"We want freedom and citizenship" documents of Salish, Pend d'Oreille, and Kootenai Indian history, 1912-1920 edited by Robert Bigart and Joseph McDonald
Zealous in all virtues : documents of worship and culture change, St. Ignatius Mission, Montana, 1890-1894 / edited by Robert J. Bigart ; Latin translation by James M. Scott
Photographs made and collected by Arthur Earl Patton documenting life on and near the Flathead Indian Reservation. They include images of Salish people, cowboys, storefronts and buildings, carriages and wagons, automobiles, railroads, a river boat, and scenic views. Locations include Ravalli, Polson, and St. Ignatius in Montana, as well as Mandan, North Dakota. The collection includes some postcards by Thiri's Aerial View Service (T.A.V.S.), L. G. Bigelow, C.C. Slack & Co., and Charles E. Morris Co.
Biographical/Historical note:
Arthur Earl Patton lived on the southern edge of the Flathead Indian Reservation near Arlee, Montana. He moved there about 1911 and stayed five years, obtaining 160 acres of land in accordance with the Homestead Act of 1862.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 91-25, USNM ACC 387053
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Flathead artifacts, including a buckskin shirt, buckskin gauntlets, a beaded leather belt, and a buckskin money belt, which were donated with the album can be found in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 387053.
Additional Charles E. Morris photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 25 and Photo Lot 59.
An additional Thiri's Aerial view Service photograph held in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives.
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Citation:
Photo Lot 91-25, Arthur Earl Patton photograph album relating to the Flathead Indian Reservation and surrounding areas, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Photographs depicting Salish people in front of a tipi, and with horses, firearms, a cat, and a dog.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 77-26
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs of Salish Indians on the Flathead Indian Reservation can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 90-1 and Photo Lot 91-25.
Photo lot 77-26, James Patrick Christie photographs of Salish people on the Flathead Reservation, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Irrigation, timber, and hydropower : negotiating natural resource development on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, 1904-1945 / by Garrit Voggesser
Title:
Negotiating natural resource development on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, 1904-1945
In the name of the Salish & Kootenai nation : the 1855 Hell Gate Treaty and the origin of the Flathead Indian Reservation / edited by Robert Bigart and Clarence Woodcock
Survey of conditions of the Indians in the United States : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Seventy-first Congress, second session, pursuant to S. Res. 79 (70th Congress) a resolution directing the Committee on Indian Affairs of the United States Senate to make a general survey of the condition of the Indians of the United States : and S. Res...
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United States Congress (71st, 2nd session : 1929-1930) Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Search this
