Indian Rights Association materials in the Theodore Hetzel papers 1924-1988 1964-1986

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Indian Rights Association materials in the Theodore Hetzel papers 1924-1988 1964-1986

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Indian Rights Association records and correspondence compiled by Theodore Hetzel. Includes bylaws, committee records, correspondence, Taos Blue Lake issue documentation, Indian Truth newsletters, and other printed materials.

2.1 linear shelf feet (in 5 document cases)

eng,

Fort Lewis College. Center of Southwest Studies

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Indian Rights Association

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Zitkala is the Indian name for Gertrude Bonnin, 1876-1938. From the guide to the National Council of American Indians records, 1926-1938, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The Indian Rights Association was organized in Philadelphia in 1882. The early leaders of the association, including Herbert Welsh, sought to protect the interests and general welfare of the Indians. Through its monitoring and lobbying activities with executive agencies and Congress, the association, in i...

Hetzel, Theodore, compiler

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These papers relates to Theodore B. Hetzel's his work with the Indian Rights Association, a humanitarian group dedicated to influencing federal Indian policy. As his daughter Janet Henderson wrote to the Center's director in 1991, "Although he was trained as an engineer, he was always interested in people, especially those who were not being treated fairly. He was fascinated by Quaker contact with American Indians throughout history... [and] was always anxious to learn from the Amer...