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Washington State University. Native American Studies Program
Washington State University Native American Studies Program Records
1965-1977
5.5 Linear feet of shelf space
11 Boxes
The collection consists of records from the Washington State University Native American Studies Program.
Collection materials are in English
In Spring 1969, amidst a growing awareness of Native American students, Washington
State University (WSU) instituted the Native American Studies Program (NASP).
Initially, the program focused on hiring qualified instructors and administrators,
locating and recruiting Native American students, providing those students with
financial assistance, and giving guidance regarding various education and employment
opportunities. In its formative years, the NASP went through various stages of
uncertainty including successive semesters when no Native American Studies courses
could be offered. However, in 1974, under the directorship of Richard Bellon, the
department offered a minor in Native American Studies.
NASP sponsored or was closely associated with a number of related organizations,
including the WSU North American Indian Students Association (NAISA), the Indian
Affairs Coordinating Council (IACC), and the Steering Council on Indian Affairs
(SCIA). For a while it also coordinated and planned Native American social and
curricular activities at WSU, including the Visiting Indian Artist Series sponsored
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a Visiting Professor or Lecturer program, workshops
on racism, and many conferences on aspects of Indian education.
From Fall 1975 to Spring 1976 WSU led the Bilingual Bicultural Training Institute
which aimed to provide teacher-aide training, teacher training, and administrative
workshops for school districts with high Chicano and Native American enrollment. The
American Indian Teacher Aide Program (AITAP) component was coordinated through B.A.
Nugent, the Dean of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, with Florence
Haggerty as the project director. It received funding from Title I and the Johnson
O’Malley Consortium. In 1975, AITAP administered a Summer Institute which supplied
teacher-aides with topical information ranging from Native American history to
student alcoholism. Subsequently, AITAP offered monthly day-long workshops to
address specific issues teachers faced in the classroom.
The collection consists of records from the Washington State University Native
American Studies Program. Series 1, the administrative records, include:
correspondence, memoranda, personnel and fiscal records, minutes, published reports,
manuscript reports, mailing lists, unfair practices complaints, handouts, and
pamphlets. Series 2 includes records of NASP curricula, intramural and extramural
programs, and materials from University programs associated with NASP, such as other
minority studies. Series 3 is files compiled as resources for curriculum
development, recruiting, student aid and placement, and contemporary Indian history.
Of special interest in the collection are materials relating to the "reservation
termination" controversy, race relations at WSU and in the State of Washington in
the early 1970's, and the establishment of Native American Studies Programs at WSU
and other universities. Program administrators prominent in the collection are
Acting Directors Ron Halfmoon (1970-71), Raleigh Ferrell (1971-72), and Morrie
Miller (1972-73), and Director/Coordinator Richard Bellon (1973-77).
Organized in three series, each arranged by topic. Original order preserved if known, but much of the accession was disorganized.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Washington State University Native American Studies Program Records, 1965-1977 (Archives 18)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The Native American Studies Records were received in February, 1977. (UA 1977-03)
The records were arranged and processed by George M. Armstrong in March and April, 1978.
Washington State University Native American Studies Program Records 1969-1980 (UA 285)
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.
Bellon, Richard
Miller, Morrie
Ferrell, Raleigh
Halfmoon, Ron
Washington State University. Native American Studies Program -- Records and correspondence
Indians of North America -- Study and teaching
Indians of North America -- Education -- Research
Native Americans
Colleges and Universities
Washington (State)
Series 1: NASP Administrative Records
1965-1977
1.1 Administrative Correspondence
1965-1977
1
1
Richard Bellon, NASP
Director/Coordinator; Correspondence and copies, grant application
1970-1975
63 items
1
2
Letters to Richard [Bellon] from Roger
[Buffalohead]
1975
2 items
1
3
Ron Halfmoon, Acting Director NASP,
Correspondence
1970-1973
15 items
1
4
Ron Halfmoon Correspondence re Indian
Water Rights
1970-1971
2 items
1
5
Current Correspondence (letters)
[NASP] Coordinator
March
1974-November 1975
115 items
1
6
[Loretta] Chet's [Greene]
Correspondence
1975
5 items
1
7
Ellen Hastay, NA Student Advisor,
Correspondence
1971
3 items
1
8
Administration- Campus [Correspondence
to and from WSU administrators 1974-1975; copies of descriptions of
WSU and other NAS programs]
80 items
NASP correspondence and memos:
2
9
1969-1970
52 items
2
10
1970-1971
175 items
2
11
1971-1972
49 items
3
12
1972-1973
69 items
3
13
1973-1974
9 items
3
14
1974-1975
3 items
3
15
1975-1976
1 item
1.2 Staff and Advisory Committee Records
1969-1977
3
16
NASP Advisory Committee, "Toward a
Better Education" by Rudolf C. Ryser.
n.d.
1 item
3
17
[NASP] Staff Meeting Minutes
[March
1974 - May, 1975]
5 items
3
18
Materials re fiscal and organizational
status of NASP
1973,
1974
22 items
3
19
Addresses of NASP-related educators
n.d.
12 items
3
20
Memo to University Senate concerning
the proposed Center for the Development of Native American Programs
1973
1 item
3
21
Staff Development [June 25, 1975 memo,
Dean Nugent to R. Bellon]
1 item
3
22
Materials re NASP Student Counselor
Position
1974
5 items
3
23
Mailing List for Job Description [of
Student Counselor Position]
141 items
3
24
Search Committee, A.A.O., etc. [for
NASP Director
1970-1972]
35 items
3
25
Education Specialist [position]
Correspondence
1974-1975
11 items
3
26
Correspondence and NAISA
recommendations re various NASP staff positions
1969-1977
11 items
4
27
Richard's [Bellon] Chronological File
1974-1975
18 items
4
28
Questionnaire Blanks and Masters
[1972-1973 Ethnic Minority Survey].
3 items
4
29
Funding Sources, OGRD, NEH, NIH
12 items
4
30
Indian Affairs Coordinating Council
minutes; Proceedings draft
1971
2 items
1.3 Affirmative Action and Unfair Practices
Related Materials
1970-1977
4
31
Affirmative Action, federal and WSU
publications
6 items
4
32
Affirmative Action, WSU AA
publications.
3 items
4
33
Affirmative Action Data [WSU AA
Officer memos]
78 items
4
34
Commission on the Status of Women
1973,
1975
54 items
4
35
Unfair Practices Charge, NASP/NAISA
vs. WSU AA Officer
February
15, 1975
1 item
4
36
Discriminatory Practices Committee
1972-1973
20 items
Series 2: Records of NASP Programs and Related WSU
Programs
1969-1977
2.1 NASP Programs
1969-1977
5
37
Constitution Master for NAISA
2 items
5
38
NAISA Steering Council materials
27 items
5
39
Racism Workshops
1971-1972
35 items
5
40
Materials re NAISA and "Strike to End
Racism,"
1970
11 items
5
41
Nada Oakley, Journalism Student,
Native American Program,
Fall
1973
6 items
[NAISA related]
5
42
Indian Affairs Coordinating Council
(IACC)
48 items
5
43
Indian Education (December 1973)
Conference [re IACC]
2 items
5
44
Steering Council on Indian Affairs
(SCIA), minutes
1970-1971
19 items
6
45
Program proposal for Native American
Studies Research Institute
2 items
6
46
WSU Library resources, Native American
Studies materials.
17 items
6
47
U.C.E.A. Grant proposal, "Training of
Indian Administrators,"
1972
1 item
6
48
Training Grant Application, "Indian
Alchoholism Workshop,"
1972
2 items
6
49
I.E.E.O.C. Proposal "Educational
Opportunity Centers,"
May 28,
1974
6 items
6
50
NASP recruitment materials and Graduate Recruitment Directory of Western
Minority Students
1974
2 items
6
51
Community College Visitation and
Recruitment
4 items
6
52
Longie, Keith. Northwest Portland Area
Indian Health Board. re WSU Community College Administration
Program.
3 items
6
53
WSU Graduate Admissions Materials.
8 items
6
54
Minority Recruitment--Jesse Welch's
memos.
56 items
2.2 Other WSU Minority Programs
1965-1977
6
55
Ms. (copy) of WSU Minority Student Directory
1972-1973
1 item
6
56
Minority Studies Programs Materials,
WSU Administration
1970-1971, 1971-1972
15 items
6
57
Black Studies Materials.
9 items
6
58
Chicano Studies Materials.
14 items
6
59
Experimental Education Program
Tutorial Project
1974
3 items
7
60
High School Equivalency Program (HEP).
14 items
7
61
Upward Bound Program.
11 items
2.3 NASP Sponsored Programs held at WSU
1969-1977
7
62
Multi-ethnic Conference on Bilingual
Bicultural Education
November
11-12, 1974
10 items
7
63
Conference on the Center for the
Development of Indian Education, April 1-2, 1971. WSU, Ellen Hastay.
12 items
7
64
Report on the Conference for the
Development of Indian Education
April
1-2, 1971
6 items
7
65
Proposals for the Center for the
Development of Indian Education
1970
12 items
7
66
Native American History Program
compiled by Dolores N. Bellon- syllabi, weekly reports, maps,
evaluations, and memos. Fall
1974
15 items
8
67
Lecturer or Visiting Professor
[Applications, correspondence, and travel vouchers].
109 items
8
68
B.I.A. Recipients (incomplete)
Fall
1973
28 items
[Visiting Indian Artists Program]
8
69
Follow-up on Conference Held in
December, 1973. (masters)
1 item
8
70
Prospectus for Institute: "The
Manly-Hearted Woman: An Indian Concept of Feminism,"
1977
1 item
8
71
NAS Curriculum and enrichment program.
6 items
8
72
"A Study of the Effects of Ethnic
Background on the Washington Pre-College Test Battery," by Gordon
Sedlacek
n.d.
1 item
Series 3: NASP "Resource File,"
1969-1977
3.1 Opportunities for Native Americans
1969-1977
8
73
Native American Applicants for
1974-1975 Graduate Fellowships [Ford Foundation, also 1973-1974].
4 items
8
74
Indian Economic Employment Assistance
Program Annual Report
1973-1974
2 items
8
75
Materials on Indian Education
Programs.
15 items
8
76
Scholarship and Loan Opportunities for
Native Americans.
105 items
9
77
Career opportunities for Native
Americans.
60 items
9
78
Teaching jobs for Native Americans.
18 items
9
79
Materials on Indian Legal Rights.
12 items
3.2 Non-WSU Native American Conference
Materials
1970-1975
9
80
Northwest Indian Education Conference-
Yakima.
1975
9 items
9
81
Institute on Indian Counseling EWSC-
Gonzaga.
1973
2 items
9
82
"Indian Happenings File," Materials on
Native American Conferences in U.S.
1970-1975
9
83
Transcripts of Various Speakers at
Northwest Indian Conferences. Includes materials re Termination
controversy.
3.3 Non-WSU Indian Education Program
1969-1977
9
84
American Indian Higher Education
Consortium, Inc.
1974
1 item
9
85
ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education
and Small Schools.
16 items
9
86
Title IV (CRA) Department of H.E.W.
26 items
9
87
Title IV Application/rough draft,
Pullman Public Schools.
4 items
10
88
Title IV Parent Advisory Committee.
3 items
10
89
Materials concerning Center Native
American Development and Northwest Native American Graduate
Programs, Inc.
1970
6 items
10
90
American Indian Development, Inc.
7 items
10
91
State of Washington Johnson-O'Malley
Annual Report 1974; Indian Education Act, 1972.
2 items
10
92
State of Washington Urban, Racial,
Disadvantaged Programs
1970-1972
3 items
3.4 National Indian Events
1969-1977
10
93
The Advocates: "Should the Indian
reservations be continued?"
1970
1 item
10
94
Trail of Broken Treaties
1973
10 items
10
95
Films on Native Americans- lists and
catalog.
6 items
10
96
Indian Workshop, Summer 1970- "Indian
Orientation" classes for primary students.
15 items
10
97
Newspaper cuttings on Indian Education
1969-1970
19 items
10
98
Resource file on Colville Termination
controversy
1970-1971
17 items
10
99
Legislative correspondence and
petition copies re H.C.R. 143, 92nd Congress (Reservation
termination).
35 items
11
100
Journal articles, cuttings, brochures,
re contemporary Indian issues, local and national
1970-1971
60 items
11
101
Newspaper cuttings re Indian
Education, and local Indian events
1970-1971
327 items
3.5 NASP Program Development File
1970-1974
11
102
Materials re development of NASP
curriculum, WSU Center for the Development of a Native American
Program, NAS Resource Center, and NAS Research Institute. Memos,
Reports, outlines, minutes, notes
1970-1974
23 items