Papers, 1923-1979.

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Papers, 1923-1979.

Records dealing with Lyman's service in the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. From positions at Phoenix (1973-1977), superintendent at Pine Ridge Indian Agency (1971-1973), Uinta-Ouray Reservation (1967-1971), Fort Peck Indian Reservation (1962-1967), and Bureau assignments in Chicago (1958-60) and Denver (1954-1958).

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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...

Lyman, June K., 1912-

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June Lyman worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs for over twenty years, including stints at Fort Duchesne, Utah and Fort Peck, Montana. Her husband, Stanley, was superintendent of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in 1973, when American Indian Movement activists occupied portions of the reservation at Wounded Knee. Her account of the occupation was published as "Wounded Knee 1973." From the description of The June K. Lyman papers. 1930-2007. (University of Utah). WorldCat ...

Lyman, Stanley David, 1913-1979

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Born of Quaker stock October 7, 1913, in Helena, Montana, Stanley David Lyman was raised on his parents' farm along the Belle Fourche River in South Dakota. After graduating from Vale High School in 1932, he enrolled in Yankton College, a private Congregational institution. In 1936 with his newly earned bachelor's degree in English, Lyman tackled the tight job market of the Great Depression. His efforts were rewarded with a job as a seventh- and eighth-grade home teacher, earning an...