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Moapa River Indian School Annual Report, 1915

Date

1915-07-15

Description

Department of the Interior, United States Indian Service 1915 annual report of the conditions on the Moapa River Reservation School. Section I includes reservation law and order. Section II includes reservation health. Section III includes the reservation school. Section IV includes reservation industries (infrastructure). Section VII includes allotments.

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Photograph of Anna and Leonard Fayle, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 1982

Date

1982-06

Archival Collection

Description

Leonard and Anna Fayle attend a Western Shriners Association dinner.

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Photograph of Chief Tecopa, Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1880s-1890s

Date

1880 to 1899

Archival Collection

Description

Chief Tecopa, location unknown. Chief Tacopa, leader of the Souther Paiute tribe, was born in Pahrump in 1815 and died in Pahnrump between 1904-1906. He is interred in the Chief Tecopa Cemetery, located on East Street next to the library Pahrump, Nevada. The photograph was most likely taken in Pahrump, Nevada.

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Corbin Harney personal photographs, speaking engagements, and activism: photograph album

Date

1995 to 1997

Description

From the Corbin Harney Nevada Test Site Protest Photograph Albums (MS-00308).

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Photograph of food rations being distributed at Paiute reservation, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Transcribed from the picture, "Northern Paiute - 10. After the Northern Paiutes were placed on reservations and could no longer hunt or gather food freely, the U.S. Government provided them with food rations or commodities. These food rations came in the form of flour, beans, bacon, sugar, coffee and meat. Bobbie Dodd and Hastings Pancho, shown here, are preparing to distribute meat. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Katie Frazier."

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Photograph of Chief Tecopa with others, Ash Meadows or Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s

Date

1880 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

Left to Right: Chief Tecopa (in the foreground, facing away from the camera), an unidentified man (center), and an unidentified woman carrying an olla. Another man is visible in background. The photograph was taken at either Ash Meadows or Pahrump Valley, Nevada. An olla is a ceramic jar, often unglazed, used for cooking stews or soups, for the storage of water or dry foods, or for other purposes. Ollas have a short wide neck and a wider belly, resembling beanpots or handis. Chief Tecopa, leader of the Souther Paiute tribe, was born in Pahrump in 1815 and died in Pahnrump between 1904-1906. He is interred in the Chief Tecopa Cemetery, located on East Street next to the library Pahrump, Nevada.

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Olson, James Ralph, 1948-

James "Jim" Ralph Olson was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He worked for the firm Cromer, Barker, and Michaelson, that reprsented the MGM Grand's in surance company, INA, Insurance Company of North America during the 1980 MGM Grand Hotel fire litigation.

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Photograph of Shoshone children, Duck Valley Reservation (Nev.), 1901

Date

1901

Description

Transcribed from the picture, "Shoshone - 1. The children (front-center) are getting ready to leave the Duck Valley Reservation to attend school at Stewart in 1901. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Clara Howard."

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Photograph of the Kiel and George family at Kiel Ranch, North Las Vegas (Nev.), 1904

Date

1904

Archival Collection

Description

Winter of 1904 (?) at Kiel Ranch. L-R, kneeling: Hampton George, unidentified Native American man, Sadie Kiel George's mother, unidentified Native American man. L-R, standing: Sadie's father and brother. They are showing off apples from the Fall crop. 0105 0105 is a duplicate copy of this photo. Site Name: Kiel Ranch (North Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Charles Rozaire oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01607

Abstract

Oral history interview with Charles Rozaire conducted by Claytee D. White on November 25, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Rozaire begins by giving a comprehensive family history, discussing family who have lived in Virginia City, Nevada, his grandfather that lived in Canada who moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career as a painter, and explaining how his mother and father met. He continues, describing his upbringing in California and attending University of California, Los Angeles to pursue a degree in anthropology based off of his interest in Native American history. He also talks about his work as an assistant with the Southwest Museum of the American Indian. Rozaire then discusses his participation in the archaeological studies done in Tule Springs, Nevada during the 1950s. Helen Mortenson, Stephen M. Rowland, Claude N. Warren, and Elizabeth Warren were also present during the interview.

Archival Collection