ALS relating news of the Navajo attack on Fort Defiance, Arizona Territory, April 30, 1860, and discussing Donaldson's views on relations between the United States and the Navajos. The letter is bound with a typed transcript.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960. and James Lowry Donaldson was an officer in the United States Army, 1836-1869, who served in the Second Seminole War, military occupation of Texas, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. He was chief quartermaster of the Department of New Mexico from 1858 to 1862.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Defiance (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885 and Mayer, Brantz, 1809-1879
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Arizona--Government relations, Indians of North America--New Mexico--Government relations, Indians of North America--Wars--Arizona, Navajo Indians--Government relations, and Navajo Indians--Wars
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., and The Wheeler-Howard Act, also known as the Indian Reorganization Act, decreased federal control of Indian affairs and increased Indian self-government.
Subject (Name):
Cohen, Felix S., 1907-1953, Collier, John, 1884-1968, La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963, Navajo Tribal Council, Nishi, Nal--Autograph, and United States--Indian Reorganization Act
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Government relations, Indians of North America--Politics and government, Navajo Indians--Government relations, and Navajo Indians--Politics and government
