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Midian Shrine Temple

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Corporate Body

Views of Boulder Dam and Las Vegas, Nevada

Description

"N.E. Johnson, photographer and publisher." Booklet consists primarily of photographs of the Colorado River in Black Canyon, prior to the construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, and photographs of people and businesses in early 20th-century Las Vegas.

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Moapa River Reservation Annual Report, 1920

Date

1920-06-30

Description

Department of the Interior, United States Indian Service 1920 annual report of the conditions on the Moapa River Reservation. 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 V includes allotments and sales.

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Photograph of a Northern Paiute couple carrying railroad ties, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Transcribed from the photograph: "Northern Paiute - 5. Indian couple carrying railroad ties. Scenes like this were not uncommon in the early 1900s. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."

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Photograph of Maggie Jones and Louise James, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Transcribed from the photograph: "Northern Paiute - 7. Maggie Jones holds Louise James, who is securely wrapped in a Northern Paiute cradleboard. The Paiute pronounce the cradleboard, 'hoop.' Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."

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Land acquisition for residents of the Las Vegas Paiute Colony: correspondence

Date

1970 to 1971

Description

Letters from Chairman Roy Silvrants of the Citizens' Committee for Community Improvement to Governor Paul Laxalt and Representative Walter S. Baring asking for assistance on proposed improvements for the Las Vegas Indian (Paiute) Colony. Letter from Acting Superintendent to Area Director John Artichoker about the housing program for resident families of the Las Vegas Colony. Letters to Congressman Walter Baring and Ned Mitchell asking for help acquiring land outside of the Las Vegas Paiute Colony for members of any tribe to live on. Letter from Alan Bible to Daniel Escobedo about acquiring land for "an Indian colony in Las Vegas." Memorandum to Area Director from Acting Superintendent about a group of Las Vegas Native Americans (who appear to be Chemehuevi, not Paiute) who want to acquire land. Letter to Congressman Walter Baring about residents of the Las Vegas Indian Colony wanting to participate in the HUD Self-Help Program, and about establishing a reservation with an Indian Center. Title status report about rights of way and easements for the Las Vegas Indian (Paiute) Colony. Letter from Acting Superintendent to Busena Escobar asking for socio-economic information on the families requesting land.

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Shriners convention at the Sands Hotel: photographs

Date

1967

Description

Series XVI. Conventions

Sands Hotel and Casino

Mixed Content

Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records

Identifier

MS-00756

Abstract

The Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records (1987-1994) contain reports on the effects to indigenous peoples, flora and fauna, and transportation relating to the deposits of nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Mountain West studied were Nye, Lincoln, Esmeralda, and Clark counties. Also included are analysis and impact assessments, and an oral history of Ed Slavin, a Tonopah, Nevada resident.

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