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MTGMss573.xml Guide to the Katherine M. Weist Papers 1869-1978 Weist (Katherine M.) Papers Finding aid prepared by Hannah Soukup Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula 2020

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Finding aid encoded by Donna McCrea 2020 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard) 2nd edition. University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections

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Mss 573 Weist, Katherine M., b. 1937 Katherine M. Weist Papers 1869-1978 (bulk 1922-1978) 5.25 linear feet This collection includes files compiled and collected by Katherine Weist in the course of her research related to the Northern Cheyenne. Materials include subject files, field notes, audio interviews, and tribal council minutes. Weist was a professor of anthropology at the University of Montana in Missoula from 1969 until her retirement in 2000. Some materials are currently restricted. Materials are in Englishand Cheyenne (Tsėhesenėstsestotse) Biographical Note

Katherine "Tobie" Weist was born in Springfield, Ohio, on January 6, 1937. She attended Ohio State University for her bachelor's and master's degrees, then received her doctorate in anthropology in 1970 from the University of California, Berkeley. Weist spent most of 1968 and 1969 on the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Lame Deer, Montana, doing research for her doctoral dissertation, The Northern Cheyennes: Diversity in a Loosely Structured Society (1970). Much of Weist's later research also focused on the Northern Plains tribes, specifically the Tsetsehestahese and Soota'e people, or the Northern Cheyenne. In addition to numerous papers, she authored two more books on this topic: Belle Highwalking: The Narrative of a Northern Cheyenne Woman (1979) and Annotated Bibliography of Northern Plains Ethnohistory (1985). Weist is Professor Emeritus at the University of Montana in Missoula where she taught in the Department of Anthropology from 1969 to 2000.

This collection consists of materials related to Katherine Weist's research for her dissertation, including subject files, field notes, audio interviews, and copies of Northern Cheyenne tribal council files. Her subject files include mostly of published materials such as government documents, newspapers, and newsletters about the Tsetsehestahese and Soota'e people with some publications about general Native American topics. Most of the materials in this collection document the Tsetsehestahese and Soota'e people's history and culture from the late 1800s up to the 1970s through Weist's field notes and audio interivews with Northern Cheyenne tribal members.

This collection has been arranged in to four series:

Series I: Subject Files, 1869-1978, 2.5 linear feet

Series II: Research and Field Notes, 1948-1970, 0.5 linear feet - RESTRICTED

Series III: Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council Documents, 1922-1970, 1.0 linear feet

Series IV: Audio, 1968-1969, 1.25 linear feet - RESTRICTED

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula. Series II, III and IV of this collection are currently restricted pending consultation with the Northern Cheyenne regarding appropriate access to collection contents. Contact Archives and Special Collections for details.

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes.

Katherine M. Weist Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

Materials in this collection were held by their creator, Katherine M. Weist, until their donation to Archives and Special Collections.

Materials in this collection were donated to Archives and Special Collections in the 1980s.

During processing, duplicate material was removed and subject file materials were refoldered. Audio files were assigned individual numbers for description and access purposes.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Weist, Katherine M., b. 1937--Archives University of Montana (Missoula, Mont. : 1965-1994). Department of Anthropology--Faculty Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.) Anthropology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Montana--Missoula Anthropology Montana Native Americans Anthropologists--Montana--Missoula Series I Subject Files 1869-1978 2.5 linear feet

This series consists mostly of published materials related to the Tsetsehestahese and Soota’e people’s history and culture that Weist collected while doing research for her doctoral dissertation. The bulk of the materials are serial publications such as magazines, newsletters and newspapers, along with government documents and studies prepared for government agencies.

The materials in this series are arranged alphabetically by folder title.

1/1American Indian Chicago Conference materials1961 1/2Back on the War Poniescirca 1970

Speech or short paper written by John Wooden Legs

1/3Birney Arrow newspaper1958-1971 1/4Bureau of Indian Affairs reports and publications1956-1968 and undated 1/5Bureau-Tribal Conference1956

Minutes and notes for the Salt Lake City conference of the BIA and Wyoming and Montana tribes

1/6Cheyenne Legends of Creationundated

unknown author

1/7Cheyenne Stories index1968

Tape counter indexes for some of the Cheyenne Stories audio reels in Series IV.

1/8Cheyenne Talescirca 1970

Collected and edited by Tom Weist, translations by Helen Highwalker

1/9Community Action Program (CAP) newsletters1968-1969

Confidential and Hoxeva-Mxisto

1/10Comprehensive Plan: Big Horn County Planning Board Jurisdictional Area, 1974-19951974

Prepared by Intermountain Planners

1/11Development Opportunities: Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservationcirca 1970

Office of Economic Opportunity brochure

1/12Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask about Indians, But Were Afraid to Find outcirca 1970

Illustrated publication by Don Bibeau, Carl Gawboy and Naomi Lyons

1/13Headstart publications1968 and undated

The Northern Cheyenne Headstart Newsletter and a cookbook

2/1Ilotan newsletter1969 2/2Indian Affairs newsletter1961; 1969 2/3Indian Education newsletter1958-1966

Bureau of Indian Affairs publication

2/4Indian Voices newsletter1964 2/5Indians Illustrated magazine1967-1968 2/6Many Smokes magazine1970 2/7Miscellaneous government documents1947-1957 2/8Miscellaneous publications1962-1972 2/9Miscellaneous reports and studies1967 and undated

Most of these are academic studies

2/10Missouri River Basin Investigations1961-1963

Bureau of Indian Affairs studies

2/11News clippings1968

Most of them relate to the Northern Cheyenne tribe

2/12Northern Cheyenne Agency untitled report1967

Prepared at the request of the Secretary of the Interior

3/1Northern Cheyenne census information1888-1968

Much of this material is handwritten by Weist

3/2Northern Cheyenne genealogies1869-1968

Much of this material is handwritten by Weist

3/3Northern Cheyenne genealogies1968

Much of this material is handwritten by Weist

3/4Northern Cheyenne Historical Society documentscirca 1970

Constitution and proposals

3/5Northern Cheyenne News1971 and undated

Newspaper

3/6Northern Cheyenne Planning Study1973

Prepared by Department of Intergovernmental Tribal Relations and the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council

3/7Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council documents1934-1960 and undated

Includes coporate charter, amended constitution and bylaws, and revised law and order ordinances

3/8Northern Cheyenne tribal roll and supplements1961 3/9Northern Cheyenne tribal roll and supplements1962 3/10Office of Economic Opportunity documents1964-1971

Materials related to the Community Action Programs (CAP)

4/1Office of Economic Opportunity reports1967 and undated

Materials related to the Community Action Programs (CAP)

4/2Official Rumors newsletter1965-1967