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Las Vegas Paiute Colony improvement and relocation proposal records
Date
1961-06-06 to 1961-11-30
Archival Collection
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."
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Various antiquities, image 004: photographic print
Date
1963 (year approximate) to 1981 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Pottery. Typewritten on photo sleeve: "Indian artifacts found at NTS. The complete Paiute brownware bowl is a rare find because the Paiutes were not expert craftsmen and their crude pottery did not stand up under exposure. The Paiutes were too busy trying to eke out the means of life in this hard land to become artisans. The other two bowls, which were found broken, are unusual because the bottoms are relatively flat, particularly the bowl on the left. The two rocks were used as grinding stones, the pot sherds show evidence of more refined pottery making and probably are fragments of trading pieces from other tribes." Caption in N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News n. d. p. 8]
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Photograph of Badwater Basin, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Inscription on the front of the photo reads: "443 - Bad Water, Death Valley, lowest point in North America. Willard."
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Native Americans on horseback ride in the Helldorado Parade in Las Vegas: photographic print
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1960 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Chandler Photograph Collection (PH-00330). Native Americans in intricate garments on horseback ride in the Helldorado Parade in Las Vegas. One man carries a pennant advertising "Smith and Chandler, Western Outfitters."
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Photograph of two Indian men, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Two Indian men near a sagebrush fence, one holding a cat, and the other holding a boot. There are baskets in the background. The photograph was taken in Pahrump Valley, Nevada.
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Photograph of two Indian women and a child with an unidentified man, Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Two Indian women, one holding a child. The man on the right is possibly O. .J. Fisk, according to note that is attached to the photograph. The photograph was taken in either Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada.
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Photograph of two Indian women and a young boy, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
A young male Indian child with two women holding patterned woven baskets. The photograph was taken in Pahrump Valley, Nevada.
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Photograph of a young Indian man and a male child, Manse Ranch, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
A young Indian man and a male child. Manse Ranch, Pahrump Valley, Nevada. Part of a wagon and a wicker lawn chair are visible in the background.
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Photograph of an Indian woman sitting near a cast iron cooking pot, Ash Meadows or Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
An Indian woman cooking in cast iron pot with bail. Ash Meadows or Pahrump Valley, Nevada.
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Photograph of a young Paiute/Shoshone Indian astride a black horse, Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1880s-1890s
Date
1880 to 1899
Archival Collection
Description
Cowboy, a young Paiute/Shoshone Indian, astride a black horse. Photo was most likely taken at Manse Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada.
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