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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Letter from Supt. & Spc. Disb. Agent to Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Date: 1908-04-29

Name(s): Crouse, C. W.

Description: Letter discussing the benefits of exploiting the reserves' grassland by both Indigenous peoples and non-natives.

Letter from Supt. Irrigation to Commissioner of BIA

Date: 1902-04-22

Name(s): Butler, George

Description: Letter outlining an irrigation plan on the Apache reserve, such as information about constructing irrigation ditches.

Letter from the Acting Chief Engineer

Name(s): Schanck

Description: Letter informing Indian Affairs about a plan to enlarge and relocate the power canal and develop an irrigation system for farming at Fort Apache.

Letter from the Chief Engineer

Date: 1903-12-18

Name(s): Engineer

Description: Letter discussing the importance of and construction process of building a wagon road from the Salt River Valley to the Salt River dam site and crossing the intervening mountains.

Letter from the Southwest

Name(s): Powell, Lawrence Clark

Description: Article discussing the different people that lived off the Salt river, and the decreased salt levels in the river itself.

Letter from US Attorney to Judge

Name(s): Tisor, Carl R.

Description: Letter asking a judge if trail cases can be relocated due to distance. The judge denied the request.

Letter from US District Judge to Attorney General

Name(s): Sawtelle, William H.

Description: Four letters informing all involved parties that both judges agreed to alter the district so people in Fort Apache my travel to the court located closer to the reserve.

Letter from US Indian Agent to Commissioner

Date: 1901-05-11

Name(s): Corson, George D.

Description: Letter regarding the land ownership disptue between an Apache person and a non-native person.

Letter from US Indian Agent to Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Date: 1901-11-23

Name(s): Corson, George D.

Description: Letter requesting a land agent visit an area in San Carols because two individuals are disputing land claims (a written letter is attached).

Letter from US Indian Agent to IA Commissioner

Name(s): Crouse, C. W.

Description: Letter stating there are permits allowing 6000 cattle to graze Apache reserves' grassland, however overstocking the grasslands with cattle is not advised because the Apaches procure more money by selling their wild hay.

Letter from US Indian Inspector to Secretary of the Interior

Date: 1902-02-04

Name(s): Graves, William H.

Description: Letter discussing land ownership dispute and recommends an plotted area (map provided in document) be allotted to the Apache person, and the government should purchase the land occupied by the non-native and given to the other land owner.