Minutes of the special session of the Navajo Tribal Council held at Fort Defiance, Arizona

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Title: Minutes of the special session of the Navajo Tribal Council held at Fort Defiance, Arizona
Creator: Navajo Tribal Council
Contributor: Cohen, Felix S., 1907-1953
Collier, John, 1884-1968
La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963
Navajo Tribal Council
Nishi, Nal--Autograph
United States--Indian Reorganization Act
Published / Created: [1934?]
Abstract: Bound mimeograph recording the session of the Navajo Tribal Council convened on March 12 and 13, 1934 to explain the Wheeler-Howard bill. Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier, Felix Cohen, and Oliver La Farge were present.
Description: Purchased from Almagre Books on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 1999.
Signed by Nal Nishi, delegate from the Leupp Jurisdiction, on front cover.
The Wheeler-Howard Act, also known as the Indian Reorganization Act, decreased federal control of Indian affairs and increased Indian self-government.
Extent: 1 v. (55 p.) ; 29 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Typescripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Cohen, Felix S., 1907-1953
Collier, John, 1884-1968
La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963
Navajo Tribal Council
Nishi, Nal--Autograph
United States--Indian Reorganization Act
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America--Government relations
Indians of North America--Politics and government
Navajo Indians--Government relations
Navajo Indians--Politics and government

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Citation: Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.