Fosma and Sidney Rood papers, 1918-1977.

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Fosma and Sidney Rood papers, 1918-1977.

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The Fosma and Sidney Rood Papers consist of Sidney's field notes, reports, and other papers written while employed by the Alaska Reindeer Service, and a large number of photographs of reindeer herders, reindeer herding, and the Roods' family life. Some of Sidney's correspondence, marked unsent, uses strong language to vividly describe details of the prejudice and ignorance of some of the white agents who dealt with the Native herders. The collection also contains blueprints of reindeer corrals, a map with cabin and roadhouse locations, counting and marking records for the herds in the Unalakleet area, articles and reports concerning wolf predation on the reindeer herds, and photographs from Sidney's years in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska.

2.5 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7318568

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs

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United States bureau with responsibility for Indian relations. From the description of Letter, 1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699812 Develops and implements, in cooperation with tribal governments, Native American organizations, other federal agencies, state & local governments, and other interested groups, economic, social, educational, and other programs for the benefit and advancement of Indian and Alaska native people. Established in 1824 within the War Dept...

United States. Bureau of Education

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Rood, Fosma.

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Rood, J. Sidney (Joseph Sidney), 1901-1979.

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Joseph Sidney Rood (1901-1979), born in Moscow, Idaho, came to Alaska in 1917. After more than a decade working in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska, he joined the Alaska Reindeer Service. As a Reindeer Service superintendent, he traveled extensively in western and northern Alaska from 1930 to the mid 1940s. He was an advocate for the Natives with whom he worked. From the description of Fosma and Sidney Rood papers, 1918-1977. (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 31...