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These audio-visual and printed collections at the Center contain historically useful materials pertaining to Ute Indians:
Collection P 001, Section IV.4: Ute photos in the General Photograph Collection
Collection U 012:
(includes online digital audio)
Southern Ute
oral history collection
Collection M 113: Ute printed materials (an artificially constructed collection of pamphlets, papers, records, and printed materials about Utes; in 4.5 document cases)
Collection M 040: Helen Sloan Daniels papers (includes 31 folders of Ute printed materials and 1 folder of Ute photos)
Collection M 211: Southern Ute Indian Agency records, 1886-1961 (bulk 1886-1928). 9 folders in document case #4 of the Fort Lewis Indian School (Hesperus, Colo.) federal records
Collections I 047 and M 088: Ignacio (Colo.) newspapers in the Southwest Newspapers:
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TITLE |
1ST DATE |
LAST DATE |
Publication Frequency |
NOTES |
Format |
Quantity |
Location |
| Bayfield Blade | 1960-01-01 | 1963-12-27 | weekly | (Duplicate listing: this title was merged with Ignacio Chieftain to form Ignacio Chieftain and the Bayfield Blade.) This period is on the Ignacio Chieftain roll for 1960-1963. | Microfilm | MC 2:06 | |
| Chieftain, The | 1971-01-07 | 1973-11-16 | weekly | (Duplicate listing for the Ignacio Chieftain, under which it is filed.) | Microfilm | MC 2:05 - 2:06 | |
| Four Corners Chieftain, The | 1972-07-07 | 1973-11-16 | weekly | (Duplicate listing for the Ignacio Chieftain, under which it is filed.) | Microfilm | MC 2:03 | |
| Four Corners Motorcycle Rally | 1995-08 | 1997-08 | annually | Only two issues. | 1 box | SW 024 120.1 | |
| Ignacio Chieftain | 1910-07-21 | 1972-06-30 | weekly | Gap after July 11, 1924 until resumes May 7, 1926; also missing 1932/03/03 through 1936/03/27. Roll #18 includes Bayfield Blade. | Microfilm | 22 rolls | MC 2:05 - 2:06 |
| Ignacio Chieftain | 1920-07 | 1939-12-29 | weekly | See note for Ignacio Weekly Chieftain. | 5 boxes | SW 024 126.3 - 126.5 | |
| Ignacio Chieftain | 1971-01-07 | 1973-11-16 | weekly | (Duplicate listing.) Missing roll for 1972/07 - 1973/11/16. | Microfilm | MC 2:06 | |
| Ignacio Chieftain and the Bayfield Blade | 1960-01-01 | 1963-12-31 | weekly | (Duplicate listing for Ignacio Chieftain.) Formed by merger of Bayfield Blade and Ignacio Chieftain. | Microfilm | MC 2:05 - 2:06 | |
| Ignacio Weekly Chieftain | 1910-07-21 | 1973-08-17 | weekly | Same as Ignacio Chieftain; second set of issues 1915/07/16 - 1920/07/02 is also available in print form. Not complete between 1966-1967; only have one issue from 1973. | 1 box | SW 024 126.3 | |
| Southern Ute Drum | 1961-04-27 | 1961-04-27 | every other week | Newspaper of the Southern Ute Tribe. Volume 1, Number 14. Subtitled: Southern Ute Tribal News. 1 issue, letter-size (archivally photocopied on 7/12/2007 for preservation), separated out from the Helen Sloan Daniels papers. | SW 024 149.2 | ||
| Southern Ute Drum | 1968-12-23 | 1982-06-18 | weekly | Newspaper of the Southern Ute Tribe; the years were filmed in reverse chronological order. | Microfilm | 3 rolls | MC 2:12 - 3:01 |
| Southern Ute Drum | 1969-03-28 | 1969-05-23 | every other week | Newspaper of the Southern Ute Tribe. 2 issues, separated out from the Helen Sloan Daniels papers. | SW 024 149.2 | ||
| Southern Ute Drum | 1983-01-14 | 1991-07-01 | weekly | Newspaper of the Southern Ute Tribe; the years were filmed in reverse chronological order. | Microfilm | 2 rolls | MC 2:12 - 3:01 |
| Southern Ute Drum | 1991-07-01 | 2005-03-18 | every other week | Newspaper of the Southern Ute Tribe. Missing the following issues: Feb. 6, 2004; Vol. 30 #s 5-8, 10-18, and 20; Vol. 31, #10; Vol. 32, #s 20, 22-24; Vol. 34 #7; Vol. 35 #23; Vol. 36 #s 1, 6, 14-17, 10-11, 20, 22-23; and Vol. 37 No. 4. | 4 boxes | SW 024 149.2 | |
| Southern Ute Drum | 2006-04-14 | 2006-05-12 | every other week | Newspaper of the Southern Ute Tribe. 2 issues. | SW 024 149.2 | ||
| Weekly Ignacio Chieftain | 1910-07-21 | 1972-06-30 | weekly | (Duplicate listing for Ignacio Chieftain, where these are filed.) Gap after July 11, 1924 until resumes May 7, 1926. | Microfilm | MC 2:05 - 06 |
The microfilm collections at the Center of
Southwest Studies are likely to be the richest source for
information pertaining to Utes of the Four Corners region. The arrangement
of this list is by collection number.
Digitized microfilm! Researchers using microfilm at the Delaney Southwest Research Library can save digitally scanned images from microfilm for use electronically. Copy straight from the roll of microfilm on the reader to your computer file! The thumbnail image on the right is a Fourth of July illustration from The Creede Candle (Creede, Colo.), July 1, 1892. Click on the image for a larger view. Fair use provisions apply. You, the researcher, can only create these images for personal use.
Collection # I 002 Creator: U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Indian census rolls (RG 75) on microfilm
Description: Indian census rolls, 1884‑1940 (M595, 692 r.). Ute census records are on reels 149, 330-334, 544-545, 608-615, and 628 of this National Archives publication).
Historical note: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), established in 1947, was the successor to the Office of Indian Affairs which was created in the War Department in 1824 and transferred to the Department of the Interior at the time of its establishment in 1849. "The BIA is the principal bureau responsible for the administration of federal programs for federally recognized Indian tribes, and for promoting Indian self-determination. In addition, the Bureau has a trust responsibility emanating from treaties and other agreements with Native groups of Indian tribes and Alaska Natives. The Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs administers policy for the BIA. The BIA traditionally has been directed by a Commissioner who was appointed by the President; that position has not been filled since the Assistant Secretary position was established in 1977. The BIA web site is at: http://www.doi.gov/bia/. " (Source of this note: Florida State University Libraries at http://www.fsu.edu/library/search/toolkits/indiares.shtml viewed on 10/15/2003.)
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Census
Secondary subject: Census
Collection # I 011 Creator: U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs selected records (RG 75) on microfilm
Description: Includes documents and letters received regarding Ute Indians, 1881‑1939 (5 r./ dup. of roll 1) These are Ute records re: White River Utes, Uintah, Ouray Reservation/Agency, Utah). Approximately 8,350 pages per roll.
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Secondary subject: Ute Agency‑‑Records and correspondence‑‑1881‑1939
Collection # I 013 Creator: U.S. War Department
U.S. Secretary of War letters relating to Indian affairs (RG 75) on microfilm
Description: Correspondence to and from the Secretary of War pertaining to Indian affairs, prior to establishment of the Bureau of Indian Affairs: outgoing correspondence, 1800‑1824 (M15, 6 r., indexed) and incoming correspondence, 1800‑1823 (M271, 4 r.).
Notes: The Secretary of War was responsible for the conduct of the government's relations with Indian tribes until 1824 when the Bureau of Indian Affairs was established within the War Department. In 1849, responsibility transferred to the new Interior Department.
Year span of materials: 1800‑1824 Volume: 10 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Secondary subject: United States‑‑History
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Collection # I 014 Creator: U.S. government
U.S. Indian treaties (ratifieD) documents (RG 11) on microfilm
Description: (M668, 16 r.) See printed guide in manuscript collection M 129, described in I 014 collection description.
Notes: See printed List of Documents Concerning the Negotiation of Ratified Indian Treaties 1801‑1869 (1 vol., 175 pages) in collection M 129.
Year span of materials: 1722‑1869 Volume: 16 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Treaties
Secondary subject: Treaties
Collection # I 015 Creator: U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Indian treaties (negotiated) documents (RG 75) on microfilm
Description: Records on microfilm of negotiations of ratified and unratified treaties with various Indian tribes. ( T494, 10 r.) See printed guide List of Documents Concerning the Negotiation of Ratified Indian Treaties 1801‑1869 (1 vol., 175 p.) in collection M 129.
Notes: The U.S. government's negotiation of formal treaties with Native Americans followed a custom established by the British and colonial governments. Until 1871 Senate ratification was required, and had the same force as agreements with any sovereign nation.
Year span of materials: 1801‑1869 Volume: 10 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Treaties
Secondary subject: Treaties
Collection # I 020 Creator: U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Superintendent of Indian Trade
U.S. Superintendent of Indian Trade records (RG 75) on microfilm
Description: Letters received by the Superintendent, 1806‑1824 (T58, 1 r.); and copies of letters sent, 1807‑1823 (M16, 6 r.) to and from factories, purchasing agents and consuls regarding the purchase, transmittal, receipt and storage of goods.
Notes: Congress created the Superintendency in 1806 to "purchase and take charge of all goods intended for trade with the Indian nations, and to supervise the operation of Government trading houses." See inventory in collection M 129 for more description of contents and history. See also the National Archives' RG 75 inventory that accompanies collection I 011.
Year span of materials: 1806‑1824 Volume: 7 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Trading posts
Secondary subject: Trading companies
Collection # I 021 Creator: U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
U.S. Office of Indian Affairs records (RG 75) on microfilm
Description: Includes letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824‑1881 (M234, 962 r.); register to those letters received 1824‑1880 (M18, 126 r.); letters sent by the Office, 1824‑1881 (M21, 166 r.); procedural issuances of the Office: orders and circulars, 1854‑1960 (M1121, 17 r.); special files of the Office, 1807‑1904 (M574, 85 r.); and Office report books, 1838‑1885 (M348, 53 r.).
Notes: The letters received are a rich source of information on: the Government's administration of Indian Affairs; the relations of Indians with white traders, settlers and soldiers; and intertribal relationships. They are useful for the study of such topics as: the history of particular tribes; the advance of white settlement, especially west of the Mississippi; Indian economy and culture as affected by white encroachment; and regional and state history in many areas of the U.S. The register of letters received is arranged under five subject headings: annuity goods, centennial exhibition, miscellaneous, schools, and stocks. The special files records relate mainly to claims of claims and investigations: of traders for goods they furnished to Indians or the Government; of attorneys for legal fees; of both Indians and whites for losses from depredations; and of Indians for losses resulting from their removal from the Eastern U.S. Also included in the special files are records of investigations of the conduct of employees of the Office of Indian Affairs. See also the inventories/guides for this collection in collection M 129 for more description of contents and history. See also the National Archives' RG 75 inventory that accompanies collection I 011.
Historical note: "The Office of Indian Affairs was created in the War Department in 1824 and transferred to the Department of the Interior at the time of its establishment in 1849. It became the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1947." (Source of this note: Florida State University Libraries at http://www.fsu.edu/library/search/toolkits/indiares.shtml viewed on 10/15/2003.)
Year span of materials: 1824‑1960 Volume: 1,409 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Secondary subject: U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs‑‑Records and correspondence
Collection # I 023 Creator: U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Interior Department territorial papers (RG 48) on microfilm
Description: Territorial documents regarding such topics as movements for separate governments of what became the Four Corners states. Includes Colorado, 1861‑1888 (M431, 1 r.).
Primary subject: Southwest (U.S.)‑‑History
Secondary subject: Colorado‑‑History
Collection # I 024 Creator: U.S. Department of State
U.S. State Department territorial papers (RG 59) on microfilm
Description: Includes general territorial government records for Colorado, 1859‑1874 (M3, 1 r. / 2 copies)
Notes: Papers in the Colorado series are indexed.
Primary subject: Southwest (U.S.)‑‑History
Secondary subject: Colorado‑‑History
Collection # I 027 Creator: U.S. House of Representatives
Ives Expedition records (RG 233) on microfilm
Description: Original Report‑‑War Department, of Lt. J. C. Ives expedition to explore to Colorado River, as reported to U.S. House of Representatives, 36th Congress, 1st session, 5 June 1860. Vols. 1 and 2 (1,083 pages).
Year span of materials: 1860 Volume: 1 roll
Primary subject: Southwest (U.S.)
Secondary subject: Scientific expeditions
Collection # I 028 Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Hayden Survey records ( RG 57) on microfilm
Description: Records of the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (M623, 21 r.) See also the 22 survey maps at the Center of Southwest Studies. See also this book in Delaney S.W. library (QE75.B9 no. 222): Catalogue and Index of the Publications of the Hayden...Surveys, 1904.
Year span of materials: 1867‑1879 Volume: 21 rolls
Primary subject: Southwest (U.S.)
Secondary subject: Scientific expeditions
Collection # I 029 Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
King Survey records ( RG 57) on microfilm
Description: Records of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (M622, 3 r.) See the book in the S.W. library (QE75.B9 no. 222) Catalogue and Index of the Publications of the Hayden, King....Surveys, 1904.
Year span of materials: 1867‑1881 Volume: 3 rolls
Primary subject: Southwest (U.S.)
Secondary subject: Scientific expeditions
Collection # I 030 Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Powell Survey records (RG 57) on microfilm
Description: Letters received by John Wesley Powell, Director of the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (M156, 10 r.) The Survey was authorized by a joint resolution of Congress in 1868. See catalog/ index QE75.B9 #222 in Delaney S.W. library.
Notes: Initially, the Survey largely explored the Colorado River. As federal appropriations increased, the scope of the project was broadened to include investigations of the region's geography, geology, ethnology, and natural sciences.
Year span of materials: 1869‑1879 Volume: 10 rolls
Primary subject: Colorado River (Colo.‑Mexico)
Secondary subject: Scientific expeditions
Collection # I 031 Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey records (RG 57) on microfilm
Description: Letters sent by the USGS. (M152, 29 r.) Indexed.
Notes: In 1879 Congress created the USGS, a natural extension of the Hayden, Powell, Wheeler and King surveys. Operating in the western territories, the Survey classified public lands, studied geological structure and natural resources, and issued maps and publications.
Year span of materials: 1879‑1895 Volume: 29 rolls
Primary subject: Southwest (U.S.)
Secondary subject: Geological surveys
Collection # I 032 Creator: Bourke, John Gregory
John Gregory Bourke diaries on microfilm
Description: Diaries begun when Captain Bourke was aide‑de‑camp to General Crook. Includes anthropological observations of American Indians in Western and Southwestern U.S. Includes a color sketch (on roll 10).
Notes: Arrangement is chronological.
Year span of materials: 1872‑1896 Volume: 10 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America
Secondary subject: Anthropology‑‑Southwest (U.S.)
Collection # I 035 Creator: Indian Rights Association
Indian Rights Association papers on microfilm
Description: 136 rolls filmed by M.C.A., with printed guide (1975, 233 p., in collection M 129). ALSO, a less comprehensive earlier filming of 26 r.: 15 outgoing letterpress copybooks (1886‑1901, r. 1‑10), early letters (1868‑1886, r.12), and incoming correspondence (1887‑1901, r. 12‑26).
Notes: The Indian Rights Association was a humanitarian group dedicated to influencing federal U.S. Indian policy and protecting Indians of the U.S., especially in the 1880s and 1890s. The originals of these records are at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Year span of materials: 1864‑1973 Volume: 162 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Legal status, laws, etc.
Collection # I 036 Creator: Society of American Indians
Society of American Indians papers on microfilm
Description: Includes correspondence and archival records, papers, periodicals, and newspaper coverage of the Society of American Indians.
Year span of materials: 1906‑1946 Volume: 10 rolls and 74 p. guide
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Societies, etc.
Secondary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Collection # I 038 Creator: Collier, John
John Collier papers on microfilm
Description: With printed guide (1 volume, 107 p., in M 129). Microfilmed from the original papers in the Yale University Library.
Notes: Collier (1884‑1964) was executive secretary of the American Indian Defense Association from 1923 until he became Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1933. In 1945 he founded the Institute for Ethnic Affairs. He wrote prolificly during his last years, in Taos, N.M.
Year span of materials: 1922‑1968 Volume: 59 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America
Secondary subject: U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Collection # I 039
North American Indians periodicals on microfilm
Description: Periodicals by and about Native Americans. With guide (18 p., in collection M 129 finding aids).
Year span of materials: 1923‑1981 Volume: 82 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Periodicals
Secondary subject: Periodicals
Collection # I 040 Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Anthropology.
Ute and other Indian records on microfilm Bureau of Anthropology
Description: Film of the Bureau's manuscript collection nos. 753 ‑ 4525, incomplete. Diverse info collected by John Wesley Powell et al. on (primarily) Ute Indians, including legends, texts collected in 1902, Ute language vocabulary, letters, papers and accounts.
Notes: MS. #s 753‑836 (r. 1) are comparative vocabularies of Native American languages; various MS. #s 838‑4525 (incomplete) are on roll 2; MS. #3247 (r. 3) is 79 p. of notes of a conversation on 25 Sept. 1874 with Manuelito, "War Chief of the Navajos, Arizona."
Year span of materials: 1873‑1933 Volume: 3 rolls
Primary subject: Ute Indians‑‑History
Secondary subject: Indians of North America
Collection # I 043 Creator: U.S. Senate
Survey of conditions of the Indians in the United States on microfilm
Description: Senate hearings reports. See two page printed guide in collection M 129.
Year span of materials: 1928‑1943 Volume: 8 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Economic conditions
Secondary subject: Hearings
Collection # I 044
Dissertations on microfilm
Description: Includes White Settlements of the Ute Reservation 1880‑85 by Georgina Norman (1 r.).
Notes: These titles, for the most part, are cataloged in TALON.
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑History Volume: approx. 50 rolls
Secondary subject: Southwest (U.S.)‑‑History
Collection # I 053 Creator: Southern Ute Agency (Ignacio, Colo.)
Southern Ute collection on microfilm
Description: Microcopy of the Center's original letterpress copybook outgoing correspondence, March 5 ‑ July 26, 1899.
Year span of materials: 1899‑1899 Volume: 1 roll
Primary subject: Ute Indians‑‑History
Secondary subject: ndians of North America‑‑Records and correspondence
Collection # I 055
American Indian tribes major council meetings on microfilm
Description: Includes records of the Ute Mountain Tribal Council (Towaoc, Colo.), Southern Ute Tribal Council (Ignacio, Colo.), Uintah and Ouray Tribal Council (Moab, Utah) and joint meetings of these and Northern Ute tribal councils on Part One, reel 13 (circa 1930-1949, bulk years 1939-1949, screen counters 0523 through 0873) and Part Two, reels 12 (Southern Ute, 12/2/1960-5/9/1961, starting at counter 0716), 13 (Southern Ute, continued, 5/10/1961-12/7/1965. the entire reel, counters 0001 through 0856) and 14 (Ute Mountain, 11/6/1958-4/22/1964, the entire reel, counters 0001 through 0717), as described on pages 13-17 of Part One and pages 16-23 of Part Two University Publications of America's two booklets of printed guides to this collection in Collection M 129.
Part 1, Section 1: 1914‑1956, and Part 2, Section 1: 1957‑1971.
Year span of materials: 1914‑1971 Volume: 27 rolls and guide
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Secondary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Tribal government
Collection # I 056 Creator: U.S. Army. Office of the Adjutant General
U.S. Office of the Adjutant General records (RG 94) on microfilm
Description: Letters received by the Office (Main Series/ incomplete): F 68‑G, 1859 (M567, 1 r., #601); circa 1861‑1870 (M619, 32 r., #s 195‑812; Ute material is on reels 73, 95, 395, 401, 513, and 536); circa 1871‑1880 (M666, 123 r.); and circa 1881‑1889 (M689, 101 r.; Ute material is on reel 549). Also, Gen. James Wilkinson's order book, 1796 Dec. 31-1808 Mar. 8 ( M654, 3 r.; rolls 1-2 are 16 mm.).
Notes: The Center does not have a complete set of each of these NARA microfilm publications, only a broad selection. See also the Center's collection I 075 for U.S. Office of the Adjutant General returns from U.S. military posts.
Year span of materials: 1859‑1889 Volume: 257 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Secondary subject: U.S. Army. Office of the Adjutant General‑‑Records and correspondence
Collection # I 064 Creator: U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Office of Indian Affairs field jurisdictions inspections reports (RGs 48 and 75) on microfilm
Description: (M1070, 60 r.) Ute material is on reel 51.
Notes: See inventory/guide for this collection in collection M 129 for more description of contents and history. See also the National Archives' RG 75 inventory that accompanies collection I 011.
Year span of materials: 1873‑1900 Volume: 60 rolls
Primary subject: U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
Secondary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Collection # I 065 Creator: U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Superintendency of Indian Affairs
U.S. Superintendency of Indian Affairs records ( RG 75) on microfilm
Description: Includes records of the Central Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1813‑1878 (M856, 108 r.) and regional superintendencies including Southern, 1832‑1870 (M640, 22 r.) and New Mexico,1849‑1880 (T21, 30 r.).
Notes: Indian agents on the reservations reported to these regional superintendents, whose field jurisdiction was under the authority of the central office in Washington D.C.
Year span of materials: 1813‑1880 Volume: 309 rolls
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Secondary subject: Indian agents‑‑United States‑‑Records and correspondence
Collection # I 070 Creator: U.S. Army. Office of the Adjutant General
U.S. Office of the Adjutant General selected general orders and documents regarding Fort Lewis (RG 94) on microfilm
Description: Early official U.S. government records pertaining to Fort Lewis as a military post. Begins with designation of the cantonment established at Pagosa Springs as Camp Lewis in honor of Lieut. Col. W. H. Lewis "who lost his life in an engagement with hostile Indians on Sept. 28, 1878, at Famished Woman's Fork, Kansas" (dated 26 Oct. 1878) and ends with War Dept. turning over the Fort to the Secretary of the Interior on 16 Feb. 1895.
Notes: Not in strict chronological order. A very short roll of microfilm.
Year span of materials: 1878‑1895 Volume: 1 roll
Primary subject: Fort Lewis (Colo.)‑‑History
Secondary subject: Military posts‑‑United States‑‑History
Collection # I 076 Creator: U.S. Department of the Interior. Library
Biographical and historical index of American Indians and persons involved in Indian affairs on microfilm
Description: Microfilm from National Archives of an 8 volume catalog published by G. K. Hall (Boston, 1966) listing chiefs, prominent Indians, Indian agents, Bureau of Indian Affairs personnel, events, places of importance, social conditions, and "a biography of the American Indian over the past hundred years. Developed as an in‑house quick reference tool. Despite inaccuracies and inconsistencies due to a lack of editing, the student of Indian affairs should find the work useful." (Opportunities for Research, by Robert Delaney, 1972 Feb.)
Year span of materials: 1966 Volume: approx. 1 roll
Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑History
Secondary subject: U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs‑‑Biography
Ute lands report: The Ute relationships to the lands of West Central Colorado: an ethnographic overview prepared for the U.S. Forest Service by the Office of Community Services, August 2004
Useful link:
Utah History
and Ute History Timeline
See also this online guide
produced by Marquette University:
Guide to Catholic Related Records in the West about Native Americans
This collection is located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College. Researchers wanting more information about using this material at the Delaney Southwest Research Library at the Center may email the archivist at archives@fortlewis.edu or click here to use our E-mail Reference Request Form (or phone the archivist at 970/247-7126). The Center does not have a budget for outgoing long-distance phone calls to answer reference requests, so please email if you wish to receive a response from the Center. To request reproductions/copies, click here for instructions.
This guide was produced by Todd Ellison, Archivist, Center of Southwest Studies, 1997, updated August 2, 2007.
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