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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Chief Big Eagle Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS-077
Abstract

Collection of correspondence from Chief Big Eagle, chief of the Paugussett Tribal Nation of Connecticut near Trumbull, Conn. to Ken Mynenter, proprietor of the Old Indian Trading post of Claverack, N.Y.

Dates: 1980-1988

Native American Rights Fund Periodical, 1982

 File — Box 1, Folder: 3
Collection Description From the Collection: One of the Linda Lear Center's recent collecting focuses has been on Indigenous studies nations in the United States. This has been pursued by the purchase of several collections of primary documents, such as official federal documents and newspapers. These materials cover mainly the 1900s, though there are a few documents from the late 1800s. This collection is still growing and does not prepare a "complete" picture of the diverse and vast Indigenous history of the U.S., yet can still...
Dates: 1982