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General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections

Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Linear foot
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Summary:
The General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections contains documents and ephemera concerning people, events, and activities related to the historical and contemporary lives of Native peoples throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Scope and Contents:
The General Manuscripts and ephemera collections is comprised of individual small collections of manuscripts, papers and ephemera that were acquired by the Archive Center from various sources. These small collections are presented together under a single collection for easy access and depict the historical and contemporary lives of Native peoples throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Arrangement:
This collection is organized in folders by accession numbers.
Biographical / Historical:
The manuscripts, papers and ephemera in this collection were created by many different people and organizations and concern a variety of topics. For specific biographical and historical notes please see individual collections listed in this guide.
Provenance:
The National Museum of the American Indian and its predecessor, Museum of the American Indian, acquired the manuscripts and ephemera in this collection from 1916 to the present.
Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.998
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv436d0e10e-3df0-4fa5-91e3-dab02a1661d6
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-998
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2004.0081- Anishinaabeg Today Newspaper

Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Folder
Culture:
Minnesota Chippewa [White Earth, Minnesota]  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
2004
Scope and Contents:
This file contains a copy of Anishinaabeg Today Newspaper, Sept. 15, 2004, Vol. 9, No. 13.
Provenance:
Gift of Darrell Winter, 2004.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections
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National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv40de5bc85-4002-4503-a7f9-adffb2eb49c1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref531

2005.0112- Rosebud Indian Land Sale document

Creator:
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
0.01 Linear feet
Culture:
Sicangu Lakota [Rosebud Sioux]  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1929 December 5
Scope and Contents:
Leaf out of a newspaper describing a Rosebud Indian Land Sale held on December 5, 1929. This was found inside a Sioux Tobacco bag made sometime between 1880 and 1890. The bag has catalog number 26/5468 (265468) and can be found in NMAI's ethnographic collections. It was then used as inspiration for a lithographic print "Trust and Loss" by Dyani White Hawk Polk. The print is now in NMAI's modern and contemporary arts collection with catalog number 26/9784 (269784).
Provenance:
The tobacco bag was given to William J. Sheehan (Director of the Defense Department Office of Economic Adjustment) by McCarthy Nowlin (Deputy Directory of the Defense Department Office of Economic Adjustment) in the 1970s; given to NMAI by William J. Sheehan's wife, Kathleen Sheehan, in 2005, on behalf of William J. Sheehan, McCarthy Nowlin, and herself.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv40180df9d-18bb-4afc-96b0-fc762e0d87e2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref1

2008.0062- Native Vote (Obama) 2008 poster and postcards

Artist:
Red Corn, Ryan  Search this
Donor:
Kevin, Gover, 1955-  Search this
Names:
Obama, Barack  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
2008
Scope and Contents:
Poster and post cards for Native Vote 2008 with red image of a seated Barack Obama in suit with pin reading "Native Vote" in front of a large orange feather design on the left with text "Native Vote 2008" at top, all on yellow background. The poster was designed by Ryan Red Corn (Osage).
Provenance:
Donated by Kevin Gover, NMAI Director in 2008.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4b77cdb54-f1c7-4ff5-9be0-fca3f74123bb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref504

2007.0054- "Shaman Telling the Raven's Tale" poster by Marvin Oliver

Creator:
Oliver, Marvin, 1946-  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Culture:
Quinault  Search this
Isleta Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
2007
Scope and Contents:
A signed poster depicting "Shaman Telling Raven's Tale" by Marvin Oliver (Quinault/Isleta) used for the 2007 Sante Fe Indian Market.
Biographical / Historical:
Marvin Oliver (Quinault/Isleta-Pueblo) is a Native American glass artist, sculptor and printmaker. Oliver has a B.A. from San Francisco State University and a M.F.A. from the University of Washington.

Oliver is Professor of American Indian Studies and Art at the University of Washington, and serves as Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Native American Art at the Burke Museum.
Provenance:
Donated by Marvin Oliver in 2007.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4f7e88691-ef72-4478-b3a8-d933db7d9c59
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref505

2017.0048- Trail of Broken Treaties protest march poster

Creator:
Oakland Museum of California  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Container:
Map-case 14
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Date:
1973
Scope and Contents:
A poster commemorating the 1972 Trail of Broken Treaties protest march. The poster was created for a 1973 exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California in Oakland, California. The poster reads, "Trail of Broken Treaties/ Co-Sponors: Indians of all tribes and Special Exhibits and Education Department/ Cultural Activities Oakland Auditorium March 31- April 1/ Special Exhibition The Oakland Museum April 27-May 20."
Biographical / Historical:
The Trail of Broken Treaties cross-country protest began on the west coast in the fall of 1972 and ended in early November in Washington, DC. Participants traveled via car, bus, and van to bring attention to issues affecting American Indians and to advocate for better housing, education, and employment. Organizations that sponsored the protest included the American Indian Movement (AIM), the National American Indian Council, and the Native American Rights Fund.
Provenance:
Gift of Steve Hudziak in 2017.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv409729904-db69-4e4c-a7f6-766da6e48285
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref506

2017.0008- "We the Resilient" poster by Ernesto Yerena Montejano

Creator:
Montejano, Ernesto Yerena  Search this
Donor:
Kevin, Gover, 1955-  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Container:
Map-case 14
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Date:
2017
Scope and Contents:
A poster featuring artist Ernesto Yerena Montejano's artistic rendition of photographer Ayşe Gürsöz's photograph of Helen "Granny" Redfeather (Lakota) protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock Reservation. The poster features the title "We the Resilient Have Been Here Before," and was used during the Women's March on January 21, 2017.
Biographical / Historical:
Ernesto Yerena Montejano identifies himself as a Chicano/Native/Indigenous artist, and was born and raised in El Centro, CA. Yerena's work explores and challenges issues of identity, gender norms, and politics, and he regularly produces politically and socially conscious images. Yerena is the founder and curator of the Alto Arizona Art campaign as well as a founding member of the We Are Human campaign.
Provenance:
Donated by Kevin Gover in 2017.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Topic:
Protest and social movements  Search this
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4b6811e3d-ef64-4f2b-8831-21c2d5a8d8ca
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref507

2008.0018- Indians as Mascots poster

Creator:
Concerned American Indian Parents  Search this
Donor:
Helmberger, Pat L.  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Container:
Map-case 14
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Date:
1987
Scope and Contents:
A poster featuring three fictional sports team pennants of the Pittsburgh Negroes, the Kansas City Jews, and the San Diego Caucasians, contrasted with one real pennant of the Cleveland Indians. The poster reads, "Maybe Now You Know How Native Americans Feel. For too long, America has treated its original citizens like mascots instead of people. If you'd like to help change that, write to us at 100 N. 6th Street, Suite 531-B, Minneapolis, MN 55403 or call (612) 333-5365. Concerned American Indian Parents."

This poster was created in 1987 by the Minnesota-based group Concerned American Indian Parents, and through the efforts of member/founder Phil St. John [Sisitonwan Dakota (Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe)]. St. John distributed the posters in order to challenge racial stereotyping and to confront the negative use of Indians as mascots.
Provenance:
Donated by Pat L. Helmberger in 2008.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv40f839f46-af37-4e3f-aee4-c3eb3c5c65bb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref508

2007.0024- The Power of the Aboriginal Perspective booklet

Creator:
Standing Rock College  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Container:
Box 1
Culture:
Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Date:
1992
Scope and Contents:
This booklet consists of a number of essays written by students at Standing Rock College (now renamed Sitting Bull College) in Fort Yates, North Dakota, in 1992. The essays reflect Native American perspectives and traditional knowledge.
Provenance:
Gift of Tom Geoghan, Robert Becker, Edward and Sharon Village Center, and students at Standing Rock College. Donated in 2007.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4397e35f4-8b34-46ca-9fd6-5ac940812d6b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref510

2012.0053- Diné (Navajo) 1968 calendar

Creator:
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Container:
Map-case 14
Culture:
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Date:
1968
Scope and Contents:
A poster-size calendar published by the Diné (Navajo) tribe in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of June 1, 1868. The calendar is in English and the Diné language and features photographs and timelines of historic dates.
Biographical / Historical:
Between 1863 and 1866, the U.S. Army forced almost 12,000 Diné (Navajo) people from their ancestral homelands and relocated them 400 miles away to Fort Sumner, Bosque Redondo Reservation in New Mexico. On June 1, 1868, General William T. Sherman and Colonel Samuel F. Tappen met in Fort Sumner with Diné (Navajo) leaders led by Chief Barboncito to negotiate a treaty to allow the Diné (Navajo) to return to their ancestral homelands.
Provenance:
Transferred from the National Anthropological Archives in 2012.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv495845e9a-5d13-4a12-b8d1-e4c7680f62e2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref511

2006.0084- Advertisement for an Arzberg Porcelain with Tom Two Arrows design

Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Culture:
Lenape (Delaware)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1960-1969
Scope and Contents:
Advertisement for an Arzberg Porcelain (Arzberg, Germany) manufactured "Fawn" dinnerware pattern in the 1960s. The pattern is based on an original painting by artist Tom Two Arrows [Lenape (Delaware)]. The NMAI holds a similar plate in its collection cataloged as 259750.
Provenance:
Advertisement is the gift of Ann McMullen, 2006.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4b5735bfe-693b-4212-80af-88188e905cfe
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref516

2004.0093- Legislative Resolution proclaiming Navajo Code Talkers Day

Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Container:
Box 1
Culture:
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Date:
2004
Scope and Contents:
This file contains a Legislative Resolution Memorializing Governor George E. Pataki to Proclaim August 14, 2004, as Navajo Code Talkers Day in New York State.
Provenance:
Gift of Catherine Nolan in 2004.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv426d2f7e8-5e5f-4fb1-84eb-ab35b22d81e0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref519

2004.0104- Watie Riley Pickens materials

Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.03 Linear feet
Container:
Box 1
Culture:
Oklahoma Cherokee  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Date:
1944-1994
Scope and Contents:
This file contains paper and photographic materials relating to the early life and musical career of Cherokee songwriter and peformer Watie Riley Pickens, including sheet music produced by Pickens and partner Bobby Lee Cude.
Provenance:
Gift of Bobby Lee Cude in 2004.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv47106dcd4-8235-4982-b31f-504b4f464d6e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref520

2004.0105- Kateri Tekakwitha prayer cards and brochure

Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Container:
Box 1
Culture:
Mohawk  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Date:
2001
Scope and Contents:
This file contains modern paper prayer cards and a paper brochure about the life of Mohawk Saint Kateri Tekakwitha created in 2001.
Provenance:
Gift of Kenneth Tietjen in 2004.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4f7989423-2829-42fb-a5eb-9e237d743df4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref521

2005.0118- Executive Memorandum

Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Container:
Map-case 14
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Date:
2004
Scope and Contents:
Executive Memorandum reaffirming the federal govenrment's commitment to support and respect tribal sovereignty and self-determination.
Provenance:
Gift of Ruben Barrales in 2005.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4eb12ab0d-b249-44c4-8e50-65c37033cb91
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref522

2008.0063- Great Northern Railway menu

Creator:
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Container:
Box 1
Culture:
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Date:
circa 1950-1959
Scope and Contents:
This file contains a menu for the Great Northern Railway, produced circa 1950-1959. The menu cover includes an illustration of Many White Horses and Eagle Calf, Pikuni (Piegan) men of the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana.
Provenance:
Gift of Ann W. Rose in 2008.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv44d7fd833-6d60-4402-8644-ac51f16b98c3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref523

2010.0048- Muscogee (Creek) National Council pamphlet

Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Container:
Box 1
Culture:
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Date:
2010
Scope and Contents:
This file contains a pamphlet created by the Muscogee (Creek) National Counil in 2010. Included are brief addresses from the Principal Chief, Second Chief, and Speaker, as well as a History of the Creek Council House, and a Creek Council House Time Line.
Separated Materials:
In addition to this pamphlet, the Muscogee (Creek) National Council also donated 4 objects including a t-shirt, a pen, a coin, and an ink well, which are now in the NMAI Object Collections. These items have been assigned object numbers 26/7961 - 26/7964.
Provenance:
Gift of Muscogee (Creek) National Council in 2010.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4cb1434cd-6a92-466b-a072-c3df90340964
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref524

2014.0010- Program booklet of the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in honor of Native American Code Talkers

Donor:
Kevin, Gover, 1955-  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Date:
2013
Scope and Contents:
This file contains the program booklet from the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in honor of Native American Code Talkers that took place November 20, 2013 at the United States Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC.
Provenance:
Gift of Kevin Gover in 2014.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4b65d702d-563b-4677-a214-633d17ac89ee
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref525

2004.0107- Indigenous Presence in Bolivan Folk Art exhibition catalog

Creator:
Inter-American Development Bank  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.01 Linear feet
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
2004
Scope and Contents:
One exhibition catalog, "Indigenous Presence in Bolivan Folk Art," produced by the Inter-American Development Bank (an international organization supporting Latin American and Caribbean economic and social development, headquartered in Washington, D.C.). The exhibit ran at the Cultural Center Art Gallery in Washington, DC from August 23, 2004 to November 12, 2004. The catalog and exhibition featured some of the objects that were later donated to NMAI by Inter-American Development Bank. The catalog is in English and Spanish.
Separated Materials:
This booklet was donated to NMAI along with materials now housed in NMAI's object collection (catalong numbers: 265103-265118).
Provenance:
Donated to NMAI by the Inter-American Development Bank in 2004.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv466773c09-b7d4-4c7a-bef8-b013a3a6aff9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref526

2008.0041- American Indian Chamber of Commerce of California booklet, yearbook, and map

Donor:
Kevin, Gover, 1955-  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
.02 Linear feet
Container:
Box 1
Map-case 14
Type:
Archival materials
Ephemera
Maps
Date:
2008
Scope and Contents:
This file contains a program booklet, yearbook, and map from the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of California commemorative luncheon that took place on November 6, 2008 in Pasadena, California.
Provenance:
Gift of Kevin Gover in 2008.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv44bc22113-8524-4113-b760-a28b9b40333f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-998-ref527

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