United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Don B. and Terry Diener Allen papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 500
Abstract
Collection comprises the papers of American authors Don B. Allen and Terry Allen, including literary manuscripts and research materials for works of historical fiction and non-fiction about the West and about Native Americans, as well as collections of creative writing and poetry by young American Indians edited by Terry Allen.
Dates:
1951-1967
William James Crawford papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 636
Abstract
William James Crawford was an attorney in Oregon. The collection contains selected case files. The major case is before the Indian Claims Commission, number 17, Snake River or Piute Indians v. United States, a suit to recover value of reservation land.
Dates:
1949-1970
Ruth Evelyn Morse Parkhurst and Austin Flint Parkhurst papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 228
Abstract
Ruth Evelyn Morse (1899-1983) taught in American Indian schools and was employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and her husband, Austin Flint Parkhurst (1885-1965), was in the Navy during WWI and became a radio engineer. The collection contains personal and professional records of Ruth Parkhurst, including her career as a teacher in American Indian schools and her work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as well as personal and professional (mostly military) records of Austin...
Dates:
1936-1983
U.S. Office of Indian Affairs records, Malheur Agency
Collection
Identifier: Bx 053
Abstract
The federal government created Indian reservations across the country in the 1800s. In Oregon the reservations included Siletz, Grand Ronde, Warm Springs, Umatilla, Klamath, and Malheur. Agriculture, schooling, finances, and other aspects of life on reservations were regulated by Indian agents employed by the federal government. The U.S. Office of Indian Affairs Records, Malheur Agency, consist of correspondence and records from 1874 to 1880 regarding conflicts between the Interior...
Dates:
1874-1880