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Reference Code :
  • DM-MS.BD.In2
Title:
  • Indian Affairs Collection
Date(s):
  • Created 1920s-1930s (informational content dates back to 1800s)
Holding Location:
  • Des Moines
Format:
  • 9.25 linear feet (20 containers and 1 oversize folder)
Scope:
  • This is a topical collection created by staff of the Iowa State Historical Department (State Historical Society of Iowa) during the 1920s and 1930s to consolidate research information on the state's Native American history held in its archival collections, duplicated from records of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs at the National Archives, and gleaned from a variety of published sources. Personnel involved in the creation of the collection included the department curator Edgar R. Harlan, Dr. Zellah Schermerhorn, educator Halla Rhode, and public archives administrator Cassius Stiles.

    Contents include treaties and land records, correspondence between local authorities and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (1826-1837), files on Sac and Fox history indexed both by subject and chronology, biographical files on prominent tribal leaders in the territory and state of Iowa, information on native cultural traditions, and a reference file of articles from the Annals of Iowa of relevance to Native American history. Some materials of special note in this collection are a "true copy" of the 1830 treaty of peace and friendship between the confederated tribes of the Meskwaki, Sioux, Winnebago and Menominee, and assented to by the Omaha, Ioway, Otoe, and MIssouri tribes; an original memorandum on Indian depredations (1865); an original minute book of the Tama County Executive Committee of the Indian Rights Association (1895-1899); and constitutions and by-laws of the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, and the Sac and Fox PowWow Association (1937).

    Please refer to the container list attached to this catalog record for greater detail on the contents of this collection.
    • Subject(s):
    • Fox Indians
    • Sauk Indians
    • Dakota Indians
    • Potawatomi Indians
    • Winnebago Indians
    • Ho-Chunk Indians
    • Indians of North America--Government relations
    • Indians of North America--Treaties
    • Indian Removal, 1813-1903
    Associated Materials:
    • The following associated materials are also available at this repository and contain information relative to Native American history in Iowa: Edgar Rubey Harlan Papers, 1887-1937 (H227, Manuscripts section); Halla M. Rhode Papers (R436, Manuscripts section)
    Location:
  • DM 1East N14/1/7-9 and Map Case MS-1, Drawer 8 (Mezzanine)
    • Indexes and Box Lists:
    Permanent Record Link:

    State Historical Society of Iowa

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