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Paiute Indian Agency report, 1928

Information

Creator

Creator: United States. Department of the Interior

Date

1928-07-15

Description

Report from Mary Vaux Walcott to Chairman Samuel A. Eliot. Endorsed by Eliot and transferred to Secretary Malcolm McDowell. Increased tourism in the Arizona, Nevada, and Utah region, and lack of knowledge and understanding of Paiute culture. Report on the seven separate and distinct bands of Paiute: Kaibab, Arizona (93); Shivwits, Utah (80); Cedar City, Goshute, Indian Peake Panguitch and scattered, Utah (314); and Moapa River, Nevada (192) totaling 679 Paiute in the region. The report details the general situations (land, health, and economic) in different geographic locations.

Digital ID

hln001346

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d10r9qh1r
Details

Subject

Paiute Indians
Tourism
Real property--Valuation
Public health
Land use--Management
Paiute Indian Agency (Nev.)

Time Period

1920s (1920 - 1929)

Place

Cedar City
Goshute Reservation
Skull Valley Reservation
Moapa River Indian Reservation
Kaibab Indian Reservation

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

correspondence
government records

Source

Paiute Indian Agency report, 1928, 1928 July 15

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection on the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe

Digital Project

Historic Landscape of Nevada

Citation

hln001346. UNLV Libraries Collection on the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, approximately 1974-1990. MS-00961. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d10r9qh1r

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Standardized Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Digital Processing Note

OCR transcription

Language

English

Format

image/tiff