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Title: Sutton, William J.: To Boas. 1889 July 24
Identifier(s): text:119934
Subject: Cowichan Indians; Grave robbing; Human remains (Archaeology)
Date: 1889 July 24

Title: Sutton, William J.: To Boas. 1890 May 22
Identifier(s): text:119935
Subject: Cowichan Indians; Grave robbing; Human remains (Archaeology)
Date: 1890 May 22

Title: Sutton, William J.: To Boas. 1889 Jan. 23
Identifier(s): text:119932
Subject: Cowichan Indians; Grave robbing; Human remains (Archaeology)
Date: 1889 Jan. 23

Title: Sutton, William J.: To Boas. 1889 May 7
Identifier(s): text:119933
Subject: Cowichan Indians; Grave robbing; Human remains (Archaeology)
Date: 1889 May 7

Title: Sutton, William J.: To Boas. 1889 Feb 26
Identifier(s): text:8250
Description: The activities described in this letter may be extremely difficult to read, especially for Indigenous researchers from the communities described. This letter address the shipment of Indigenous ancestors' remains from multiple communities on Vancouver Island, obtained by grave robbing conducted by William and James Sutton, sent to Franz Boas at his direction. The letter mentions Lewkungen (referred to as "Songeesh") and Cowichan remains, and others from Esquimalt. Specific locations of burial sites are not disclosed.; This letter was previously cataloged as from "Anonymous," as the second page with signature is missing. The letter was identified as from William Sutton by Brian Carpenter in June 2019.
Subject: Human remains (Archaeology); Grave robbing; Cowichan Indians; Lekwungen Indians
Date: 1889 Feb 26

Title: Sutton, William J.: To Boas. 1888 Nov. 15
Identifier(s): text:119931
Description: The activities described in this letter may be extremely difficult to read, especially for Indigenous researchers from the communities described. This letter details the activities of William and James Sutton in acquiring a large amount of human remains from several Indigenous communities on Vancouver Island for shipment to Franz Boas and at his direction. The letter mentions the Kwagu'ł ("Kwakiutl," Kwakwaka'wakw) community of Fort Rupert in particular, though the Suttons were known to engage in grave robbing from the Cowichan community and elsewhere as well, so the letter may describe activities in other places as well. Specific locations of burial sites are not disclosed.
Subject: Human remains (Archaeology); Grave robbing; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwakwaka'wakw; Cowichan Indians
Date: 1888 Nov. 15

Title: Teit, James A.: To Boas. 1919 Aug. 15
Identifier(s): text:122077
Subject: Nisga'a; Gitxsan; Haida; Nuxalk; St'at'imc; Coast Salish; Cowichan; Squamish; Kaska; Nlaka'pamux; Secwepemc; Syilx; Tahltan; Tlingit
Date: 1919 Aug. 15

Title: Diary of field work, 1886 [English translation]
Identifier(s): text:159566
Description: English translation of Franz Boas' diary of letters written to his parents during his fieldwork trip to British Columbia from September 18 to December 16, 1886.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942et al
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Haida Indians; Oowekeeno Indians; Nuxalk Indians; Cowichan Indians; Wuikinuxv; Coast Salish Indians; Lekwungen Indians; Stó:lō Indians; Comox Indians; Pentlatch Indians; Grave robbing; Human remains (Archaeology)
Date: 1886

Title: Field notebook 1886 #3
Identifier(s): text:263932
Description: Includes vocabularies, texts, shorthand notes for Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Tlingit, Cowichan, Nitinat (Ditidaht), Comox, Pentlatch (Coast Salish), Lequiltoq (Lekwiltok), Sisia'atl (Shishalh, Sechelt), and Tsimshian. NOTE: Pagination in online version may not reflect original order of pages, which have shifted through researcher use after the item was disbound.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942et al
Subject: British Columbia; Coast Salish Indians; Comox Indians; Halkomelem language; Sechelt language; Sechelt Indians; Kwakwaka'wakw; Tlingit Indians; Tsimshian Indians; Cowichan Indians; Nuxalk Indians; Ditidaht Indians; Nuu-chah-nulth
Date: 1886

Title: Diary of field work, 1888 [English translation]
Identifier(s): text:159565
Description: English translation of Franz Boas' diary of letters written to his parents during his fieldwork trip to British Columbia, May 27 to July 24, 1888.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942et al; Yampolsky, Heleneet al
Subject: Kootenai Indians; Ntlakyapamuk Indians; Nlaka'pamux; Haida Indians; Tlingit Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Heiltsuk Indians; Tlingit Indians; Lekwungen Indians; Grave robbing; Human remains (Archaeology); Tahltan Indians; Cowichan Indians
Date: 1888

Title: Map (5). Distribution of tribes according to earliest traditions (so far as collected up to date).
Identifier(s): graphics:6290
Description: Hand-colored and annotated map delineating distributions of numerous tribes (though not specially color-coded by tribe). Annotated portion of map includes northernmost Oregon, westernmost Idaho, and southernmost British Columbia. Also noted with title on map: "Boundaries between the tribes are undefined in all the traditions."; Base map: "Cram’s Indexed County Map and Shipper’s Guide of Washington." Geo. F. Cram, Chicago. No date.
Subject: Washington (State)--Maps; Idaho--Maps; Oregon--Maps; British Columbia--Maps; Cayuse Indians; Chehalis Indians; Chemakum Indians; Chinook Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Coeur d'Alene Indians; Colville Indians; Cowichan Indians; Cowlitz Indians; Kalapuya Indians; Kalispel Indians; Lummi Indians; Molala Indians; Nez Percé Indians; Nooksack Indians; Nootka Indians; Okanagan Indians; Quileute Indians; Quinault Indians; Sanpoil Indians; Shahaptian Indians; Sinkiuse-Columbia Indians; Snohomish Indians; Snoqualmie Indians; Spokane Indians; Squamish Indians; Tillamook Indians; Tlakluit Indians; Twana Indians; Wasco Indians

Title: Western Washington Map (7). Distribution of Tribes (& Languages) about 1850 or slightly earlier.
Identifier(s): graphics:6292
Description: Hand-colored and annotated map depicting the tribal and linguistic regions of numerous tribes. [On the map, the map number was originally given as Map (3), but was crossed out.]; Base map: “Rand, McNally & Co.’s Indexed County and Township Pocket Map and Shippers’ Guide of Washington...." 1909.
Subject: maps; Washington (State)--Maps; Oregon--Maps; British Columbia--Maps; Athapascan Indians; Chehalis Indians; Chemakum Indians; Chinook Indians; Clatskanie Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Cowichan Indians; Cowlitz Indians; Klikitat Indians; Lekwungen Indians; Lummi Indians; Makah Indians; Nooksack Indians; Nootka Indians; Ntlakyapamuk Indians; Quinault Indians; Shahaptian Indians; Sinkiuse-Columbia Indians; Skagit Indians; Snohomish Indians; Tillamook Indians; Tlakluit Indians; Twana Indians; Walla Walla Indians; Wasco Indians; Yakama Indians; Nlaka'pamux

Title: Notes accompanying annotated maps of the Pacific Northwest
Identifier(s): text:173166
Description: Part of ACLS Collection, Item 59, "Annotated Maps and Notes to maps of the Pacific Northwest." These notes accompany 15 maps hand-annotated by James Teit, showing territories and language ranges in multiple period of Indigenous peoples primarily of the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
Creator: Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922et al
Subject: Alberta--Maps; Algonquian Indians; Alsea Indians; Arapaho Indians; Arikara Indians; Assiniboine Indians; Athapascan Indians; Bannock Indians; Blackfoot Indians; British Columbia--Maps; California--Maps; Carrier Indians; Cayuse Indians; Chelan Indians; Chemakum Indians; Cheyenne Indians; Chilcotin Indians; Chinook Indians; Chipewyan Indians; Clatskanie Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Coeur d'Alene Indians; Colville Indians; Coos Indians; Cowichan Indians; Cowlitz Indians; Cree Indians; Crow Indians; Dënesųłiné people; Gros Ventre Indians (Montana); Idaho--Maps; Kainah Indians; Kalapuya Indians; Kalispel Indians; Klamath Indians; Klikitat Indians; Kootenai Indians; Lakota Indians; Lekwungen Indians; Lillooet Indians; Lummi Indians; Makah Indians; Mandan Indians; Maps; Methow Indians; Métis; Modoc Indians; Molala Indians; Montana--Maps; Nahane Indians; Nevada--Maps; Nez Percé Indians; Niska Indians; Nlaka'pamux people; Nooksack Indians; Nootka Indians; Northwest Territories--Maps; Ntlakyapamuk Indians; Nuu-chah-nulth people; Nuxalk Indians; Okanagan Indians; Oregon--Maps; Paiute Indians; Paloos Indians; Piegan Indians; Quileute Indians; Quinault Indians; Salish Indians; Sanpoil Indians; Sarsi Indians; Saskatchewan--Maps; Sechelt Indians; Secwepemc people; Sekani Indians; Senijextee Indians; Shahaptian Indians; Shasta Indians; Shoshoni Indians; Shuswap Indians; Siksika Indians; Siletz Indians; Sinkiuse-Columbia Indians; Siuslaw Indians; Skagit Indians; Slavey Indians; Snohomish Indians; Snoqualmie Indians; Spokane Indians; Squamish Indians; Stó:lō Indians; Syilx people; Takelma Indians; Tillamook Indians; Tlakluit Indians; Tlingit Indians; Tsetsaut Indians; Tsuut'ina people; Twana Indians; Umatilla Indians; Umpqua Indians; Utah--Maps; Ute Indians; Walla Walla Indians; Wasco Indians; Washington (State)--Maps; Wenatchi Indians; Wet'suwet'en Indians; Willapa Indians; Wyoming--Maps; Yakama Indians; Yana Indians; Yukon--Maps; Gitxsan Indians; Nlaka'pamux; Ts'ets'aut
Date: 1910-1913