
12/8 | Reservation, Listing of Tasks |
1952 |
12/9 | Reservation Program |
|
12/10 | Summary of Reservation Accomplishments |
1952 |
12/11 | Business Committee Minutes |
1947 |
12/12 | Conditions at Rocky Boy |
|
12/13 | Correspondence |
1947; 1954 |
12/14* | Maps and Clippings |
|
12/15 | Memorandum of Information regarding proposed
legislation |
|
12/16 | Missouri Historical Society Bulletin |
1952 |
12/17 | Missouri River Basin Project |
1949 |
12/18 | Petition and hearing to remove teachers at Parker
and Haystack Schools |
1948 |
12/19 | Proposal by Planning Board to the Business
Committee |
|
12/20 | Rocky Boy Tribal Council Minutes |
1946-1953 |
12/21 | A Special Meeting of the Rocky Boy Sun Dance
Committee |
1949 |
12/22 | Statistical Data by J. W. "Duke"
Wellington |
|
12/23 | The Lost Tribe |
|
Subseries 4: Standing Rock
After spending seven years as superintendent at Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy in
Montana, Wellington transferred to Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota.
Wellington was superintendent at Standing Rock until 1956 when he suffered a heart
attack. Subject files in Subseries 4 of Series 7 contains papers from the Aberdeen
Area Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs which included Standing Rock, information
on economic and social conditions on the reservation, histories and reports, fiscal
problems and conditions at the Standing Rock agency jail.
|
1913-1957 | |
Box/Folder | ||
13/1 | Aberdeen Area Office, Bulletins |
1956-1957 |
13/2 | Aberdeen Area Office, Employee's
Newsletter |
1966 |
13/3 | Aberdeen Area Office, General Staff Meeting
Minutes |
1956; 1964 |
13/4 | Aberdeen Area Office, General Staff Meeting
Minutes |
1965-1967 |
13/5 | Aberdeen Area Office, General Staff Meeting
Minutes |
1969-1970 |
13/6 | Aberdeen Area Office, Statistical Data |
1971 |
13/7 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
1966 |
13/8 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
1967 |
13/9 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
1968 |
13/10 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
January-March 1969 |
13/11 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
April-June 1969 |
13/12 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
July-September 1969 |
13/13 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
October-December 1969 |
13/14 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
January-March 1970 |
13/15 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
April-June 1970 |
13/16 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
July-September 1970 |
13/17 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
October-December 1970 |
13/18 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
January-March 1971 |
13/19 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
April-June 1971 |
13/20 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
July-September 1971 |
13/21 | Aberdeen Area Office, Weekly Report of Highlight
Activities |
October 1971-January 1972 |
13/22 | Addresses and Speeches |
|
13/23 | Approved Permanent Positions |
1955 |
13/24 | Clippings |
|
13/25 | Condition of Agency Jail |
1954-1955 |
13/26 | ||
13/27 | 1967 | |
13/28 | 1954-1956 | |
13/29 | Histories and Reports |
|
13/30 | Legislative Papers |
|
13/31 | 1954 | |
13/32 | 1954-1955 | |
13/33 | July 1956 | |
13/34 | ||
13/35 | Standing Rock Fair and Rodeo Program |
1956 |
13/36 | Standing Rock Reservation |
1913 |
13/37 | circa 1956 | |
13/38 | ||
Subseries 5: Tribes
In addition to the tribes Wellington worked with as superintendent of the Fort
Belknap, Rocky Boy and Standing Rock reservations, he also tried to collect
information on various American Indian tribes across the United States. Subseries 5 of
Series 7 contains material on tribes such as the Apache, Cherokee, Hopi, Sioux, and
Blackfeet. He also collected regional material on Indian groups.
|
1932-1970 | |
Box/Folder | ||
14/1 | Apache |
|
14/2 | Blackfeet |
|
14/3 | Blackfeet, Letters from Billing Area
Office |
1950 |
14/4 | Cherokee |
|
14/5 | Hopi |
|
14/6 | Navajo |
|
14/7 | Sioux, Clippings and Pamphlets |
|
14/8 | Sioux, Correspondence |
1954; 1969; 1971 |
14/9 | Sioux, Flow of Funds Study for Yankton Sioux
Reservation |
|
14/10 | Sioux, History of the Sioux |
|
14/11 | Sioux, Reservations Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, Fort
Berthod |
|
14/12 | Sioux, Reservations Lake Traverse, Lower Brule, Pine
Ridge, Rosebud |
|
14/13 | Sioux, Reservations Standing Rock, Turtle Mountain,
Yankton |
|
14/14 | Sioux, The Question of the Indian Dance, Rosebud
Reservation |
1932 |
14/15 | Seminole |
|
14/16 | Shoshone |
|
14/17 | Winnebago |
|
14/18 | Regional, Canada and Alaska |
|
14/19 | Proposal by Planning Board to the Business
Committee |
1958 |
14/20 | Regional, The Montana and Wyoming Indian |
1961 |
14/21 | Regional, North Dakota |
|
14/22 | Regional, Indian Tribes of North America |
|
14/23 | Regional, Indian Materials Regional Collection,
Bibliography, Brainerd, Minnesota |
1970 |
Subseries 6: American Indian Issues and Topics
Subseries 6 of Series 7 contains subject files on American Indian issues and topics
such as civil rights, culture and heritage, economic development, health, lands,
religion, legends, self-rule, and welfare.
|
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Box/Folder | ||
14/24 | Agricultural Extension Service |
1938 |
14/25 | Agricultural Extension Service |
1954; 1961 |
14/26 | Arts and Crafts |
|
14/27 | Battle of Little Big Horn |
|
14/28 | Biography Robert L. Bennett, Clippings |
1965-1969 |
14/29 | Biography Benjamin Reifel |
1956; 1966 |
14/30 | Civil Rights, Correspondence and
Memorandums |
1954-1970 |
14/31 | Civil Rights, State v. Pepion et al. |
1951 |
14/32 | Civil Rights, "Toward Indian American Communities
Without Reservations" |
1971 |
14/33 | Civil Rights, Patrick Gourneau |
1959 |
14/34 | Civil Rights, clippings |
1955-1970; undated |
14/35 | Community Action |
1967 |
14/36 | Competency, Legislation |
1949; 1968 |
14/37 | Culture and Heritage |
|
14/38 | Culture and Heritage, Articles |
1968-1973 |
14/39 | Culture and Heritage, Newspaper
clippings |
|
15/1 | Economic Development, Economic Opportunities for
Indians on Northern Great Plains Reservations |
1959 |
15/2 | Economic Development, National Council on Indian
Opportunity Report |
1970 |
15/3 | Economic Development, Memorandums and
Clippings |
1966-1971 |
15/4 | Employment |
|
15/5 | Health, Memos and Clippings |
1951-1970 |
15/6 | Health, Report of the Indian Health Service Task
Force on Alcoholism |
1969 |
15/7 | Health, Survey of Medical Care Among Upper Midwest
Indians |
1948 |
15/8 | "History Makers of Montana and Wyoming" Billings
Gazette |
May 26, 1962 |
15/9 | Job Corps |
|
15/10 | Lands |
|
15/11 | Lands, Allotment of Land |
|
15/12 | Lands, Allotment or Estate Record: Big White
Horse |
|
15/13 | Lands, Allotment or Estate Record: Julia High
Eagle |
|
15/14 | Lands, American Indians Area Land Maps |
|
15/15 | Lands, BIA, Sale of Indian Lands |
1956 |
15/16 | Lands, Clippings |
1951-1956; 1961 |
15/17 | Lands, House of Representatives, Report of
Proceedings, Indian Affairs |
1955 |
15/18 | Lands, Indian Affairs |
|
15/19 | Lands, Indian Lands |
|
15/20 | Lands, Land Operations Handbook |
1970 |
15/21 | Lands, Lucien Cullen Blackfeet
Reservation |
1953 |
15/22 | Lands, Lucien Cullen Blackfeet
Reservation |
April 1954 |
15/23 | Lands, Lucien Cullen Blackfeet
Reservation |
May 1954 |
15/24 | Lands, Memorandum on Indian Rehabilitation
Funds |
1949 |
15/25 | Lands, Notices and Documents |
1951-1954; undated |
15/26 | Lands, Range Unit Schedule, #2-5, 8 |
|
15/27 | Lands, Range Unit Schedule, #9-13, 15 |
|
15/28 | Lands, Range Unit Schedule, #18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30,
41, 52, 103, 110, 112 |
|
15/29 | Lands, Reports and Memos |
1941-1971 |
15/30 | Lands, Schedule of Transfers |
1948 |
16/1 | Law and Order, Correspondence and Memos |
1952-1954 |
16/2 | Law and Order, Correspondence and Memos |
1966-1971 |
16/3 | Law and Order, Circular |
1948 |
16/4 | Law and Order, Clippings |
|
16/5 | Military Service, World War II |
|
16/6 | Religion and Legends |
|
16/7 | Religion and Legends, prayers and poems |
|
16/8 | Religion and Legends, poetry, songs, and
rituals |
|
16/9 | Religion and Legends, Sun Dance and Ghost
Dance |
|
16/10 | Religion and Legends, Peyote |
|
16/11 | Religion and Legends, Clippings |
|
16/12 | Self-Rule |
|
16/13 | Self-Rule, Indian Preference to Conduct
Self-Government |
|
16/14 | Survey of Conditions of the Indians in the US, 72nd
Congress, Part 31, Montana |
1934 |
16/15 | Survey of Indian Conditions in the US, Crow Indian
Reservation |
1933 |
16/16 | Termination |
|
16/17 | Unemployment |
|
16/18 | Water and Irrigation |
|
16/19 | Welfare and Poverty, Clippings |
|
16/20 | Welfare and Poverty, Correspondence and
Memos |
1949-1971 |
16/21 | Welfare and Poverty, Reports |
1956; 1964; 1971 |
16/22 | Welfare and Poverty, Rise in Assistance |
1949-1953 |
Subseries 7: Clippings
Subseries 7 of Series 7 contains clippings Wellington collected on various American
Indian issues. Most are newspaper clippings. The newspaper scrapbook concentrates
mainly on Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy, although also contains articles on American
Indian issues and information on the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
|
1947-1974 | |
Box/Folder | ||
17/1 | American Indian Movement and BIA |
|
17/2 | Crow and Piegan
Remembrances of 25 Years Ago and the Indian Fight on Roberts Creek
|
1884 |
17/3 | General Clippings |
|
17/4 | General Clippings |
1949-1959 |
17/5 | General Clippings |
1961-1969 |
17/6 | General Clippings |
1970-1971 |
17/7 | General Clippings |
1974 |
17/8 | General Clippings |
undated |
17/9 | Newspaper Scrapbook |
1947-1948 |
17/10 | Newspaper Scrapbook |
January-May, 1949 |
17/11 | Newspaper Scrapbook |
June-August, 1949 |
17/12 | Newspaper Scrapbook |
September-December, 1949 |
17/13 | Political Cartoon Clippings |
Series 8: Slide Narratives by J. W. "Duke" Wellington and PhotographsReturn to Top
As a superintendent, Wellington was able to witness several American Indian ceremonies and activities. Series 8 contains photographs of various celebrations at the Rocky Boy and Fort Belknap reservations including the Fool Dance, Sun Dance, and the opening of the Feathered Pipe Bundle. Wellington originally donated several slide sets of these ceremonies along with narratives to Special Collections. He wanted a copy made for himself as well as the Smithsonian. However, he was unhappy with the lack of display facilities and the appraisal price for the slides and therefore asked that all slide sets be returned to him, which the library staff did. What remains in the collection are the typed narratives Wellington wrote, intended to accompany the slide sets which are found in folders 14-22 of box 17. Wellington also wrote narratives on some of the non-ceremony photographs and are found in folder 23 in box 17. Folders that contain photographs with these narratives have been marked with a double asterisk (**). Also included in the photographs are pictures of Wellington and his father's ranch in Harlotown. Photographs of tribal herds, members of tribal councils, and American Indians are in series 8 as well. Several photographs of the 1952 flood at Fort Belknap, road damage at Rocky Boy and several accidental deaths at both reservations are also included in the series. In addition, the series contains three D. F. Barry prints. Paintings and drawing by American Indian artists George Shields of the Fort Belknap reservation and Andrew Standing Soldier, a Pine Ridge Sioux from North Dakota are also included. This grouping includes an audiocassette interview conducted by Merrill G. Burlingame with Wellington regarding this collection of his papers.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
17/14 | The Assiniboine Fool Dance |
|
17/15 | The Assiniboine Sun Dance, Fort Belknap
Reservation |
|
17/16 | The Assiniboine Sun Dance and the Ceremonial Songs of
First Chief |
1952 |
17/17 | Flood of the Milk River, Fort Belknap
Reservation |
1952 |
17/18 | Grass Dance of the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre
Tribes |
|
17/19 | Gros Ventre Flat Pipe |
|
17/20 | Opening of the Gros Ventre Feathered Pipe
Bundle |
|
17/21 | Opening of the Gros Ventre Sacred Flat
Bundle |
|
17/22 | ||
17/23 | Notes from J. W. "Duke" Wellington about
photographs |
|
17/24 | Audiocassette interview with Merrill G.
Burlingame |
1974 |
18/1 | Photographs #1-5
(J. W. "Duke" Wellington)
|
|
#1. Roping calves, tribal herd |
1947 | |
#2. Riding Morgan Stallion |
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#3. Billings Area Office, BIA |
1951 | |
#4. Billings Area Office Superintendents |
1954 | |
#5. Wellington's retirement |
1972 | |
18/2 | Photographs #6-12
(Wellington Ranch)**
|
|
#6. LeClaire Wellington |
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#7-8. Wellington's old Ford |
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#9-11. Cattle |
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#12. Lamb |
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18/3 | Photographs #13-22
(Wellington Ranch)**
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|
#13-22. Sheep crushed in a shed cave-in |
May 1937 | |
18/4 | Photographs #23-51
(Fort Belknap)**
|
|
#23-24. Fort Belknap Consolidated Agency
Staff |
1948 | |
#25-27. Fort Belknap Tribal Council |
1952 | |
#28-33. Fort Belknap Tribal Council
no prints (negatives only)
|
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#34-37. Fort Belknap Tribal Council |
||
#38-45. Fort Belknap Tribal Council
no prints (negatives only)
|
||
#46-47. Fort Belknap Tribal Council |
||
#48-51. Fort Belknap Tribal Council
no prints (negatives only)
|
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18/5 | Photographs #52-55
(Fort Belknap)**
|
|
#52. The Boy |
1903 | |
#53-54. The Boy |
1937 | |
#55. (L-R) Bracelet, The Boy, Thick |
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18/6 | Photographs #56-76
(Fort Belknap Flat Pipe Bundle, 1951)
|
|
#56. Raising banner of St. Paul's Mission, Hays,
MT |
||
#57. Banner of St. Paul's Catholic
Mission |
||
#58. The Boy standing before the unopened flat pipe
bundle |
||
#59. The Boy holding turtle shell |
||
#60. The Boy and Steve Bradley |
||
#61. Steve Bradley holding hides of 2 unborn buffalo
calves |
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#62. Altar for ceremony |
||
#63-64. Altar |
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#65-66. Flat Pipe Bundle on ceremonial tripod near
The Boy's cabin at Hays, MT |
||
#67. Flat Pipe Bundle |
||
#68-74. The Flat Pipe |
||
#75. The Boy and members of Flat Pipe
ceremony
no print (negative only)
|
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#76. The Boy's cabin, Hays, MT |
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18/7 | Photographs #77-84
(Fort Belknap Fool Dance, Fort Belknap Reservation, July 1906)
|
|
#77. Assiniboine Fool Dance
Fool Dancers blowing whistle
|
1906 | |
#78. Chief of Fool Dancers and his
warrior |
||
#79. Fool Dance warrior going out to attack dead
steer |
||
#80. Fool Dance warrior discharging their arrows and
spear at the sleeping buffalo |
||
#81. Fool Dancers jubilant over having killed the
sleeping buffalo |
||
#82. Outsiders do the butchering as the Fools gloat
over the choice cuts |
||
#83. Piece of raw liver in air tossed by Chief of
Fools |
||
#84. Fool Dancer resting with mask on top of
head |
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18/8 | Photographs #85-92
(Fort Belknap Fool Dance, circa 1948)
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#85-90. Fool Dancers gather around steer |
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#91-92. Fool Dancers singing |
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18/9 | Photographs #93-112
(Fort Belknap Winter of 1949/50)**
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#93-97. Cattle |
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#98. Loading cattle hides |
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#99. Loading hides
no print (negative only)
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#100-102. Plowing the road |
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#103. Plowing the road |
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#104-108. Plowing the road
no prints, (negatives only)
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#109-111. Plowing the road |
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#112. The plowed road |
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18/10 | Photographs #113-123
(Fort Belknap Flood of 1952)**
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#113-117. Boats |
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#118-123. Haystacks |
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18/11 | Photographs #124-139
(Fort Belknap Flood of 1952)
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#124-139. Flooded homes |
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18/12 | Photographs #140-156
(Fort Belknap Flood of 1952)
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#140-156. Aerial view of flooded homes |
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18/13 | Photographs #157-175
(Fort Belknap Flood of 1952)
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#157-162. Aerial view of washed out
roads |
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#163-165. Washed out roads |
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#166-175. Working on repairing washed out
roads |
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18/14 | Photographs #176-185
(Fort Belknap Tribal Herd, 1948)
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#176-179. Branding |
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#180. Branding |
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#181. Branding
no print (negative only)
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#182-185. Castrating |
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18/15 | Photographs #186-194
(Fort Belknap Tribal Herd, 1948)
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#186. Herd |
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#187-188. Corralling the herd |
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#189-193. Roping and handling calves |
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#194. Three boys watching the roping |
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18/16 | Photographs #195-209
(Fort Belknap Results of Drunken Driving, circa 1948)**
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#195. Looking south from top of hill toward
car |
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#196. Tread of right wheel |
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#197. Bottom of hill looking north |
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#198. Handkerchief on stick indicating point car
jumped off embarkment |
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#199. Measuring point of first impact to resting
point of car |
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#200. Wrecked car |
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#201. Rear view of wrecked car |
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#202. View of wreck from top of bridge |
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#203. Charred remains of body |
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#204. Remains of body of James Plaited Hair through
windshield |
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#205. View of the wreck |
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#206. Cutting top off of car to free
body |
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#207. Remains of James Plaited Hair after roof taken
off |
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#208. Removing body of James Plaited Hair from
wreck |
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#209. Remains of body after removed from
wreck |
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18/17 | Photographs #210-217
(Rocky Boy)**
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#210. Fort Assiniboine |
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#211-212. Range management |
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#213. Tracks leading to the river death of a beaver
hunter
(Charlie DuBois)
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#214-216. Corpse frozen in hole he dug to reach
beaver den |
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#217. Corpse after it had been removed from
hole |
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18/18 | Photographs #218-224
(Rocky Boy Death in a burned house after a drinking party)**
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#218-221. Bodies of Charles Bacon and Pat
Smith |
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#222-223. Bodies of Charles Bacon and Pat
Smith |
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#224. Site of house |
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18/19 | Photographs #225-236
(Rocky Boy Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Stabbing Victim)**
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#225-226. Accident scene of carbon monoxide
poisoning |
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#227-230. Car with two corpses |
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#231-232. Stabbing suspect |
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#233-234. Stabbing victim, Joe Ladeau |
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#235-236. Crime scene of stabbing |
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18/20 | Photographs #237-249
(Rocky Boy)
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#237-238. Road damage along Sandy Creek
Road |
1953 | |
#239-242. Road damage along Beaver Creek
Road |
1953 | |
#243-248. Road damage along Sandy and Beaver Creek
Roads |
1953 | |
#249. Teepee at Sun Dance |
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18/21 | Photographs #250-257
(Crow Reservation)**
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#250-252. Horse herd at roundup |
1936 | |
#253-254. Camp with cattle in distance at
roundup |
1936 | |
#255-256. Bed wagon at roundup |
1936 | |
#257. Buffalo herd |
1942 | |
18/22 | Photographs #258-260
(D. F. Barry prints)
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#258. Steps, American Indian |
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#259. American Indian travois, Red River cart in
background |
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#260. Lieutenant Jerome and Chief Joseph of the Nez
Perce |
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18/23 | Photographs #261-273 |
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#261-262. Hildegard Thompson, Director of Indian
Education, Washington D.C. |
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#263. Sgt. Shaw, Tail Turret Gunner in World War II,
US Air Corps group photo |
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#264-265. Unidentified American Indian working with
machinery |
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#266. Three unidentified American Indian
boys |
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#267. Mrs. Clara L. Burch |
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#268. Colin Taylor, age 17, from England |
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#269-271. City Dump Apartments, Havre,
MT |
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#272. Interior of city dump apartment, Havre,
MT |
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#273. Unidentified woman and two children in city
dump apartment, Havre, MT |
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18/24 | Photographs #274-287 |
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#274-277. Group of Indian boys eating ice cream at
Pipestone Indian School, MN |
1944 | |
#278-281. Group of Indian girls eating ice cream at
Pipestone Indian School, MN |
1944 | |
#282. Waiting in line for ice cream, Pipestone
Indian School, MN |
1944 | |
#283-285. Just after getting ice cream, Pipestone
Indian School, MN |
1944 | |
#286. Wellington dishing up ice cream at Pipestone
Indian School, MN |
1944 | |
#287. Morgan Stallion |
1940 | |
18/25 | Photographs #288-302 |
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#288-291. Farmland at Fort Apache Agency,
Whiteriver, AZ |
1946 | |
#292-294. Fenced corrals on farmland at Wahpeton
Indian School, ND |
1946 | |
#295-296. Pigs on farmland at Wahpeton Indian
School, ND |
1946 | |
#297-299. Buildings on farmland at Wahpeton Indian
School, ND |
1946 | |
#300-302. Farmland at Wahpeton Indian School,
ND |
1946 | |
18/26 | Negatives #2, 25-37 |
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18/27 | Negatives #38-45, 48-52, 54, 57-58, 75, 85 |
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18/28 | Negatives #86-92, 98-100 |
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18/29 | Negatives #102-110, 176-180 |
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18/30 | Negatives #181-184, 186, 188-192 |
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18/31 | Negatives #193-194, 218-221, 224 |
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Oversize/1 | #303. Vidal Stump, Rocky Boy Reservation, Photo by
Kimal Hanson
(Photographs)
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Oversize/2 | #304. Pearl Raining Bird, Rocky Boy Reservation, Photo
by Kimal Hanson
(Photographs)
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Oversize/3 | #305. Hazel Big Bow and Mary Rose Alexander, Rocky Boy
Reservation, Photo by Kimal Hanson
(Photographs)
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Oversize/4 | #306. Four Souls, Rocky Boy Reservation, Photo by
Kimal Hanson
(Photographs)
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Oversize/5 | #307. Big Knife and George Watson talking in sign
language, Rocky Boy Reservation, Photo by Kimal Hanson
(Photographs)
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Oversize/6 | #308. Big Knife, Rocky Boy Reservation, Photo by Kimal
Hanson
(Photographs)
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Oversize/7 | #309. Little Bear, Chief, Rocky Boy
Reservation
(Photographs)
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Oversize/8 | #310. Mountain scene by George Shields, Standing Rock
Reservation
(Paintings and Drawings)
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Oversize/9 | #311. Two Elk Fighting by George Shields, Standing
Rock Reservation
(Paintings and Drawings)
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Oversize/10 | #312. Portrait of Spotted Tail by Andrew Standing
Soldier, Pine Ridge Sioux, South Dakota
(Paintings and Drawings)
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Oversize/11 | #313. Portrait of Red Cloud by Andrew Standing
Soldier, Pine Ridge Sioux, South Dakota
(Paintings and Drawings)
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Oversize/12 | Maps
Historical map of Standing Rock Reservation; Official map of Standing Rock
Reservation, Map of Fort Belknap Reservation, 1940; Land Status Map of Rocky Boy
Reservation; Historical maps of Indian reservations
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1940 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Indian reservations-Montana
- Indian reservations-North Dakota
- Indians of North America-Education-North Dakota-Wahpeton
- Indians of North America-Government policy
- Ranchers-Montana-Harlowton
Corporate Names
- Montana State University--Bozeman-Alumni and alumnae
- United States-Bureau of Indian Affairs
- United States-Bureau of Indian Affairs-Officials and employees
- Wahpeton Indian School (N.D.)
Geographical Names
- Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Mont.)
- Rocky Boy's Reservation (Mont.)
- Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Wellington, LeClaire (creator)