Bureau of Indian Affairs and Navajo Tribal Documents, 1950-1954

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Title:: Bureau of Indian Affairs and Navajo Tribal Documents
Dates:: 1950-1954
Creators:: United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Emmons, Glenn Leonidas, Lewis, Orme, and Navajo Tribal Council.. Advisory Committee
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.
Extent:: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language:: English .
Preferred citation:: Bureau of Indian Affairs and Navajo Tribal Documents, 1950-1954, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.750.

Scope and content:: 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.
Acquisition information:: Donated by Donald J. Leiffer, 1958.
Processing information:: 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).
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Constitutions
Sheep industry
Navajo Indians -- Tribal government
Navajo Indians -- Government relations
Places:: Indian reservations -- Southwest, New

Collection Guide Author:: Holly Rose Larson
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-10-25 22:25:38 +0000 .

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Preferred citation:: Bureau of Indian Affairs and Navajo Tribal Documents, 1950-1954, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.750.

Location of this collection:: Autry Museum of the American West

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Los Angeles, CA 90027, US