Newcomer photographs - Indians series, 1926-1968.

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Newcomer photographs - Indians series, 1926-1968.

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Summary: Photographs of activities, homes, schools and people of the Navajo, Apache, Hopi and Tohono O'odham from 1926 to 1968. Apache images include a girl's Sunrise Ceremony and crown dance, 1950s; basketmaking; the funeral of Chief Baha Alchesay, 1952, attended by Gov. Pyle; cowboys and ranching; tribal council; and San Carlos grocery, post office, store and butcher; mostly taken in the 1950s. Hopi images include a katchina carver, villages, homes, and individuals, taken from 1928 to 1966. Navajo images include people; a pinon squaw dance, 1931, a peyote ceremony, 1954-1956, and medicine men; a 1949 food lift to snowbound areas; weaving, silverwork and sandpainting; the Fort Defiance hospital; sheep herding; trading posts and homes; mostly taken in the 1930s and 1950s. Tohono O'odham images include bean thrashing and basketweaving; infant health care; women toka players; and mission school classrooms and activities at San Miguel, San Solano, San Xavier, and Santa Rosa, mostly 1949 to 1955.

2 linear ft. (4 boxes)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7588144

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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