This collection focuses on the Truman administration's policies toward Native Americans. It includes documents covering the years 1945 through 1960. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts, and public papers.
The Truman Administration’s Policy Toward Native Americans
Documents
1945
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes to President Harry S. Truman and a Reply from William D. Hassett, with Related Material, April 1945 (NAID: 296762129)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1945-November 1947, OF 296 (NAID: 726511)
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Correspondence Between Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes and President Harry S. Truman with Related Material, November 1945 (NAID: 296761517)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Chief Roly Canard, T. Bear, and C. Lowe, with Attached Resolution of the Creek Indian Council (NAID: 205003940)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Personal Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 583578)
- Series: President's Personal Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 583579)
- File Unit: Creek: Nation, PPF 2047 (NAID: 829183)
1946
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Letter from J. H. Belvin to John H. Provinse, October 14, 1946 (NAID: 296762140)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1945-November 1947, OF 296 (NAID: 726511)
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Telegram from Congressman Mike Mansfield to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from Matthew Connelly (NAID: 296762136)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1945-November 1947, OF 296 (NAID: 726511)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment, August 1, 1946 (NAID: 296761738)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Claims Commission (Department of the Interior), OF 6aa (NAID: 724836)
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Letter from Frederick Collett to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, August 1946 (NAID: 296761734)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Claims Commission (Department of the Interior), OF 6aa (NAID: 724836)
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Letter from Isaac Sutton to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, August 1946 (NAID: 296761731)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Claims Commission (Department of the Interior), OF 6aa (NAID: 724836)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Harold D. Smith, February 1946 (NAID: 296761727)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Claims Commission (Department of the Interior), OF 6aa (NAID: 724836)
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Letter form Senator Tom Connally to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from Matthew Connelly, June 1946 (NAID: 296761723)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Claims Commission (Department of the Interior), OF 6aa (NAID: 724836)
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Letter from Acting Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to President Harry S. Truman, October 24, 1946 (NAID: 296761528)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
1947
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to President Harry S. Truman with Attached Report, November 21, 1947 (NAID: 296762182)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, December 1947, OF 296 (NAID: 726512)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, with Attachments and Related Material, November 1947 (NAID: 296762173)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1945-November 1947, OF 296 (NAID: 726511)
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Letter form Ida A. Stine to President Harry S. Truman, November 18, 1947 (NAID: 296762171)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1945-November 1947, OF 296 (NAID: 726511)
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Telegram from H. B. Parris to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett, August 6, 1947 (NAID: 296762166)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1945-November 1947, OF 296 (NAID: 726511)
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Correspondence Between William D. Hassett and Charl Ormond Williams, with Attachments, June 1947 (NAID: 296762159)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1945-November 1947, OF 296 (NAID: 726511)
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Concurrent Resolution from the Minnesota Legislature to President Harry S. Truman, April 23, 1947 (NAID: 296762155)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1945-November 1947, OF 296 (NAID: 726511)
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Telegram from the Crow Indian Women's Club to President Harry S. Truman with Referral Memorandum, May 2, 1947 (NAID: 296762150)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1945-November 1947, OF 296 (NAID: 726511)
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Correspondence Between William D. Hassett and Congressman Karl Stefan, April 1947 (NAID: 296762146)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1945-November 1947, OF 296 (NAID: 726511)
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Memorandum from George J. Schoeneman to Matthew Connelly, April 10, 1947 (NAID: 296761766)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Claims Commission (Department of the Interior), OF 6aa (NAID: 724836)
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Letter from Edgar E. Witt to President Harry S. Truman, March 10, 1947 (NAID: 296761764)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Claims Commission (Department of the Interior), OF 6aa (NAID: 724836)
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Public Law 726 - 79th Congress, to Create and Indian Claims Commission, March 7, 1947 (NAID: 296761755)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Claims Commission (Department of the Interior), OF 6aa (NAID: 724836)
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Memorandum from George J. Schoeneman to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments and Related Material, March 1947 (NAID: 296761747)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Claims Commission (Department of the Interior), OF 6aa (NAID: 724836)
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Letter from Gael Sullivan to George J. Schoeneman with Attachment, March 4, 1947 (NAID: 296761742)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Claims Commission (Department of the Interior), OF 6aa (NAID: 724836)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug to President Harry S. Truman, December 26, 1947 (NAID: 296761562)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug to President Harry S. Truman, September 8, 1947 (NAID: 296761560)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug to President Harry S. Truman, April 29, 1947 (NAID: 296761558)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments, April 1947 (NAID: 296761551)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Frank Tom-Pee-Saw to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 296760571)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Claims Commission (Department of the Interior) - Miscellaneous, OF 6AA (NAID: 291377236)
1948
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Telegram from Governor Luther Youngdahl to President Harry S. Truman, with Referral Note, August 1948 (NAID: 296761598)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne to President Harry S. Truman, July 16, 1948 (NAID: 296761595)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, with Attachments and Related Material (NAID: 296761583)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Lloyd Baker to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from Matthew Connelly, with Related Material, March 1948 (NAID: 296761577)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Senators Zales Ecton, James Murray, and Congressman Wesley D'Ewart to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Note, February 1948 (NAID: 296761573)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Senator Zales Ecton to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from Matthew Connelly, February 1948 (NAID: 296761567)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug to President Harry S. Truman, January 2, 1948 (NAID: 296761564)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Correspondence Between Acting Secretary of the Interior William Warne and President Harry S. Truman (NAID: 296760644)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1948-June 1949, OF 296 (NAID: 291676195)
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Memorandum for the Files from David Stowe, June 7, 1948 (NAID: 296760642)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1948-June 1949, OF 296 (NAID: 291676195)
1949
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments (NAID: 296762694)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Memorandum for the File from Stephen Spingarn, October 20, 1949 (NAID: 296762224)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Bill (S. 1407 of 1949, S. 2734 of 1950), OF 296 (NAID: 726513)
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Letter from Congressman J. Hardin Peterson to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from Matthew Connelly, with Related Note, October 1949 (NAID: 296762220)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Bill (S. 1407 of 1949, S. 2734 of 1950), OF 296 (NAID: 726513)
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Letter from C. G. Salsbury to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett, October 1949 (NAID: 296762124)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Bill (S. 1407 of 1949, S. 2734 of 1950), Pro, OF 296 (NAID: 726510)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Memorandum from Clark Clifford, November 1949 (NAID: 296761632)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt, with Attachment, February 1949 (NAID: 296761627)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Burt W. Aginsky to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett, October 1949 (NAID: 296760806)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Bill (S. 1407 of 1949, S. 2734 of 1950), Con, "A-D," OF 296 (NAID: 291685182)
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Telegram from Eleanor Roosevelt to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett, October 1949 (NAID: 296760717)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Report, "A Program for Self-Development of the Navajo", October 19, 1949 (NAID: 296760666)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Letter from David Buckles to Senator Zales Ecton with Attachment, August 11, 1949 (NAID: 296760660)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Correspondence Between William D. Hassett and Malvina Thompson, with Attached Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Materials (NAID: 296760649)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Letter from Frank Tom-Pee-Saw to President Harry S. Truman, June 16, 1949 (NAID: 296760558)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior) - Miscellaneous, OF 6C (NAID: 291377235)
1950
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Memorandum from Frederick J. Lawton to President Harry S. Truman, November 28, 1950 (NAID: 296761674)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter form Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to President Harry S. Truman and Reply from William D. Hassett, with Attachment and Related Material (NAID: 296761648)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to President Harry S. Truman, March 18, 1950 (NAID: 296761646)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and John R. Nichols, with Related Material, March 1950 (NAID: 296761640)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Felix Cohen to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 296760760)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Telegram from Sam Ahkeah to President Harry S. Truman, September 28, 1950 (NAID: 296760757)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Telegram from Mrs. Charles H. Dietrich to President Harry S. Truman, September 28, 1950 (NAID: 296760754)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Correspondence Between Vice President Alben Barkley and Matthew Connelly (NAID: 296760749)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Letter from Adam Castillo to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett, June 1950 (NAID: 296760746)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Correspondence from Oliver La Farge to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 296760739)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Letter from Royal D. Marks to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 296760735)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Letter from Abel Paisano to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett, May 1950 (NAID: 296760731)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Letter from Frederick Collett to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, May 1950 (NAID: 296760727)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Letter from Senator Hubert Humphrey to President Harry S. Truman with Internal Memoranda, April 1950 (NAID: 296760721)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, July 1949-1950, OF 296 (NAID: 291676196)
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Letter from Helen Brinkman to President Harry S. Truman, March 20, 1950 (NAID: 296760563)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior) - Miscellaneous, OF 6C (NAID: 291377235)
1951
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Congressman Toby Morris (NAID: 296761713)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Governor John Bonner, with Related Material (NAID: 296761707)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments and Related Material, November 1951 (NAID: 296761692)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, with Attachment and Related Material, September 1951 (NAID: 296761686)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Correspondence Between Matthew Connelly and Gertrude Ely, with Related Material (NAID: 296761678)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to President Harry S. Truman, January 4, 1951 (NAID: 296761676)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from N. B. Johnson to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett, with Related Notes (NAID: 296760785)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1951-1953, OF 296 (NAID: 291676197)
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Telegram from Josephine Kelly to President Harry S. Truman with Referral Memorandum, September 1951 (NAID: 296760780)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1951-1953, OF 296 (NAID: 291676197)
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Letter from Oliver La Farge to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 296760775)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1951-1953, OF 296 (NAID: 291676197)
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Telegram from Christopher D. Morris to President Harry S. Truman, February 28, 1951 (NAID: 296760769)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1951-1953, OF 296 (NAID: 291676197)
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Telegram from Mrs. Charles H. Dietrich to President Harry S. Truman, February 24, 1951 (NAID: 296760764)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1951-1953, OF 296 (NAID: 291676197)
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Letter from Frank Volck to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from Joseph Short (NAID: 296760639)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Soldiers' Bodies: Burial of Sergeant John R. Rice - Miscellaneous, "U-W", OF 471B (NAID: 291421898)
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Resolution from Sioux City, Iowa Public School Teachers, August 30, 1951 (NAID: 296760635)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Soldiers' Bodies: Burial of Sergeant John R. Rice - Miscellaneous, "S-T", OF 471B (NAID: 291421897)
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Letter from Ray Fadden to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett, September 1951 (NAID: 296760631)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Soldiers' Bodies: Burial of Sergeant John R. Rice - Miscellaneous, "A-C", OF 471B (NAID: 291421885)
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Telegram from the Association on American Indian Affairs to President Harry S. Truman, August 30, 1951 (NAID: 296760628)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Soldiers' Bodies: Burial of Sergeant John R. Rice - Miscellaneous, "A-C", OF 471B (NAID: 291421885)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and L. Welch Pogue (NAID: 296760611)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Soldiers' Bodies: Burial of Sergeant John R. Rice, OF 471B (NAID: 291421779)
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Letter from William H. Deacy to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from Major General Harry Vaughan, with Related Material, September 1951 (NAID: 296760605)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Soldiers' Bodies: Burial of Sergeant John R. Rice, OF 471B (NAID: 291421779)
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Correspondence Between Major General Harry Vaughan and Major General Herman Feldman (NAID: 296760589)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Soldiers' Bodies: Burial of Sergeant John R. Rice, OF 471B (NAID: 291421779)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Mary McLeod Bethune, September 1951 (NAID: 296760586)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Soldiers' Bodies: Burial of Sergeant John R. Rice, OF 471B (NAID: 291421779)
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Letter from Mrs. Evelyn Rice to Major General Harry Vaughan, October 18, 1951 (NAID: 296760584)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Soldiers' Bodies: Burial of Sergeant John R. Rice, OF 471B (NAID: 291421779)
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Telegram from Major General Harry Vaughan to the Mayor of Sioux City, Iowa, August 1951 (NAID: 296760576)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Soldiers' Bodies: Burial of Sergeant John R. Rice, OF 471B (NAID: 291421779)
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Newspaper Clipping, "Iowa Cemetery Halts Burial of U. S. Indian Killed in Korea", August 28, 1951 (NAID: 296760574)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Soldiers' Bodies: Burial of Sergeant John R. Rice, OF 471B (NAID: 291421779)
1952
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Letter from Edward Thomas to Matthew Connelly with a Reply from Assistant Secretary of the Interior Joel Wolfsohn (NAID: 296760799)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1951-1953, OF 296 (NAID: 291676197)
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Public Law 291, 82nd Congress, to Provide for Medical Services to Non-Indians in Indian Hospitals, April 3, 1952 (NAID: 296760796)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indians, 1951-1953, OF 296 (NAID: 291676197)
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Telegram from the Association on American Indian Affairs to Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, June 11, 1952 (NAID: 296760566)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior) - Miscellaneous, OF 6C (NAID: 291377235)
Undated
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Memorandum from Senator Carl Hayden to President Harry S. Truman (NAID: 296762217)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Bill (S. 1407 of 1949, S. 2734 of 1950), OF 296 (NAID: 726513)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note (NAID: 296761637)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug to President Harry S. Truman and a Reply from William Hopkins, with Related Material (NAID: 296761620)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and George Albert Smith, with Related Material (NAID: 296761602)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Indian Affairs, Office of (Department of the Interior), OF 6c (NAID: 724792)
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Correspondence Between Former President Harry S. Truman and Robert Hyland (NAID: 296760544)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Post-Presidential Papers, 1953 - 1973 (NAID: 1204)
- Series: General Correspondence Files, 1953 - 1973 (NAID: 271789385)
- File Unit: Hux - Hz (NAID: 280925314)
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Oral History Interview with George L. McColm (NAID: 221167971)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)
Official Documents
Photographs
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Remains of Sergeant 1st Class John Rice carried through Arlington Cemetery
2005-13
Admiral Chester Nimitz as an honorary Chief of the Ottawa Indian Foundation
99-885
Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Philleo Nash at the Poverty Conference
98-2582
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash (far right), Vice President Hubert Humphrey (center) and unidentified man at the Poverty Conference
98-2583
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash (center) shown with group of Native American Indians and other unidentified persons during the Poverty Conference
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash is shown with unidentified American Indian in full feather headdress during the Poverty Conference
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash surrounded by American Indians at the Poverty Conference
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash shown with American Indian at Poverty Conference
98-2592
Philleo Nash (third from left) dances in a line with a group of Native Americans and others during the Poverty Conference
98-2593
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash shown during his visit to the Jemez Day School Open House
98-2595
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash is shown during a reception at the Jemez Day School in Albuquerque
98-2596
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash (center) dances with a group of Native American Indians during the Poverty Conference
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash at the Jemez Day School Open House
98-2597
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash During a Reception at the Jemez Day School
98-2598
Ceremony held during Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash's Visit to Jemez Day School
98-2601
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash addressing the attendees of the Klagetoh Meeting
98-2707
Profile portrait of Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash wearing western hat
98-2720
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash with Unidentified Man during his Visit to Oklahoma
98-2769
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash shown with unidentified man during his visit to Oklahoma
98-2770
Unidentified officer of the National Council of American Indians with Philleo Nash, Commissioner of Indian Affairs
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Unidentified Officer of the National Council of American Indians with Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash
98-2797
Philleo Nash Inspects House under Construction on the Blackfoot Reservation in Browning, Montana
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Blackfoot Indian family in a Temporary Tent Dwelling Awaiting a New House
98-2819
Moving Newly Constructed Homes to the Blackfoot Reservation in Browning, Montana
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Newly Constructed Home on the Blackfoot Reservation in Browning, Montana
98-2832
Moving a Newly Constructed House for the Blackfoot Reservation in Browning, Montana
98-2830
Commissioner Philleo Nash is shown with three unidentified Native American Indian women during the Poverty Conference
98-2584
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash shown in full Indian dress during his adoption into the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash (second from left) in full Indian dress during ceremony with Chippewa Indians
98-2627
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash (center) in full Chippewa Indian dress
98-2628
Philleo Nash Delivering a Speech at the Institute of Race Relations, Fisk University
98-2680
Ecuadorian Indians attending presentation of the airplane "Spirit of Kansas City" in Quito, Ecuador
98-1560
Ecuadorian Indian attending presentation ceremony for the airplane "Spirit of Kansas City."
98-1561
President Truman Receives Indian War Bonnet from Blackfoot Natives in Havre, Montana
77-3599
Former President Truman, a Native American man, and Thomas Hart Benton
95-223-05
Louis W. Truman Wearing a Headdress as he Speaks with Yakima Tribe Members
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President Harry S. Truman is Greeted by Seminoles Indians, Everglades, Florida
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Former President Truman Receiving Ceremonial Indian Headdress In New York City
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President Harry S. Truman and others watching a group of Indian performers, while touring in Mexico
59-72-35
Philleo Nash speaking at branch of Land Operations, Bureau of Indian Affairs
98-2708
Float advertising a Tuba City, Arizona chapter meeting with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
98-2714
Overview of reception held following the swearing in of Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash
98-2784
Unidentified men during the construction of Indian housing at an unknown location
98-2835
President Truman presented a Seminole shirt with a group of Seminole Indians and dignitaries looking on
59-1472
President Kennedy with the Executive Council of the National Congress of American Indians
98-2520
Philleo Nash Visits with Two Indian Children and an Indian man During the USIA Indian Art Show
98-2526
Philleo Nash visits with Indian Children and an Indian Man During the USIA Indian Art Show
98-2527
Philleo Nash With a group of Students From the Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools in Washington, D. C
98-2537
Philleo Nash Lectures a Students Enrolled in the Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools in Washington, D. C
98-2538
Philleo Nash with Top Students from the Student History/Government Conference at the Bureau of Indian Affairs School in Washington, D. C
98-2539
Philleo Nash Lecturing Indian High School Students During the Bureau of Indian Affairs School held in Washington, D. C
98-2540
Philleo Nash with Indian Employees of Donly Machine Specialties, Inc., Chicago
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Philleo Nash with Indian Employees of Donly Machine Specialties, Inc., Chicago
98-2546
Philleo Nash, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, speaks during the dedication of the Pine Ridge, South Dakota housing
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Philleo Nash, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, speaking during the dedication of the Pine Ridge Housing development
98-2699
Philleo Nash, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, plays the Guitar for a Smiling Vice-President Humphrey
98-2801
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