A Guide to the Rex Quinn Papers
Finding aid prepared by John R. Nemmers
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
August 2004
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Provenance: |
Quinn, Rex (Reginald W.) |
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Title: |
Rex Quinn Papers |
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Dates: |
1892-1970 |
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Bulk: |
1950-1968 |
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Extent: |
6.75 linear ft. 18 Boxes |
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Identification: |
MS Group 145 |
Reginald "Rex" W. Quinn served as Superintendent of the Seminole Agency in Hollywood, Florida, from 1965 until his retirement
in 1968. A Sissiton Sioux, he was born April 27, 1913 in South Dakota and spent the majority of his adult life working for
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, beginning in 1935. His field work with the BIA took him around the country to locations such
as Nevada, South Dakota, North Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C. He served in several positions throughout his
career, and by the 1950s he had become one of the BIA's leading experts in the development of tribal constitutions.
In 1956, he was appointed Chief Tribal Operations Officer for the BIA. In this position, Quinn worked closely with the Seminole
Tribe in 1957 when it organized its Tribal Council and Board of Directors under a new constitution and charter. This relationship
with the tribe eventually led to his appointment as Superindentent of the Seminole Agency in 1965. As Superintendent, he worked
closely with tribal leaders such as Billy Osceloa and the members of the Seminole Reservations at Brighton, Big Cypress, and
Hollywood (Dania). His work focused on areas such as the Seminole cattle program, land use, housing, education, and tribal
government, among other issues.
Correspondence, reports, financial statements, memoranda, photographs, publications. The collection primarily includes material
created or collected by Quinn in his roles as Superintendent of the Seminole Agency and as Chief Tribal Operations Officer
with the BIA in the 1950s and 1960s. A large portion of material pertains to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, including land
use, cattle, housing, financial matters, tribal governance, health, welfare, and census data. Non-Florida tribes are well-represented
in this collection as well, primarily through reports, publications, historical summaries, and Indian Claims Commission dockets
and docket summaries. A significant portion of the collection deals with the administration and policy of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. Topics include tribal governance, agriculture, funds, tribal relations, land use, constitutions and charters, claims,
tribal operations, and legislation. Also included is the correspondence of K.A. Marmon, Seminole Agency Superintendent in
the 1950s; Billie Osceola of the Seminole Tribe; and Virgil Harrington, Seminole Agency Superintendent from 1958 to 1963.
A small number of photographs represent subjects such as Seminole housing and construction sites on the Seminole Reservations
at Big Cypress and Brighton.
Access
Collection is open for research. However, due to the private nature of some materials, access to portions of the Rex Quinn
Papers is restricted. The collection is restricted because files contain private information including sensitive financial
information and biographical data. This restriction of access is indicated at the beginning of each series description in
the guide to the collection. Access to restricted collections requires permission from Department Staff, and will be determined
on a case by case basis
[Identification of item], Rex Quinn Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
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Series 1 - Seminole Tribe of Florida, 1932-1970
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This series contains material created or collected by Quinn in his role as Superintendent of the Seminole Agency in Florida
from 1965 to 1968. A large number of the files pertain to land use, including Reservation lands and realty, cattle ranching
(grazing lands), forestry, housing, home improvement, and construction. Financial documents include credit reports, budgets,
and annual statements made by the tribe to the BIA. Other topics include tribal governance and organization, community service
and development, the Agricultural Extension Service, welfare, health, and census material. A large number of the documents
included in this series are reports, financial statements, memoranda, and correspondence.
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Access to this series is restricted because files contain private information, including sensitive financial information and
biographical data. Access to restricted collections requires permission from Department Staff, and will be determined on a
case by case basis
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Box 1 |
Administration - General (Personnel, Activity Reports, Memos, Office Operations). 1965-1967
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Administration and Personnel - General Office Operations. 1959-1967 |
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Agency Budgets. 1967-1968 |
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Calf Crop - Cattle. 1965 |
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Cattle Data - Inventories, etc. 1965-1967 |
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Cattle Improvement Program. 1966-1968 |
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Cattle Program. 1965-1967 |
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Charter - Constitution, Administrative Plan. 1964-1970 |
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Census: Big Cypress. n.d. (ca. 1965) |
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Census: Brighton. n.d. (ca. 1965) |
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Census: Hollywood (Dania). n.d. (ca. 1965) |
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Community Action Program - CAP Grant. 1965-1967 |
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Community Development Reports. 1967 |
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Community Service and Community Development Activity Reports, Correspondence. 1966-1967 |
Box 2 |
Community Services and Educational Program Contract Proposal. n.d.
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Confidential Committee Report. 1967 |
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Credit - General. 1965-1967 |
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Education. 1957-1968 |
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Employment Assistance. 1966-1967 |
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Everglades National Park - Senate Report. 1932 |
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Farmers Home Administration (Land Development). 1966-1967 |
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Florida Agricultural Extension Service - Cattle Owners, Ranches. 1966-1967 |
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Forestry. 1956-1968 |
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Grazing Fees. 1963-1966 |
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Green Corn Dance. n.d. |
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Health - State Board of Health and Public Health Services. 1965-1967 |
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Hollywood Sewage. 1966 |
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Home Improvement Program. 1965-1967 |
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Home Rental Enterprise. 1966-1967 |
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Housing Assistance (Program Reservation, Housing and Urban Development). 1967 |
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Housing (Home Construction). 1966-1967 |
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Housing - Improvements. 1966-1967 |
Box 3 |
Housing (Loans) Credit Program. 1965
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Housing (Original Program) - Friends of the Seminoles. 1956 |
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Industrial Prospects. 1966-1967 |
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Land Operations (General). 1966-1967 |
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Law and Order (Crime, Domestic Relations, etc.). 1965-1970 |
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Loan Application Justification, Seminole Tribe of Florida. 1967 |
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Minutes, Tribal Council and Board of Directors Meetings. 1966-1967 |
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Monthly Reports (Reservation Management). 1966-1967 |
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Mutual Help Housing. 1967 |
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Organization Charts (Agency Reorganization). 1966-1967 |
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Orientation - Tribal Operations Staff. 1962 |
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Plant Management Activity Reports. 1966-1967 |
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Projects - ideas (agriculture, construction, etc.). 1965-1967 |
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Publications regarding the Seminoles of Florida. 1956-1966 |
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Realty/Land (Big Cypress Leases). 1957 |
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Realty/Land (Brighton Leases). 1965-1967 |
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Realty/Land Operations, Real Property Management. 1965-1967 |
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Realty/Land (Right-of-way), Dania. 1957-1965 |
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Realty/Land (State Indian Reservation), Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes. 1965-1967 |
Box 4 |
Reservation Developmental Potential (Land Operations). 1967
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Reservation Programs (Activity Reports). 1966-1967 |
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Roads. 1966-1967 |
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Seminole Census (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton). n.d. (ca. 1965) |
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Seminole Claims (Indian Claims Commission). 1954-1961 |
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"Seminole Indians in Florida". n.d. (ca. 1940) |
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Seminole Tribe of Florida Annual Credit Report (Balance Sheets, Financial Statements). 1966 |
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Seminole Tribe of Florida Annual Credit Report (Balance Sheets, Financial Statements). 1967 |
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Seminole Tribe of Florida (Tribal Programs, Muskogee, Charter, Tribal Council, etc.). 1957 |
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Seminoles of Florida Ten-Year Program (Economic, Community and Administrative Development). 1966 |
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Stores (Brighton and Big Cypress). 1966-1967 |
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Tribal Budgets. 1966-1967 |
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Tribal Funds - Income Balances. 1965-1967 |
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Tribal Housing Authority. 1964-1966 |
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Village and Arts and Crafts. 1965-1967 |
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Welfare and Assistance. 1965-1968 |
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Withdrawal - Seminoles (Termination of Federal Supervision). 1954-1956 |
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Series 2 - Bureau of Indian Affairs Administration and Policy, 1913-1967
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The majority of the materials in this series pertain to Quinn's work as Chief Tribal Operations Officer with the BIA in the
1950s and 1960s. A significant portion of the files are related to tribal governance and tribal funds. Other materials include
orientation/training materials, reports, census materials, background information on tribes, and legal material (e.g., laws
pertaining to tribes). Topics include tribal relations, agriculture, BIA policy, land use, tribal constitutions and charters,
tribal funds, the Indian Reorganization Act, and tribal claims.
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Access to this series is restricted because files contain private information, including sensitive financial information and
biographical data. Access to restricted collections requires permission from Department Staff, and will be determined on a
case by case basis
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Box 5 |
Acculturation (Relations Between Races). 1931-1957
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Agriculture. 1947-1961 |
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Alaska Native Service Act. 1965 |
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American Indian Chicago Conference. 1961-1962 |
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Assimilation (incl. Children and Young Adults). 1949-1961 |
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Association on American Indian Affairs. 1953-1961 |
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Bureaucracy. 1945 |
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Bureau of Indian Affairs Congressional Appropriations. "1913, 1959" |
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Bureau of Indian Affairs Organization (Staff Directories). 1961-1966 |
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Bureau of Indian Affairs Reorganization Task Force. 1941-1961 |
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Bureau of Indian Affairs Services. 1952-1962 |
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Changing Social Orders. 1961-1965 |
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Claims. 1963-1965 |
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Early Instructions to Field regarding Indian Organization. 1934-1941
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Economic Development. 1949-1964 |
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Education. 1931-1962 |
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Federal Policy - General. 1929-1965 |
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Field Enrollment Section. 1963-1965 |
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Forestry on Indian Lands. 1940 |
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General Data on Reservations - Reservation Maps. 1929-1965 |
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Health Benefit Program. 1949-1963
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Hunting and Fishing. 1934-1962 |
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Indian Historian. 1965 |
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Indian Land Policy. 1931-1965 |
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Indian Resources Development Act. 1967 |
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Judgment Funds, Programming. 1956-1964 |
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Judgment Fund Rolls (Training Paper). 1965 |
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Language: Lakota-English Dictionary. 1964 |
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Law and Order. 1931-1959 |
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Law and Order. 1934-1963 |
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Law and Order. 1956-1959 |
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Legislation - Miscellaneous. 1928-1964 |
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Material re: Indian Reorganization Act (June 18, 1934). 1934-1953 |
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Material re: Oklahoma Welfare Act (June 26, 1936). 1934-1936 |
Box 8 |
Orientation Material - Distribution in Judgment Funds. 1962
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Orientation Material - Tribal Attorneys. 1962 |
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Orientation Material - Tribal Funds, Tribal Budgets. 1962 |
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Orientation Material - Tribal Government (General). 1959 |
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Per Capita Payments. 1950-1952 |
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Powers of Indian Tribes. 1934-1958 |
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Problems of Indian Administration. 1928-1955 |
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Problems of Withdrawal of Federal Supervision. 1947-1958 |
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Program for Indian Citizens. 1961 |
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Racial Mixing. 1957-1963 |
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Reservation Problems - General. 1929-1965 |
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Resource Management (Land). 1938-1960 |
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Special Projects - Tribal Government. 1936-1963 |
Box 9 |
Task Force - Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1961-1962
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Termination of Federal Supervision. 1939-1965 |
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Treaties. 1964 |
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Tribal Annuities. n.d. |
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Tribal Attorneys. 1958-1962 |
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Tribal Constitutions. 1960-1965 |
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Tribal Elections. 1956-1965 |
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Tribal Funds (including Trust Funds). 1935-1960 |
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Tribal Funds - Programming. 1965 |
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Tribal Funds - Trust Agreements. 1959-1964 |
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Tribal Governing Bodies. n.d. |
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Tribal Government. 1941-1965 |
Box 10 |
Tribal Jurisdiction. 1956-1962
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Tribal Land (including Fishing Rights). 1962 |
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Tribal Membership Rolls (Training Paper). 1965 |
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Tribal Political Problems. 1961-1966 |
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Tribal Programs and Tribal Government (Folder 1). 1958-1959 |
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Tribal Programs and Tribal Government (Folder 2). 1956-1958 |
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Welfare (Social Security and Education: Indian Affairs). 1949 |
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Series 3 - Special Problems - Tribal Operations, 1960-1965
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The files in this small series also pertain to Quinn's work as the BIA Chief Tribal Operations Officer (see Series 2), but
these files were set aside from other BIA materials and categorized as "Special Problems" files by Quinn. The files consist
primarily of reports of tribal operations that identify or address special problems present in certain tribes of regions (e.g.,
Alaska, Minneapolis).
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Aberdeen. 1962-1965
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Alaska. n.d. |
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Anadarko. 1962-1965 |
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Billings. 1962-1965 |
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Gallup. 1962-1963 |
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Minneapolis Area. 1962-1963 |
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Muskogee. 1960-1964 |
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Phoenix. 1960-1965 |
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Portland. 1960-1965 |
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Series 4 - Non-Florida Tribes, 1892, 1936-1966
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This series includes publications, histories, and reports about various non-Florida tribes. Most materials are filed according
to tribal name, but some are filed according to geographic region or location. The majority of the files are arranged according
to tribal name, but some are filed according to geographic region or location.
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Box 12 |
Alaskan Native Affairs, Task Force on (Report). 1962
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Arizona. 1958 |
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Blackfeet. 1961-1962 |
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Caddo. 1964 |
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California. 1958-1960 |
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Canadian Indians. 1965-1966 |
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Cherokee (Eastern) - Indian Fair Association. 1958 |
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Cherokee Survey - Reports by Quinn. 1959 |
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Cheyenne and Arapahoe. 1961-1964 |
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Cheyenne (Northern), Montana - Special Report, C.J. Cornelius. 1962-1964 |
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Cheyenne River. 1957-1963 |
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Chippewa. 1952-1964 |
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Colville. 1960-1965 |
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Couer d' Alene. 1958-1963 |
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Crow. 1949-1964 |
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Crow. 1958 |
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Crow Creek - Lower Brule. 1960-1962
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Devil's Lake. 1962 |
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Delaware (Absentee). 1964 |
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Flandreau. 1962-1965 |
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Flathead. n.d. (ca. 1960) |
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Ft. Peck. 1958-1963 |
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Ft. Hall. 1960 |
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Great Lakes Agency. 1962-1963 |
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Iowa of Oklahoma. 1964 |
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Jicarilla Apache. 1960-1962 |
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Kaw. n.d. |
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Kiowa, Comanche, Apache. 1960-1965 |
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Kalispell. 1963 |
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Kickapoo. 1964 |
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Klamath. 1963 |
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Kootenai. 1960 |
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Malheur. 1960 |
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Mescalero. 1959-1962 |
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Michigan Indians. 1951 |
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Minnesota Agency (Chippewa). 1960-1965 |
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Navajo. 1960-1964 |
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Nevada Agency. 1961-1964 |
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New York Indians - Jurisdiction. 1960-1965 |
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Nez Perce. 1960-1963 |
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Northern Arapaho (Docket 329-D). 1963-1964 |
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Northern Cheyenne. 1964 |
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Northern Piaute. 1959-1963 |
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Northwest. 1960 |
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Omaha - Nebraska. 1949-1962 |
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Osage. 1941-1943 |
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Otoe - Missouria. 1960-1965 |
Box 14 |
Papagos. "1936-1943, n.d."
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Pawnee. 1963-1964 |
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Pine Ridge. 1962-1964 |
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Ponca - Nebraska. 1962-1965 |
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Ponca - Oklahoma. 1963-1964 |
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Potowatomi. 1960-1963 |
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Piute - Malheur. 1959 |
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Pueblo. 1963-1964 |
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Quileute. 1962 |
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Quinault. n.d. (ca. 1962) |
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Red Lake. 1962-1963 |
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Red Lake - Pembina (Chippewa). 1940-1964 |
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Rocky Boy. 1962-1964 |
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Rosebud (Sioux). 1941-1963 |
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Sac and Fox. 1957-1964 |
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Santee (Sioux). 1962 |
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Shawnee. 1964 |
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Shoshone. 1962 |
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Siletz. 1960 |
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Sioux (Teton) Pine Ridge. 1962 |
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Standing Rock (Sioux). 1962-1963 |
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Stockbridge and Munsee. 1892 |
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Tonkawa. n.d. |
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Turtle Mountain. 1959-1965 |
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Umatilla. 1960 |
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Ute (Confederated Band). 1962 |
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Ute (Mountain Utes). 1960-1963 |
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Warm Springs Reservation. 1960-1963 |
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Wichita. n.d. |
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Wind River Reservation. 1960 |
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Winnebago - Nebraska. 1962 |
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Wisconsin. 1952 |
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Yakima. 1955-1963 |
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Yankton. 1962 |
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Series 5 - Tribal Claims (Indian Claims Commission), 1950-1964
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The materials in this series pertain to tribal claims before the Indian Claims Commission. The files include reports, ICC
dockets, docket summaries, legislation, and publications. Most materials are filed according to tribal name, but some are
filed according to geographic region or location.
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Box 15 |
Chehalis. 1956-1963
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Claims Cases (Docket Status Report). 1964 |
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Confederated Tribes - Colville. 1959 |
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Coeur d'Alene. 1957 |
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Creek (East of Mississippi). 1962 |
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Creek Nation. 1959 |
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Delaware. 1954-1963 |
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Duwamish. 1957-1963 |
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Emigrant New York Indians (Oneida, Stockbridge - Munsee). 1957-1962 |
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Indian Claims Commission Dockets 73 and 151, Pages 81-209. 1961 |
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Indian Claims Commission Dockets 73 and 151, Pages 210-389. 1961 |
Box 16 |
Indian Claims Commission Dockets 73 and 151, Pages 725-917. 1961
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Iowa - Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa. 1958-1963 |
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Kalispel. 1958-1963 |
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Kickapoo - Kansas and Oklahoma. 1962 |
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Klamoth - Modoc. 1964 |
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Kootenai (Idaho). 1955-1960 |
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Legislation - Tribal Claim Cases, Special Projects. 1964 |
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Lummi. 1957-1962 |
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Miami - Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma. 1954-1961 |
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Muckleshoot. 1953-1963 |
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Nehalem and Tillamook. 1955-1964 |
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Nooksack, Joseph Louis. 1950-1962 |
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Osage. 1962
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Otoe - Missouria. 1956-1964 |
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Ottawa (Oklahoma). 1960-1962 |
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Pawnee (Oklahoma). 1960-1962 |
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Potawatomi. 1958-1962 |
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Pueblo de Zia. 1962 |
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Quileute. 1958-1963 |
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Quinaielt. 1958 |
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Samish. 1958 |
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Seminole (Oklahoma). 1958-1964 |
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Skagit (Lower). 1959 |
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Skagit (Upper). 1960 |
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Skokomish. 1958 |
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Skokomish. 1958-1963 |
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Spokane. 1962-1963 |
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Umatilla, Confederated Tribes. 1960 |
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Warm Springs, Confederated Tribes. 1960 |
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Yakima. n.d. |
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Series 6 - Photographs, 1939-1967
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This small series includes photographic prints and negatives separated from files located throughout this collection. A number
of the items pertain to Seminole housing and construction sites on the Seminole Reservations at Big Cypress and Brighton.
Other topics include Sioux and Chippewa delegations and Lower Brule, South Dakota.
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Big Cypress Housing Sites (aerial photo). n.d. (ca. 1967)
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Billie (Henry and Juanita) house. 1956 |
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Brighton Housing Sites (aerial photo). n.d. (ca. 1967) |
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Cheyenne River Sioux Indians delegation. L. Gilbert, H. Bowker, D. Powell, T. Eagle Staff, J. Collier, J. Little Cloud (in
costume) - Two Negatives. 1939
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Consolidated Chippewa delegation. C. Roy, B. Petite, W. Nickaboine, J. Herrick, M. Burns, J Hougen - Two Negatives. 1940 |
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Consolidated Chippewa, "I.S. Officials - Sommers" - One Negative. 1940 |
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Lower Brule, South Dakota - Includes Cheyenne River, Big Bend Dam, Senator Mundt, Governor Gubbrud. 1964 |
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Lower Brule, South Dakota - Includes Crow Creek. 1963 |
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Osceola (Joe and Martha) house. 1956 |
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Rosebud Sioux Delegation (Pearl) - Two Negatives. 1941 |
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Seminole women awarded prizes for best home improvement by Broward County Home Improvement Committee. 1956 |
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Unidentified Seminole house. 1956 |
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog: |
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Organizations: |
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Seminole Tribe of Florida. |
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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. |
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Subject Terms: |
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Indians of North America--Claims. |
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Indians of North America--Government relations. |
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Seminole Indians--Tribal government. |
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Seminole Indians. |
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Seminole Tribe of Florida--Constitution. |
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Tribal government--Florida. |
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