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Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian relocation records 1936-1975

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Title Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian relocation records 1936-1975

Creator United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Date 1956-1958

Place Illinois--Chicago, Missouri--Saint Louis, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin

Language English

Subjects Intermountain School, United States, Flandreau Indian Vocational High School (S.D.), Indians of North America

Summary Photographs, clippings, maps, employment brochures, and statistics dating mainly from 1956 to 1958, compiled in albums/notebooks by Bureau of Indian Affairs relocation officials stationed at reservation agencies and in city field offices. The materials were prepared by each office to provide information to other relocation offices and potential residents. In addition to numerous photographs of Indians, Indian families, reservation buildings, vocational classes, etc., there are promotional brochures describing educational opportunities, entertainment, and shopping in the cities, and employment brochures from companies that hired Indians. Includes albums from the Cheyenne, Fort Peck, Menominee, New Mexico Pueblos, Pierre, Sisseton (including Flandreau Indian Vocational High School), Turtle Mountain, and Winnebago agencies; the Chicago and St. Louis urban relocation field offices; and the Intermountain School.

Biographical/Historical Note Bureau of Indian Affairs program to relocate Native Americans to urban areas.

Extent 1 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

Format Sources, Manuscripts, Albums, Notebooks, Photographs

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer Modern MS BIA Relocation

BibID 991740698805867

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 7378px × 9758px 206.00 MB

File Created 08/30/2024

Filename 991740698805867_ord_ayer_modern_ms_bia_box_00002_fl_00026_june_1968_004.tif

Unique Identifier NL12HPXP

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