Siksika Indians -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Reuben A. Allen family correspondence
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308220]
Identifier: MSS SC 1033
Scope and Contents
Holograph letters dating from July 1884 to June 1886 written to the family of Reuben A. Allen, many of who were living in Freeport, Ohio. At this time Allen was an Indian agent at the Crow-Blackfoot Agency in Piegan, Montana. Most of the letters are written from Reuben and his daughter, Nora, and Lyde, who may be Reuben's wife, Eliza. Most of the letters are written to Reuben's parents, Isaac and Sarah Allen, or his sister Winnie, all of whom lived in Freeport, Ohio. The items...
Dates:
1884-1886
Edward Friel word lists
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197238103987]
Identifier: MSS 440
Scope and Contents
Handwritten word lists. The items are lists of words from Indian languages with their English equivalents. One list is associated with the "Snake" (Shoshoni) Indians of Idaho, and the other is believed to relate to the Shisika Indians. The date of composition of the materials is uncertain. They were probably written some time in the late nineteenth century.
Dates:
approximately 1880