Records, 1935-2000 (bulk 1961-1993).

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Records, 1935-2000 (bulk 1961-1993).

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The National Indian Youth Council records document the organization's history. The collection is divided into four overlapping series. The Administrative series is divided into the following sub-series: legal organization documents; general history; meeting minutes & reports; speeches, media, & public relations; correspondence; prominent members; and proposals & fund raising. The prominent members and correspondence subseries overlap, including correspondence from Herb Blatchford (1962), Clyde Warrior (1966), James Anaya (late 1980's), to and from Gerald Wilkinson (1969-1989). The Activities series consists largely of litigation documents. Subseries include voting rights protection; American Indian religious freedom issues; political participation projects; treaty rights protection; international work (including United Nations working group information and Nicaragua-Miskito Indians' concerns); immigration; resource development; employment; education; and discrimination. This series also contains information on indigenous peoples in Central and South America. The Resource series is divided into general publications & newsletters; conferences; research papers; and issues. An oversize folder contains various newspapers, newsletters, research papers, and maps.

31 boxes (30 cu. ft.) + 1 oversize folder.

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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National Indian Youth Council

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The National Indian Youth Council, Inc. (NIYC) is the nation's second oldest American Indian organization. NIYC was founded in 1961 in Gallup, New Mexico. There are thousands of members nationwide. As an American Indian rights organization, NIYC works not only in this country but also throughout the Western Hemisphere to preserve and establish the rights of American Indian and indigenous people. NIYC is American Indian conceived, American Indian controlled, and American Indian operated. Their go...

United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

Warrior, Clyde.

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Wilkinson, Gerald

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