Reuben Snake papers

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Reuben Snake papers

1970-1996

https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAI.AC.012

The Reuben A. Snake, Jr. Papers, located in the Cultural Resource Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, contain writings, correspondence, biographical materials, and written materials relating to the Native American Church which document the literary and political activities of this Winnebago tribal leader.

1.25 Linear feet (3 archival boxes)

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6363791

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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National Tribal Chairmen's Association

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The National Tribal Chairmen's Association (NTCA) was formally created in Albuquerque July 13th, 1971. Funded in part by contracts with the Department of the Interior and in part by funds from the department of Health Education and Welfare the NTCA was composed of elected chairmen from federally recognized Indian tribes, bands and communities in the United States. The NTCA served as a voice to promote American Indian unity, observation of treaty and other rights, preservation of values, and prog...

National Congress of the American Indian.

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Snake, Reuben, 1937-1993

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Reuben A. Snake, Jr. was born January 12, 1937 at Winnebago, Nebraska, the youngest child of Reuben Harold and Virginia Greyhair Snake. Reuben’s mother divorced her husband and later remarried, but Reuben’s early life was fraught with hardships, including a period of separation from his parents and siblings. When the family’s financial situation improved, parents and children were able to reunite and eventually settled in Hastings, Minnesota. Reuben entered Haskell Insti...

Native American Church of North America

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In the 1890s, James Mooney, an anthropologist from the Smithsonian Institution, researcher of Peyotism among the Kiowa in Oklahoma, advised peyotists of various Oklahoma tribes to obtain a legal charter to protect their religious freedom. The Native American Church was officially incorporated in 1918. From the description of Native American Church certificate of incorporation and letter, 1918-1937. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 65186043 ...