Finding Aid to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Navajo Tribal Documents MS.750
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 November 26
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Bureau of Indian Affairs and Navajo Tribal Documents
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Creator:
Emmons, Glenn Leonidas
Creator:
Lewis, Orme
Creator:
Navajo Tribal Council.. Advisory Committee
Identifier/Call Number: MS.750
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1950-1954
Abstract: This is a collection of documents produced by the Bureau of Indian Affairs between January and March 1954. Documents include
Survey Report on the Bureau of Indian Affairs, January 6, 1954; Proposed Navajo Grazing Regulations, March 29, 1954; and A
Proposed Constitution for the Navajo Tribe, September 15, 1950.
Language of Material:
English
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This is a collection of documents produced by the Bureau of Indian Affairs between January and March 1954. Documents include
Survey Report on the Bureau of Indian Affairs, January 6, 1954; Proposed Navajo Grazing Regulations, March 29, 1954; and A
Proposed Constitution for the Navajo Tribe, September 15, 1950. The Survey Report on the Bureau of Indian Affairs includes
official correspondence from Commissioner Glenn L. Emmons, Assistant Secretary Orme Lewis, and the Survey Team for the Bureau
of Indian Affairs. The Proposed Navajo Grazing Regulations were prepared by the Sub-Committee for revision of the Navajo Special
Grazing Regulations and from the Navajo Tribal Advisory Committee during meetings held in March, 1954 at Window Rock, Arizona.
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Navajo Tribal Documents, 1950-1954, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.750.
Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 November
26, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Donated by Donald J. Leiffer, 1958.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Constitutions
Sheep industry
Navajo Indians -- Tribal government
Proposed Navajo Grazing Regulations, March 29, 1954
Survey Report on the Bureau of Indian Affairs, January 6, 1954
Proposed Constitution for the Navajo Tribe, September 15, 1950
Indian reservations -- Southwest, New
Navajo Indians -- Government relations