Group portrait of National Congress of American Indians meeting
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 75-33
name: label: Names
content: National Congress of American Indians
place: label: Place
content: Denver (Colo.)
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Founded in 1944, the National Congress of American Indians is a major American Indian organization which aims to "protect, preserve, and develop Indian land, mineral, timber, and human resources, serve legislative interest of Indian tribes, and increase health, education and economic conditions" (as outlined in the NCAI constitution). Its membership includes American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments, tribal citizens, individuals, and Native and non-Native organizations.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated in 1975, possibly by Mae Abbott.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.75-33
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photograph depicting attendees at November 1944 meeting of National Congress of American Indians in Denver, Colorado.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Recorded interviews of Frank W. Parker on the early history of the National Congress of American Indians can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7078.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Museum of the American Indian Archives holds the records of the National Congress of American Indians, 1935-1978.