Knute W. Bergen Papers 1962-1964

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Knute W. Bergen Papers 1962-1964

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Knute Bergen was the Montana Coordinator for the Department of Indian Affairs. This collection consists of items relating to Native Americans in Montana and Idaho, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the National Congress of American Indians.

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Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

National Congress of American Indians

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Bergen, Knute W., 1895-1968

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Knute W. Bergen was born in Sacred Heart, Minnesota, in 1895. Bergen lived in Minnesota as a child, but moved away when he attended college at Lutheran in Decorah, Iowa. After finishing his degree, Bergen moved back home to complete a Master's degree at the University of Minnesota. In 1920 Bergen married Ruth Nelson of South Dakota. The couple soon moved to Montana, where Bergen worked in the field of education. He served as Superintendent of Schools in Cascade for 10 years, then in...