Papers, 1860-2003 (bulk 1823-1980).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1860-2003 (bulk 1823-1980).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49939032

The Robert W. Young papers contains 6 overlapping series. Linguistics materials relate to Navajo grammar, and include correspondence between Robert Young and William Morgan, Sr. during their collaboration on The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary (1980) and Analytical Lexicon of Navajo (1992). History/Anthropology materials chronicle early Spanish and Anglo contact in the Southwest. Themes include agriculture/hunting, dancing, kinship, place names, stars/constellations, witchcraft, and materials on peyotism by David Aberle. The Navajo Condition documents the Navajo situation, 1939-1969. Government Relations contains correspondence reflecting early U.S. Government-Navajo contact, Navajo trading, administration (including formation of the Navajo constitution), policies, withdrawal, census and contains copies of National Archives files. Legal issues such as the controversial activities of Norman Littell, Navajo General Council and Claims Attorney are also included. The final series contains Native American related publications.

6 boxes (6 cu. ft.) + 1 oversize folder.

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7616026

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66j5829 (corporateBody)

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...

United States. National Archives and Records Administration

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69t2f8m (corporateBody)

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It is also tasked with increasing public access to those documents which make up the National Archive. NARA is officially responsible for maintaining and publishing the legally authentic and authoritative copies of acts of Congress, presidential directives, and federal regulations. NARA also transmit...

Navajo Tribal Council

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd5bgn (corporateBody)

The Wheeler-Howard Act, also known as the Indian Reorganization Act, decreased federal control of Indian affairs and increased Indian self-government. From the description of Minutes of the special session of the Navajo Tribal Council held at Fort Defiance, Arizona, [1934?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83634037 From the description of Minutes of the special session of the Navajo Tribal Council held at Fort Defiance, Arizona, [1934?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7021625...

Morgan, William, 1917-2001

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69m1x7h (person)

Young, Robert W., 1912-2007

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc1jkn (person)

Robert W. Young, linguist, was born on May 18, 1912 in Chicago. He earned his BA from the University of Illinois in 1935, then enrolled in anthropology at the University of New Mexico (UNM) where he began a career working with the Navajo language. He was employed by the BIA as a Specialist in Indian Languages, and then in Navajo Tribal Relations. Young and William Morgan Sr. compiled The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, published in 1980. An Analytical Lexicon of Navajo by Y...

Collier, John, 1884-1968

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vh5zhz (person)

Collier was U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1933 to 1945. From the description of John Collier papers, 1932-1936, [microform] (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38520724 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) John Collier was born on May 4, 1884 in Atlanta, Georgia. He served as editor of the journal o...

Littell, Norman M. (Norman Mather), 1899-1994

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wt2250 (person)

Norman M. Littell was born in 1899 in Indianapolis to Dr. Joseph and Clara Munger Littell. He attended Wabash College and continued his education at Oxford after he was awarded a Rhodes scholarship. He graduated from the University of Washington's law school in 1927. Littell married Katherine Mather on June 14, 1930. The couple had two children, Katherine and Norman. Littell was the Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. in charge of Public Lands Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice 1939-1944 and was...

Aberle, David F. (David Friend), 1918-2004

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kw5zgt (person)

United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Navajo Agency

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g48h17 (corporateBody)