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Navajo Indians--Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Robert W. Young Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 672 BC
Abstract

This collection contains works and materials written and gathered by Robert W. Young, professor emeritus in linguistics at the University of New Mexico. Materials concern Navajo linguistics, BIA and Navajo tribal government records, customs, livestock, education, employment, natural resources, and other issues.

Dates: 1850-2003 (bulk 1823-1980)

Shirley Hill Witt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 591 BC
Scope and Content The contents of this collection reflect Dr. Witt's concerns for American Indian issues. Series I contains materials that Witt collected while working as a consultant to the Potawatomie, Ottawa, and Chipewa tribes for their cases before the Indian Claims Commission (ICC). The majority of the material in this series relates to docket numbers 18e (Ottawa and Chippewa of Michigan), 18g (Red Lake Band, Chippewa), 29 (Hannahville Potawatomi), 57 (Saginaw Chippewa), 58 (Ottawa and Chippewa of...
Dates: 1610-1991