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Society, Davies Family Research Library
Research Library
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Mss
1531
Oregon Historical
Society
Indians of North America
collection
1837-2003
0.7 cubic feet
2 document cases
Collection created by the Oregon
Historical Society containing reports, ephemera, and copies of documents
pertaining to Native American tribes of North America, primarily in the
northwestern United States. Includes drawings of petrolyths and sign language
translations.
Materials in the collection are inEnglish and various Native
American languages.
Collection created by the Oregon Historical Society containing
reports, ephemera, and copies of documents pertaining to Native American tribes
of North America, primarily in the northwestern United States. Includes:
drawings of petrolyths; sign language translations for use in religious
instructions; schedule of land allotments at the Umatilla Agency; Nez Perce
songs and hymns; documents relating to the Klamath and Coquille tribes; the
Warm Springs Reservation road program; and flyers for various events.
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
The collection is open to the public.
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the
Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication,
and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library
prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold
copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the
copyright holders.
Indians of North America collection, Mss 1531, Oregon Historical
Society Research Library
The collection was assembled by the Oregon Historical Society from a
variety of sources
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.
United
States. Office of Indian Affairs. Umatilla Agency.
Umatilla
Indian Reservation (Or.)
Warm
Springs Indian Reservation (Or.)
Coquille Indians.
Indians of North
America
Indians of North
America--Languages.
Indians of North
America--Oregon--Government relations.
Indians of North
America--Oregon--Land tenure.
Indian
reservations--Oregon
Klamath Indians.
Nez Percé
Indians--Music.
Petroglyphs.
Archaeology
Music
Native Americans
Oregon
Washington (State)
Sound Recordings
Land registers
Phonograph
records.
Printed
ephemera.
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1/1
Art and artists--Flyers for exhibitions
1965-1988
1/2
Brochures, pamphlets and ephemera
1892-1993
1/3
Campbell, A. H., notes on petroglyphs
circa 1936-1956
1/4
Career Day pamphlets, Chemawa
1983
1/5
Celilo Community Club--Copies of
correspondence
1955
1/6
Columbia River Defence Project (David Sohappy defense
effort)--Flyers
1988
1/6A
Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission
1992
1/7
Conference on American Indian culture, Eugene,
Oregon--Prospectus and registration form
1986
1/7A
Council for American Indian Interpretation -
Northwest
1993
1/8
Coquille Tribe--Materials relating to Coquille
restoration
1985-1988
1/9
"Current North American Indian periodicals," Center for
the Study of Man, Smithsonian Institution; Native American Rights Fund form
letter; Indian employment bill, U.S. House of Representatives
1967-1972
undated
1/10
Hadley Indian sign language diagrams:
Ingonompashi
undated
Packets containing cards with sign language interpretations of
religious texts.
1/11
"The 'intermittent fever' epidemic of 1830s on the lower
Columbia River," by Herbert C. Taylor, Jr. and Lester L. Hoaglin, Jr.; "A fresh
look at Tillamook phonology," by Laurence C. Thmpson and M. Terry
Thompson
1966
1972
1/12
Klamath Tribes
1958-1998
Includes Klamath Management Specialists Report, 1958
1/13
Klamath Tribe forest property reports
1958
undated
1/14
Moore, Fred S., "Early History of Curry County" and
"Indian tribes of Curry County, Oregon"
1927
1/15
Nez Perce
1939-1995
Includes "Nez Perce hymns," compiled by John Frank; "Nez Perce
Songs of historical significance, as sung by "Sol" Webb (includes phonograph
record)
1/16
Oregon Commission on Indian Services--Employment
notices
1987
1/17
Posters and flyers
1975-2003
1/17
Programs
circa 1950-1994
2/1
Petroglyph sketches (possibly drawn by John
Horner)
undated
2/1A
Pictographs brochure
1938
2/2
Receipts and pass
1862-1864
Includes: pass for "Indian Sam," signed by C. R. Meigs, undated;
note authorizing gift of flour to an Indian, 1862 April 8; and four
sub-vouchers, 1864
2/3
Thompson, George, "A story of Siletz" (typescript,
mimeograph); and Helen M. Cherry, "The Siletz Indian Reservation"
(typescript)
1950
undated
2/4
Treaties, 1855-1859, facsimile reproductions
1966
2/5
Umatilla Indian Reservation
circa 1891
1856-1871
1993
Schedule of land allotments to individual tribal members on the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, circa 1891; arranged by tribe (Cayuse, Umatilla,
Walla Walla); information includes individual's name, age, name of subdivision,
section, township, and range, size of allotment in acres, and remarks. Also
includes miscellaneous receipts and vouchers, 1856-1871, including "Expenses
incurred while travelling in business of the Indian Department in making an
examination of Wagon Road from Grande Ronde River to Powder River River [sic]
Valley...August 3rd, 1862.". Other ephemera.
2/6
United States Senate, "A bill to provide for the security
and protection of the emigrant and other Indians west of the states of Missouri
and Arkansas" (original printed version)
1837
2/7
"Urban Ma'klaks Pow Wow & exhibit," Portland Community
College, Cascade Campus (program book)
1990
2/8
Warm Springs
1940 March
1990s
Includes Warm Springs Indian Reservation... / long range program /
prepared and submitted by: / J. W. Elliott, Supt. and / Ralph M. Shane, road
engr., 1940 March.
2/9
Williams, R. A., "Voices from the pre-historic past : or
what was told to me by the bone, horn and stone implements of the aborigins
[sic]" (original manuscript)
undated
2/10
Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail--Packet of
promotional materials, including maps, coloring book, fact sheet
circa 2014-2015