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Dockets for cases before the Indian Claims Commission involving petitions by the Northern Paiute Nation and bands thereof for lands on the Mono and Paviotso tracts, Nevada and California (1965); the Shoshoni Tribe of Indians of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, et al, for determination of control of Shoshoni lands in Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, California, and Utah (1962); and the Paiutes of western Nevada for compensation on claims in the Paviotso tract (1959).

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Correspondence and notes relating to Idaho's Native American history; manuscript copies of "Western State Names of Indian Origin: Idaho Gem of the Mountains", "The Shoshoni Contribution to the Lewis and Clark Expedition", "Notes on Old Fort Lemhi" and "Arapaho Massacre Told in Petroglyphs" by Judge James L. Fuller, edited by Rees; and correspondence concerning Sacajawea.

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Newspaper clippings; summaries of legislation; correspondence with the superintendent of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Frell M. Owl; programs from celebrations and conferences; and articles by Lovell; all concerning American Indians.

Summary Collection of 133 letters from Marian Detwiler, wife of Indian Field Service worker Phil Detwiler, to her family in Washington, D.C. between October 1928 and July 1932. The majority of her letters are from Fort Hall, Idaho and describe her experiences and travels through the area, interaction with the Shoshone and Bannock Indians, and her duties as a hostess for various Field Service visitors. Approximately one third of the letters are from Pine Ridge, South Dakota and the Crow...

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General information about Indian massacre sites; letters regarding the location and events of a massacre in Southern Idaho, and a short history of the Birch Creek Massacre by Alex Cruikshank.

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An account of the Elijah Otter massacre, Sept. 1860.

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Collection consists of one fishing permit issued to Ronald E. Bush by the Shoshone-Bannock Fish and Game Department. The permit is dated 4/5/1996.

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Correspondence (1889-1906); diaries (1875, 1877); autobiography (1888); scrapbook and newspaper clippings (1892-1915); also includes photographs; journals; notebooks; and manuscript, "Trail of a Gold Seeker, 1863."