C. B. Suzen Timentwa papers 1893-1999

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C. B. Suzen Timentwa papers 1893-1999

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The C. B. Suzen Timentwa papers (1893-1999) consist of correspondence, writings, financial records, meeting minutes, reports, and publications that C. B. Suzen Timentwa (1883-1949) collected during his tenure as hereditary chief of the Methow Tribe on the Colville Indian Reservation in eastern Washington. The papers, which were found in a traditional Methow basket, had no apparent order. Through processing the collection, many documents were reunited into wholes. However, several incomplete documents remain. The material is divided into the following sections: Correspondence, Personal Papers, Subject Files, Reservation Materials, and Publications.

3.75 linear feet

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J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division

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Timentwa, C. B. Suzen. 1883-1949.

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C. B. Suzen Timentwa was the last recognized chief of the Methow Tribe on the Colville Indian Reservation in eastern Washington. He protested railroad construction, allotments, the right of Anglos to purchase tribal lands, and demanded the government compensate his tribe for decreased fish yields after the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam. From the description of The C.B. Suzen Timentwa papers, 1893-1999. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 60580961 C....