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The Association on American Indian Archives : publications, programs, and legal and organizational files
Title
The Association on American Indian Archives : publications, programs, and legal and organizational files, 1851-1983.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1851-1983.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1,420 manuscripts).
Local Notes
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Notes
Date range of documents: 1851-1983.
Reproduction of the originals from the Mudd Library, Princeton University.
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Summary
Since its founding in 1922, the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA) has promoted the rights of more than 300 Native American tribes throughout the United States. Over the course of its history, the Association has stood on the forefront of battles for Native American rights, from protection of land and water resources and the right of self-determination to the right to worship freely and to secure equal educational opportunity for their children. The work of the Association has embraced eight areas of concern to Native Americans: education, economic development, health and sanitation, land tenure, irrigation, preservation of culture and religion, tribal sovereignty, and youth. Among its major achievements was its role as catalyst for the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978. The Association on American Indian Affairs Archives document the role of this important twentieth-century Native American advocacy organization. This microfilm edition of the Archives is filmed from the holdings of the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University. The Archives, which include materials dating from 1922 to 1983, are one of the most comprehensive research collections on the struggles of Native Americans in the twentieth century. Correspondence, minutes, reports, articles, clippings, and other printed materials provide a wealth of valuable information for researchers. Most of the records are unique and cannot be found in any other collection. To cite just one example, rare materials from 1920s and 1930s illuminate early efforts in the pursuit of Native American rights, which in turn influenced many later initiatives.
Variant and related titles
Indigenous Peoples of North America. Gale.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 11, 2021
Series
Indigenous Peoples of North America
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Association on American Indian Affairs, issuing body.
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