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Wisconsin, Lac Court Oreille Reservation, St. Francis Solanus Mission School, 1962, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1962

Wisconsin, Lac Court Oreille Reservation, St. Francis Solanus Mission School, 1962, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Neopit, St. Anthony's Mission School, 1962, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1962

Wisconsin, Neopit, St. Anthony's Mission School, 1962, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Lac Court Oreille Reservation, St. Francis Solanus Mission School, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1961

Wisconsin, Lac Court Oreille Reservation, St. Francis Solanus Mission School, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Bayfield, Holy Family School, And Red Cliff Reservation, St. Francis Mission, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1961

Wisconsin, Bayfield, Holy Family School, And Red Cliff Reservation, St. Francis Mission, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Neopit, St. Anthony's Mission School, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1961

Wisconsin, Neopit, St. Anthony's Mission School, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Keshena, St. Joseph's School, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1961

Wisconsin, Keshena, St. Joseph's School, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin,Bad River Reservation, St. Mary's School, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1961

Wisconsin,Bad River Reservation, St. Mary's School, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Garrison Diversion Unit. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting A Report On The Garrison Diversion Unit, North Dakota And South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives, United States Department Of The Interior Feb 1960

Garrison Diversion Unit. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting A Report On The Garrison Diversion Unit, North Dakota And South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives, United States Department Of The Interior

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This collection of letters and reports, dated February 4, 1960, contains correspondences from the US Department of the Interior, the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the US Bureau of the Budget and other “interested federal agencies.” These correspondences discuss the risks and benefits of further development of the Missouri River Basin project in order to provide irrigation, more dependable municipal water supply, more dependable water supply to local industries and wildlife areas, as well as further development of flood control, drainage, and recreation. This extension would primarily benefit areas in North and South Dakota. The …


Wisconsin, Lac Court Orielle Reservation, St. Francis Solanus Mission School, 1960, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1960

Wisconsin, Lac Court Orielle Reservation, St. Francis Solanus Mission School, 1960, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Bayfield, Holy Family School, And Red Cliff Reservation, St. Francis Mission, 1960, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1960

Wisconsin, Bayfield, Holy Family School, And Red Cliff Reservation, St. Francis Mission, 1960, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Bad River Reservation, St. Mary's School, 1960, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1960

Wisconsin, Bad River Reservation, St. Mary's School, 1960, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Authorizing Enrolled Members Of The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, N. Dak., To Acquire Trust Interests In Tribal Lands Of The Reservation, And For Other Purposes, United States Congress, Us Senate Sep 1959

Authorizing Enrolled Members Of The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, N. Dak., To Acquire Trust Interests In Tribal Lands Of The Reservation, And For Other Purposes, United States Congress, Us Senate

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This report submitted by the United States (US) Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated September 1, 1959, was written to accompany Senate Bill 1352 which proposed (with the consent of the Three Affiliated Tribes tribal council) to authorize enrolled tribal members to acquire tribal lands. Many who were relocated due to the construction of the Garrison Dam did not have adequate funds to reestablish themselves in their new location. Since it is prohibited to sell the tribal lands of an organized tribe, US Senate Bill 1528 would allow for individual tribal members to purchase tribal land to establish …


Wisconsin, Lac Court Orielle Reservation, St. Francis Solanus Mission School, 1959, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1959

Wisconsin, Lac Court Orielle Reservation, St. Francis Solanus Mission School, 1959, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 19: Archeological Investigations At The Site Of Fort Stevenson (32ml1), Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota, G. Hubert Smith, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology Jan 1959

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 19: Archeological Investigations At The Site Of Fort Stevenson (32ml1), Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota, G. Hubert Smith, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …


River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 20: The Archeology Of A Small Trading Post (Kipp's Post 32mn1) In The Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota, Alan R. Woolworth, Raymond Wood, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology Jan 1959

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 20: The Archeology Of A Small Trading Post (Kipp's Post 32mn1) In The Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota, Alan R. Woolworth, Raymond Wood, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …


River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 15: Historic Sites Archeology On The Upper Missouri, Merrill J. Mattes, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology Jan 1959

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 15: Historic Sites Archeology On The Upper Missouri, Merrill J. Mattes, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …


River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 18: Fort Pierre Ii (39st217), A Historic Trading Post In The Oahe Dam Area, South Dakota, Hubert Smith, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology Jan 1959

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 18: Fort Pierre Ii (39st217), A Historic Trading Post In The Oahe Dam Area, South Dakota, Hubert Smith, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles, with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …


River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 17: The Excavation And Investigation Of The Fort Lookout Trading Post Ii (39lm57) In The Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota, Carl F. Miller, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology Jan 1959

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 17: The Excavation And Investigation Of The Fort Lookout Trading Post Ii (39lm57) In The Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota, Carl F. Miller, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles, with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …


River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 16: Historic Sites Archeology In The Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota, John E. Mills, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology Jan 1959

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 16: Historic Sites Archeology In The Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota, John E. Mills, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles, with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …


Wisconsin, Red Cliff Reservation, St. Francis Mission School, 1959, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1959

Wisconsin, Red Cliff Reservation, St. Francis Mission School, 1959, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Bad River Reservation, St. Mary's School, 1959, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1959

Wisconsin, Bad River Reservation, St. Mary's School, 1959, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Bayfield, Holy Family School, 1959, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1959

Wisconsin, Bayfield, Holy Family School, 1959, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Resolution Of The Navajo Tribal Council: Administration And Maintenance Of Cemeteries And Burial In Navajo Cemeteries, February 12, 1958, Paul Jones Feb 1958

Resolution Of The Navajo Tribal Council: Administration And Maintenance Of Cemeteries And Burial In Navajo Cemeteries, February 12, 1958, Paul Jones

Graves Protection and Repatriation

This three-page typed document is a resolution of the Navajo Tribal Council on Administration and Maintenance of Cemeteries and Burial in Navajo Cemeteries approved on February 12, 1958. It addresses issues such as overcrowding and who is allowed to be buried within Navajo cemeteries. An advisory committee was created to designate sites for cemeteries and provide for their beautification and safeguarding.


To Change The Name Of The Reservoir Above Garrison Dam And Known As Garrison Reservoir Or Garrison Lake To Lake Sakakawea, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives, Usher L. Burdick Feb 1958

To Change The Name Of The Reservoir Above Garrison Dam And Known As Garrison Reservoir Or Garrison Lake To Lake Sakakawea, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives, Usher L. Burdick

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This bill, dated Febuary 4, 1958 proposes to change the name of the reservoir behind the Garrison Dam on the Forth Berthold Reservation in North Dakota to "Lake Sakakawea".

See also:

To change the name of the reservoir above Garrison Dam and known as Garrison Reservoir or Garrison Lake to Lake Sakakawea


Wisconsin, Red Cliff Reservation, St. Francis Mission School, 1958, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1958

Wisconsin, Red Cliff Reservation, St. Francis Mission School, 1958, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Bad River Reservation, St. Mary's School, 1958, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1958

Wisconsin, Bad River Reservation, St. Mary's School, 1958, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Bayfield, Holy Family School, 1958, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1958

Wisconsin, Bayfield, Holy Family School, 1958, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Wisconsin, Lac Court Oreille Reservation, Holy Family School, 1958, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1958

Wisconsin, Lac Court Oreille Reservation, Holy Family School, 1958, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


To Change The Name Of The Reservoir Above Garrison Dam And Known As Garrison Reservoir Or Garrison Lake To Lake Sakakawea, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives, Usher L. Burdick Jan 1957

To Change The Name Of The Reservoir Above Garrison Dam And Known As Garrison Reservoir Or Garrison Lake To Lake Sakakawea, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives, Usher L. Burdick

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This bill, dated January 3, 1957 proposes to change the name of the reservoir behind the Garrison Dam on the Forth Berthold Reservation in North Dakota to "Lake Sakakawea".

See also:

To change the name of the reservoir above Garrison Dam and known as Garrison Reservoir or Garrison Lake to Lake Sakakawea


Anthropological Papers, No. 51: Observations On Some Nineteenth-Century Pottery Vessels From The Upper Missouri, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology, Waldo R. Wedel Jan 1957

Anthropological Papers, No. 51: Observations On Some Nineteenth-Century Pottery Vessels From The Upper Missouri, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology, Waldo R. Wedel

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a bundle of anthropological works sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, paper number 51 is an analysis of 25 pottery specimens from the Upper-Missouri area. These specimens are attributed to the Lewis and Clark expedition, to army personnel, and to other travelers. The origin of the pottery is uncertain, though there are indications that some pieces may have originated from Fort Berthold, Fort Buford, and Fort Stevenson. The paper offers background on pottery making in the Upper-Missouri, noting that the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa tribes made paddle-and-anvil pottery rather than coil pottery. Further background observations …