North American Indians
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Freeman, Ethel Cutler, 1886-1972
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ethel Cutler Freeman papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.13 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.XXXX.0166, Series 6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged in 6 sub-series: (6.1) Correspondence, 1939-1971; (6.2) Culture and cultural change, 1939-1971; (6.3) Government materials and proposals, 1936-1970; (6.4) Southwest tribes, 1936-1968; (6.5) Bibliographies, 1944-1949, 1966-1969; (6.6) Notes and diaries, 1936-1964
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The largest section of this series is Freeman's notes and diaries from her field trips.  Her studies involved the Arapaho, Shoshone, and Navajo in particular. There is also material on the Alaskan land question, general Indian problems, the Hoover Commission on Indian Affairs (of which she was a member), the Southwest Indians, and Oklahoma Seminoles. The rest of the series includes correspondence with government officials and organizations, information on culture and cultural change, and government materials in the form of policies, proposals, legislation, and official reports.