Papers, 1893-1922.

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Papers, 1893-1922.

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Papers, records, and annual reports (1900-02), 1904-11) of the Indian Industries League of Boston, Mass., which sought to support and stimulate industries on reservations, enabling Native Americans to become self-supporting. Minutes, most of which were kept by Frances Sparhawk, reflect the League's involvement with other organizations and with various members of the Board of Indian Commissioners, and also contain reports from field workers who facilitated Native American industries, especially work with the Acoma (pottery), Arapaho (beadwork), Cheyenne (beadwork), Laguna (pottery), Navajo (rugs, silverworking), Oneida (lace-making), Pima (basket-making), and Pueblo (pottery and textiles) Indians. (Cont) Minutes also describe agriculture; economic, health, and social conditions; government relations; and the work of Kate Barnard in recovering Oklahoma lands taken illegally from Oklahoma Native Americans. Also, reports from Native American rights activist Warren Moorehead and from League President John Lockwood on his trip to the Mission, Navajo, and Yuma Reservations.

4 vols. and 1 case.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Moorehead, Warren King, 1866-1939

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Warren King Moorehead (1866-1939) grew up in Ohio, where he cultivated a lifelong interest in archaeology and American Indians. He attended Denison University but did not complete his undergraduate studies. In his early career, he worked as a correspondent for The Illustrated American and served as the first curator of the Ohio Archaeological Society. In 1896, he began what would become a personal friendship with Robert S. Peabody, providing the latter with several American Indian artifact colle...

United States. Board of Indian Commissioners

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Indian Industries League

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Lockwood, John S., d. 1920.

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Sparhawk, Frances C., 1847-

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Barnard, Kate, 1875-1930

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