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Las Vegas Paiute Colony improvement and relocation proposal records

Information

Creator

Creator: United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Creator: Las Vegas Paiute Tribe

Date

1961-06-06 to 1961-11-30

Description

Resolution of the Adult Members of the Las Vegas Indian Colony granting utility companies access to the community to construct electrical infrastructure. Report from Realty Officer Ned Mitchell regarding a community relocation meeting, with attendees documented. Data sheet about the Las Vegas Paiute Colony. Letter from Area Director F. M. Haverland to the Bureau of Indian Affairs commissioner regarding increased lot sizes. A newspaper clipping is attached, "U.S. Aid to Be Sought For Indian Colony Here."

Digital ID

hln001368

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d13t9hk5q
Details

Subject

Electric power distribution
Indians of North America--Relocation
Housing

Time Period

1960s (1960 - 1969)

Place

Las Vegas Indian Colony

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

correspondence
clippings (information artifacts)
maps (documents)
government records
resolutions (administrative records)

Source

Las Vegas Paiute Colony improvement and relocation proposal records, 1961 June 06 to 1961 November 30

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection on the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe

Digital Project

Historic Landscape of Nevada

Citation

hln001368. 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/d13t9hk5q

Rights

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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