Robert H. Keller Papers, 1860-2000
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Keller, Robert H.
- Title
- Robert H. Keller Papers
- Dates
- 1860-2000 (inclusive)18602000
1975-1996 (bulk)19751995 - Quantity
- 4 linear feet
- Collection Number
- XOE_CPNWS0172kellerr (collection)
- Summary
- This collection documents the personal and professional endeavors of Robert H. Keller, including work on environmental issues and the "Rand Jack Whatcom County Council" campaign of 1979. There are also extensive research materials on Canada, particularly Canadian Indians and Canadian National Parks.
- Repository
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Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Archives Building
808 25th St.
Bellingham, WA
98225
Telephone: (360) 650-7534
cpnws@wwu.edu - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Content Description
This collection documents the personal and professional endeavors of Bellingham-area teacher, scholar, and political activist Robert H. Keller. The papers include lecture notes, publications and other material related to environmental issues and the "Rand Jack Whatcom County Council" campaign of 1979. There are also extensive research materials on Canada, particularly Canadian Indians and Canadian National Parks.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
Robert H. Keller Papers, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
The Robert H. Keller Papers are organized according to the following series arrangement:
- Series I. Canadian Indians Research Materials circa 1930-1995
- Series II. Professional Papers circa 1860-2000 ( inclusive) circa 1972-1996 ( bulk)
Processing Note
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Related Materials
Materials of related interest can be found in the "Initiative 256" Keep America Beautiful Act of 1970 records located at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.
Acquisition Information
Robert Keller Jr. donated these materials to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, date unknown.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
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Series I.: Canadian Indians Research Materials, 1930-1995
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Bibliographies and Manuscripts, circa 1970-1984
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Description: "A Selected List of Publications on the Indians of British Columbia" - published by the British Columbia Provincial MuseumDates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 1/1
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Description: "Native Law Bibliography" - by Linda Fritz for the University of Saskatchewan Native Law CentreDates: 1984Container: Box/Folder 1/2
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Description: "Thesis and Dissertation Titles and Abstracts on the Anthropology of Canadian Indians, Inuit and Metis from Canadian Universities, 1970-1982" - by Rene R. Gadacz and Michael I. Asch for the National Museum of Man Mercury SeriesDates: 1984Container: Box/Folder 1/3
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Description: Miscellaneous bibliographiesDates: circa 1980sContainer: Box/Folder 1/4
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Description: Moxberger, Daniel L. papers on Indians of North America - United States and CanadaDates: 1977-1987Container: Box/Folder 1/5
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Description: Incomplete, unidentified manuscriptDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6
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Description: Incomplete, unidentified bibliographyDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/7
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Correspondence, circa 1973-1987
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Description: General correspondenceDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 1/8
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Description: Letters accompanied by chapter notesDates: circa 1973-1987Container: Box/Folder 1/9
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Description: Native Law Centre (Saskatchewan)Dates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 1/10
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Description: Union of Ontario IndiansDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 1/11
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Culture, 1956-1991
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Description: "Canada's First People" posterDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/12
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Description: First Nations House of Learning - The University of British ColumbiaDates: circa 1987-1991Container: Box/Folder 1/13
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Description: Ethno-historical articlesDates: 1972; 1987Container: Box/Folder 1/14
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Description: Historical articlesDates: circa 1971-1977Container: Box/Folder 1/15
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Description: Indian Act materialsDates: 1978-1985Container: Box/Folder 1/16
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Description: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Annual ReportDates: 1985-1986Container: Box/Folder 1/17
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Description: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Jeffrey A. Ross articles on tribal self-government and Indian land titlesDates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 1/18
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Description: Hunting and fishing articlesDates: 1963-1987Container: Box/Folder 1/19
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Description: Legal articlesDates: circa 1967-1984Container: Box/Folder 1/20
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Description: Papers: Tom Berger - "Reveille for First Nations: the Politics of Agression and Defense"; W. Rudnicki - "Native Rights in the New World: A Glance at HistoryDates: 1979 February 24; 1987 January 15Container: Box/Folder 1/21
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Description: Neilsen Report (from a meeting between the Provinces/Territories and Federal Government to clarify federal initiatives and policy directions for the 1980s)Dates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 1/22
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Description: Indian Self-Government in Canada: Report of the Special Committee (also known as "The Penner Report")Dates: 1983Container: Box/Folder 1/23
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Description: "Under Attack: In Grassy Narrows" - transcript from the Canadian Broadcasting CorporationDates: 1983Container: Box/Folder 1/24
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Description: Native Women's Association of Canada - Guide to Bill C-31: An Explanation of the 1985 Amendments to the Indian ActDates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 1/25
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Description: Government Programs - Corporate Management PlanDates: 1987 AprilContainer: Box/Folder 1/26
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Description: "The Manitoulin Letters of the Rev. Charles Crosbie Brough" - from Ontario HistoryDates: 1956Container: Box/Folder 1/27
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Description: Economic ProgramsDates: 1980-1988Container: Box/Folder 1/28
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Description: Lubicon Lake Indian Nation (Lubicon Band) materialsDates: 1990Container: Box/Folder 1/29
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Description: Lubicon Lake Indian Nation (Lubicon Band) materialsDates: 1984-1991Container: Box/Folder 2/1-2/2
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Cultural Claims, 1985-1995
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Description: "Fisheries and Aboriginals: The Enclosing Paradigm" - by David Orton for the Learned Societies Conference in MontrealDates: 1995 June 5Container: Box/Folder 2/3
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Description: Living Treaties: Lasting Agreements - Report of the Task Force to Review Comprehensive Claims PolicyDates: 1985 DecemberContainer: Box/Folder 2/4
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Description: "Specific Claims in Canada: Status Report"Dates: 1985 DecemberContainer: Box/Folder 2/5
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Description: "Comprehensive Land Claims Policy"; "Speaking Notes for the Honourable Bill McKnight, Minister of Indian Affairs & Northern Development"Dates: 1987; 1986 December 18Container: Box/Folder 2/6
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Land Claims, 1980-1991
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Description: Papers and research materials related to Canadian Indian Land ClaimsDates: circa 1982-1990Container: Box/Folder 2/7
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Description: Clippings related to Canadian Indian Land ClaimsDates: 1987-1989Container: Box/Folder 2/8
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Description: Clippings and other materials related to Canadian Indian Land Claims (British Columbia)Dates: circa 1990Container: Box/Folder 2/9-2/10
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Description: "A History of Native Land Claims Processes in Canada, 1867-1979" (and accompanying materials) - prepared by Richard C. Daniel for the Research Branch of the Department of Indian & Northern AffairsDates: 1980 FebruaryContainer: Box/Folder 2/11
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Description: "Indian Land Title Extinguishment" (and accompanying materials) - prepared by Brian Davey, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation; "In All Fairness: A Native Claims Policy"Dates: 1984 November; 1981Container: Box/Folder 2/12
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Description: Clippings and other materials related to Gitksan Claim (British Columbia)Dates: circa 1987-1991Container: Box/Folder 2/13-2/14
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Description: Articles related to Canadian Indian Land Claims (Western Canada)Dates: circa 1982-1984Container: Box/Folder 2/15
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National and Provincial Parks - General Information, circa 1980-1993
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Description: General informationDates: circa 1983-1991Container: Box/Folder 2/16
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Description: RegulationsDates: 1981-1987Container: Box/Folder 2/17
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Description: Bibliographies of publicationsDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 2/18
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Description: Cultural Survival Quarterly - "Parks and People"Dates: 1985 FebruaryContainer: Box/Folder 2/19
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Description: National Indian Arts and Crafts CorporationDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 2/20
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Description: National Parks Act; Act to Amend National Parks ActDates: 1974; 1986Container: Box/Folder 2/21
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Description: National Marine Parks PolicyDates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 2/22
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Description: Park mapsDates: circa 1980sContainer: Box/Folder 2/23
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Description: Government information sourcesDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/24
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Description: Correspondence and clippings from environmental organizations re. parks' effect on Indian land claimsDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 2/25
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Description: PoliciesDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 2/26
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Description: Sneed, Paul G. - "Toward Co-Management of National Parks in Canada and the U.S.A." (written for the Cultural Ecology Specialty Group Symposium 89th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers)Dates: 1993 AprilContainer: Box/Folder 2/27
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National and Provincial Parks - Regional Parks, circa 1930-1993
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Description: Pacific Rim National ParkDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/28
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Description: Stoney Tribe National Park, AlbertaDates: 1966-1987Container: Box/Folder 2/29
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Description: Yoho National Park, British ColumbiaDates: 1978-1987Container: Box/Folder 2/30
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Description: Lac La Croix/Quetico Provincial ParkDates: 1970s-1993Container: Box/Folder 3/1
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Description: Jasper National ParkDates: 1968-1987Container: Box/Folder 3/2
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Description: Great Slave Lake National ParkDates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 3/3
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Description: Wood Buffalo ParkDates: 1977-1986Container: Box/Folder 3/4
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Description: Kluane National Park, Yukon TerritoryDates: 1985-1987Container: Box/Folder 3/5
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Description: Western Arctic ClaimDates: 1981-1984Container: Box/Folder 3/6
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Description: Tungavik/NunavutDates: 1986-1993Container: Box/Folder 3/7
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Description: Auyuittug National Park/Ellesmere Island National Park, Northwest TerritoryDates: 1982-1987Container: Box/Folder 3/8
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Description: Riding Mountain National Park-Clear Lake Indian ReserveDates: 1981-1987Container: Box/Folder 3/9
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Description: Pukaskwa National Park, OntarioDates: 1982-1987Container: Box/Folder 3/10
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Description: Prince Albert National ParkDates: 1941-1987Container: Box/Folder 3/11
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Description: Rocky Bay/L. Nipigion Provincial ParkDates: 1985-1987Container: Box/Folder 3/12
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Description: Georgian Islands National Park: Nawash/SaugeenDates: 1930-1987Container: Box/Folder 3/13
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Description: Parc Natonal de la Mauricie QuebecDates: 1976-1987Container: Box/Folder 3/14
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Description: Mingen Archipelago National ParkDates: 1984Container: Box/Folder 3/15
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Description: Micmacs Parks: Kedjimijuk, Cape Breton, LouisbourgDates: 1981-1987Container: Box/Folder 3/16
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Description: Queen CharlottesDates: 1980sContainer: Box/Folder 3/17-3/18
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Description: Haida Park AgreementDates: 1990-1993Container: Box/Folder 3/19
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Reserves, 1985-1991
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Description: Ministry of Native Affairs, British ColumbiaDates: circa 1990-1991Container: Box/Folder 3/20
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Description: Reserve schedules and descriptionsDates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 3/21
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Description: Chiefs and Indian Band OfficesDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 3/22
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Description: Maps of Indian Reserves and Settlements in the National Map Collection (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories)Dates: 1981Container: Box/Folder 3/23
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Description: Tobique Reserve (New Brunswisk)Dates: 1987 SeptemberContainer: Box/Folder 3/24
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Description: "Survey of Documents Available for Research in the Treaties and Historical Research Centre"Dates: 1987 JulyContainer: Box/Folder 3/25
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Treaties, circa 1957-1990
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Description: Jay Treaty (Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation) (1794)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 3/26
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Description: Chippewa and Ojibewa Treaties (1850-1923)Dates: circa 1957-1967Container: Box/Folder 3/27
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Description: Cree and Saulteaux Treaties (1874-1875)Dates: 1966; 1969Container: Box/Folder 3/28
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Description: Blackfeet Treaty (1855)Dates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 3/29
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Description: Treaty #8 (1899 June 21)Dates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 3/30
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Description: Treaty #9 (James Bay Treaty) (1905-1906)Dates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 3/31
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Description: Treaty #10 (1906 July 12)Dates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 3/32
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Description: Treaty #11 (1921 June 27)Dates: 1957Container: Box/Folder 3/33
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Description: Canadian Native Law Reporter - Ronald Edward Sparrow (Appellant) v. The Queen (Respondent) and the National Indian Brotherhood / The Assembly of First Nations et al. (Interveners)Dates: 1990 May 31Container: Box/Folder 3/34
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Series II: Professional Papers, circa 1963-2000
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Description: Correspondence to William D. Ruchelshaus on his appointment as Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyDates: 1973 May 7Container: Box/Folder 4/1
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Educational materials, circa 1977-1996
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Description: Canada-Maine exchangeDates: circa 1982-1988Container: Box/Folder 4/2
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Description: Anthropology 390 classDates: 1987 FallContainer: Box/Folder 4/3
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Description: Lecture on Indian PolicyDates: 1990Container: Box/Folder 4/4
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Description: Canada Comparative History research materialsDates: circa 1981-1988Container: Box/Folder 4/5
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Description: Film catalogDates: 1984 MarchContainer: Box/Folder 4/6
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Description: Film receiptsDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 4/7
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Description: "Shamanism" class at Fairhaven CollegeDates: 1995-1996Container: Box/Folder 4/8
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Description: "Rand Jack for County Council" campaign - radio advertisements (reel-to-reels)Dates: 1979Container: Box/Folder 4/9-4/10
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Description: Fairhaven College materialsDates: 1977-1978Container: Box/Folder 4/11
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Description: "Sovereignty Workshop" materials (reel-to-reels including the following subjects - Tape 1: Native American fishing rights, Oliphant v. Sugquamish (reservations); Tape 2: Native American law, sovereignty, and jurisdiction, United States v. Washington; Tape 3: Indian Sovereignty Symposium)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 4/12-4/13
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Legal materials, 1974-1991
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Description: Photo Album of images from Fairhaven College and Indian Students AssociationDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 4/14
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Description: Georgia-Pacific chlorine plant lawsuit materialsDates: circa 1974-1975Container: Box/Folder 4/15
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Description: Heaton RezoneDates: circa 1990-1991Container: Box/Folder 4/16
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Description: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution - Digest of Findings and RecommendationsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 4/17
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Research and publications, circa 1950-2000
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Description: "Pukaskwa National Park and the Prehistory of the North Shore of Lake Superior" - by K.C.A. Dawson; "Archaeological Survey in Proposed Development Areas, Pukaskwa National Park" - by Peter Lane and Harley Stark (Manuscript Report #439)Dates: 1979; 1977Container: Box/Folder 4/18
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Description: "Oral History of Pukaskwa National Park" - by A.D. Revill Associates (Manuscript Report #427)Dates: 1980Container: Box/Folder 4/19
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Description: "Prince Albert National Park Archaeological Survey" - by Michael Forsman; "Tradition and Fact: Archaeological Examination of the Cypress Hills Massacre" - by Jack Elliott (Manuscript Report #92)Dates: 1972 April; 1973 MayContainer: Box/Folder 4/20
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Description: "Heritage: Giving Our Past a Future" - discussion paper from the Ontario Heritage Policy Review and correspondence re. Iroquois and Allied IndiansDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 5/1
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Description: "Report on Historical Research in Episcopal and Other Archives"Dates: 1963Container: Box/Folder 5/2
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Description: Correspondence re. "The Protestant Church's and Grant's 'Peace Policy': A Study in Church-State Relations"Dates: circa 1968-1973Container: Box/Folder 5/3
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Description: Correspondence re. "The American Indian 'Peace Policy' and the Protestant Churches, 1869-1882"Dates: circa 1980-1985Container: Box/Folder 5/4
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Description: Photographs for "The American Indian 'Peace Policy' and the Protestant Churches, 1869-1882"Dates: circa 1860s-1870sContainer: Box/Folder 5/5
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Description: Contract, manuscript preparation and editing for "American Indians and National Parks: A Political History, 1864-1994" (University of Arizona Press)Dates: 1996Container: Box/Folder 5/6
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Description: Correspondence re. "American Indians and National Parks: A Political History, 1864-1994"Dates: 1996-1999Container: Box/Folder 5/7
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Description: Reader evaluation for "American Indians and National Parks: A Political History, 1864-1994"Dates: 1996Container: Box/Folder 5/8
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Description: University of Arizona Press materialsDates: 2000Container: Box/Folder 5/9
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Description: 4 Corners mapsDates: circa 1950s-1980sContainer: Box/Folder 5/10
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Description: Miscellaneous mapsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 5/11
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Environmentalism--United States--History--Sources
- Indians of North America--Canada--Government relations--History--Sources
- Indians of North America--Canada--Land tenture--History--Sources
- Indians of North America--Canada--Social life and customs--History--Sources
- Indians of North America--Canada--Treaties--History--Sources
- Indians of North America--Government relations--History--Sources
- National parks and reserves--Canada--History--Sources
- National parks and reserves--United States--History--Sources
- Political campaigns--Washington (State)--Whatcom County--History--Sources
Personal Names
- Keller, Robert H.--Archives
Corporate Names
- Fairhaven College--History--Sources
