White Mountain Apache Collection

Digitized materials from White Mountain Apache Tribe in Arizona. The collection consists primarily of US Government documents and legal documents from the Apache Tribe related to their land claims and other issues.

Contributed by John Welch, Simon Fraser University.

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1875 Camp Apache

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Date: 1875
Name(s): [Unknown]
Description: Report on Camp Apache's supporting structures

1877 Camp Apache Fortification Plan Synopsis

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Date: 1877
Name(s): [Unknown]
Description: Report on the Foritifcation Plan for Camp Apache

1904 Indian Census Transcription

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Date: 1904
Name(s): [Unknown]
Description: Census data as transcribed by Radbourne

1915 Indian Census Transcription

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Date: 1915
Name(s): [Unknown]
Description: Census data as transcribed by Radbourne

1922 Report from Superintendent Davis

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Name(s): Davis, Charles L.
Description: Letter and report detailing activities of Superintendent Davis 1922.

2 Forest Fires Checked; One Still Raging

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Name(s): [Unknown]
Description: Detailed information about combating the forest fires, and the extent and intensity of the Arizona fires.

2,000 Men Fight Blaze Below Rim

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Name(s): [Unknown]
Description: Article discusses the number of individuals combating the forest fires, the extent of several forest fires, and how the fires began. Makeshift map of affected areas included.

43rd Congress, 2nd Session. Ex. Doc No. 50

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Date: 1874-12-23
Name(s): Delano, C.
Description: Letter providing a cost estimate to collect and feed displaced Indigenous peoples, and an explanation for the cost.

52nd Congress, 1st Session. Report No.1857

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Date: 1892-07-13
Name(s): English
Description: A bill proposing to have the US government compensated the Indigenous peoples for have their land alienated because McMillen was accidently established on a reserve.

64th Annual White Mountain Apache Nation Fair and Rodeo

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Date: 1989-08-30
Description: A booket about the 64th rodoe and fair events, including the event schdules and information about some participants. Photos included

86th Congress, 2nd Session. Report No. 1284

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Name(s): Haley
Description: A bill proposing to restore land back to the Apache people and delete a provision in the bill.

A History of the Administration and Conservation of the Redman's Heritage

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Name(s): Kinney, J. P.
Description: Article discusses the commencement and protocols in regard to administrating timberlands on reserves.

A Proclamation: Sitgreaves Nation Forest

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Date: 1909-02-25
Name(s): Roosevelt, Theodore
Description: Proclamation stating portions of Apache and San Carlos reserves will be included into the Sitgreaves NF, but for 25 years the First Nations rights to the land will not be infringed.

A Quarter-inch of Rain-and all this Fire

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Name(s): Cole, Joe
Description: Explains how the Carrizo fire began, how much it destroyed, and the firefighters efforts to bring it under control

A Review of Fire Effects and Prescribed Burning on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation

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Name(s): Dieterich, John H.
Description: Report detailing how fire affects a variety of natural resources, such as fuel reduction, burning activities, and wildfire mitigations.