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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Cosay Completes Many Years with Apache Recreation Program

Name(s): [Unknown]
Description: Article about a respected game warden for the Fort Apache reservation.

Cost of enlarging FAIR fire control map

Name(s): Scattergood, J. Henry
Description: Advises that costs of enlarging FAIR fire control map are prohibitive

Council Meeting-Violation Fines Spending and Erosion

Date: 1938-05-09
Name(s): Donner
Description: Meeting record outlining the spending of fines for violations and their allottment to address erosion issues and overgrazing

Council White Mountain Apache Tribe of Indians

Name(s): Donner, William
Description: Council meeting record. Many topics covered. One in particular is about too many cattle belonging to Natives and non-natives are over grazing a certain area and a solution needs to be developed.

Cover Memo to Supt. Of Indian Affairs re: Indian Subjugation

Date: 1871-07-21
Name(s): Cowen, B. R.
Description: Memo attached with letter from CoIA (unavailable) authorizing a rep of the Dept of the Interior to use whatever force is necessary to control Indians on reservation(s) in NM and AZ.

Cowboys and Indians at Hawley Lake

Date: 1976-09
Name(s): Hirsch, Bob
Description: News article -Hawley Lk land issues

Damage by 1919 Fire

Date: 1919-05-01
Name(s): Holbrook Tribune

Dan O'Leary, Arizona Scout

Name(s): Thrapp, Dan
Description: Vignette about O'Leary from Arizona and the West .

Dedication Saturday

Date: 1958-07-17
Name(s): [Unknown]
Description: Star Article re: Hawley Lake dedication ceremony

Defines Chediski as long white rock

Name(s): Donner, William
Description: Notes that Chediski translates as long white rock in English

Delectable White Mountains

Date: 1958-05
Name(s): Muench, Joyce Rockwood
Description: Article discussing the White Mountains

Department of the Interior

Date: 1871-11-07
Name(s): Delano, C.
Description: An introduction regarding a communication from an individual's experience visit with Indigenous peoples and appointing officers as Indian agents.

Department of the Interior letter re: abolishing reserves

Date: 1886-07-06
Name(s): Atkins, J.
Description: Some citizens of Arizona and New Mexico believe abolishing the reserves/relocating Indigenous peoples is the only way to secure peace in the territories, even though the Indigenous peoples are peaceful and nonviolent (only Geronimo's band are wanted in the region). Furthermore, the President is prohibited by law from abolishing the reserves.

Department of the Interior letter re: annex

Date: 1885-09-17
Name(s): Atkins, J.
Description: A letter informing Witham that a petition signed by citizens of New Mexico in support of annexing all reserves in that state has be rejected by the President, unless Congress alters the decision.

Department of the Interior letter re: land claims

Date: 1885-09-21
Name(s): Atkins, J.
Description: Letter regarding when the White Mountain reservation was defined, and that no one can supersede the President's decision about land ownership.