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Native American Collection Access and Restrictions: This collection is open for research. Digital Surrogates: Except where indicated, this document describes but does not reproduce the actual text, images and objects which make up this collection. Materials are available only in the Special Collections Department. Copyright: Please read The University of Iowa Libraries' statement on Property Rights, Copyright Law, and Permissions to Use Unpublished Materials. Use of Collections: The University of Iowa Libraries supports access to the materials, published and unpublished, in its collections. Nonetheless, access to some items may be restricted by their fragile condition or by contractual agreement with donors, and it may not be possible at all times to provide appropriate machinery for reading, viewing or accessing non-paper-based materials. Please read our Use of Manuscripts Statement. Acquisition and Processing Information: The collection was assembled from small collections already in the Manuscript Collections. Photographs: None. |
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Scope and Contents
This is a collection of items having to do with Native Americans, mostly in Iowa, but also from other regions.
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Inventory
- Buffalo, Johnathan L. Cha-Ka-Ta-To-Si’s Meskwaki manuscripts, 1978. 46 pages. Introduction, alphabet, and narrative.
Hosmer, William Howe Cuyler: “Foot Prints of the Iroquois” (essay). No date. 2 leaves. An essay on the history, culture, and religion of the Iroquois.
Sioux City American Indian Center. Administrative Core System Proposal, 1975. 133 pages. Photocopy
Smith, Jeremiah. Early Burlington, Iowa businessman and member of the Wisconsin Territorial Council in 1836. Includes a ledger showing accounts of the Sac and Fox Indians with Smith and a copy of a letter to Smith from John Beach providing for a settlement of these accounts.
Tos Kee Keh. Creek Nation. Abstract of losses of Creek Nation when they left their homes in December 1861. 29 pages
U.S. Treaties. Articles of a treaty of peace concluded at Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, Illinois, between the United States and tribes of the Sac and Fox Indians, September 21, 1832. 13 leaves. Together with 13 leaves of a different copy of the same treaty. Includes three typescript carbon copies of the treaty dated at Washington, D.C., February 13, 1833. This is a photocopy of a manuscript in the possession of the Davenport Museum. It is available in microfilm from Media Services, film number 5317
Weber, Alois J. Chief Keokuk: scrapbook and other items, January 1, 1957. 49 pages
Weber, Alois J. “Indians of the West As Depicted by George Catlin in His Paintings." Speech, January 29, 1970. 9 pages. Together with other articles, pictures, and correspondence pertaining to this subject