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Title: William Beynon to Franz Boas. 1935-08-09:;
Identifier(s): text:155641
Description: Forwarding manuscripts 97-104. Attempting to record the myth 'Am'ala, which Boas wanted. Hopes to be able to provide a full account of Gitksan potlatches in the winter. Says that the Gitksan have retained their old ways better than most Tsimshians since their hunting territories are about their only asset and because they have a sympathetic Indian agent.;
Subject: Tsimshian Indians; Gitxsan Indians
Date: 1935-08-09

Title: William Beynon to Franz Boas. 1936-06-15:;
Identifier(s): text:155648
Description: Forwarding manuscripts 127-129. Leaving next month for the Skeena canneries and will get material, particularly Lagabula narrative. Will also try to get Gitksan material.;
Subject: Tsimshian Indians; Gitxsan Indians
Date: 1936-06-15

Title: William Beynon to Franz Boas. 1935-04-15:;
Identifier(s): text:155637
Description: Sorry he would not advance him money, but will take Boas's offer of advance of $25 for Kitkatla and Skeena River villages. Hopes for advance to cover informant expenses during summer field work among the Gitksan, Gitselasu, and Kitzemgelelm. Understands from Garfield that nothing has been done in Gitksan; Beynon speaks both Gitksan and Nass dialects.;
Subject: Tsimshian Indians; Gitxsan Indians
Date: 1935-04-15

Title: William Beynon to Franz Boas. 1936-10-17:;
Identifier(s): text:155651
Description: Survey for the Forestry Dept. has been delayed by weather. Discusses significance of secret societies as a general matter. Mentions Nisga'a and Gitksan.;
Subject: Tsimshian Indians; Gitxsan Indians; Niska Indians
Date: 1936-10-17

Title: Field report, British Columbia, 1889 [Translation]
Identifier(s): text:167201
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Professional Papers (Mss.B.B61p); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61p-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Tlingit Indians; Haida Indians; Tsimshian Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Nootka Indians; Nuu-chah-nulth people; Heiltsuk Indians; Gitxsan Indians; Niska Indians; Oowekeeno Indians; Wuikinuxv; Kalispel Indians; Interior Salish Indians; Shuswap Indians; Secwepemc people; Nuxalk Indians; Indians of North America--British Columbia
Date: 1889-06-01

Title: Map (3) showing present or late and also former distributions of northern tribes.
Identifier(s): graphics:6287
Description: Hand-colored and annotated map delineating distribution of [as spelled] Salishan, Kitunahan, Athapascan family, Algonquian family, Shoshonean, Siouan. Trade routes delineated in red. Annotated map area encompasses Alberta and Saskatchewan, plus western Manitoba, southernmost North West Territories/Yukon, and northern portions of Montana, Idaho, and Washington.; Base map: “Rand-McNally New Pocket Map of Western Canada Showing Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.” (c) 1906. Scale 60 miles = 1 inch.
Subject: maps; Washington (State)--Maps; Idaho--Maps; Montana--Maps; British Columbia--Maps; Alberta--Maps; Saskatchewan--Maps; Manitoba--Maps; Alaska--Maps; Yukon--Maps; Northwest Territories--Maps; Algonquian Indians; Arikara Indians; Assiniboine Indians; Siksika Indians; Carrier Indians; Chilcotin Indians; Chipewyan Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Coeur d'Alene Indians; Cree Indians; Gros Ventre Indians (Montana); Hidatsa Indians; Kainah Indians; Kalispel Indians; Kootenai Indians; Lillooet Indians; Mandan Indians; Nahane Indians; Nez Percé Indians; Niska Indians; Ntlakyapamuk Indians; Nuxalk Indians; Okanagan Indians; Piegan Indians; Salish Indians; Sanpoil Indians; Sarsi Indians; Sechelt Indians; Sekani Indians; Senijextee Indians; Shoshoni Indians; Sinkiuse-Columbia Indians; Slavey Indians; Spokane Indians; Squamish Indians; Stó:lō Indians; Tahltan Indians; Tlingit Indians; Tlingit Indians; Tsetsaut Indians; Wenatchi Indians; Wet'suwet'en Indians; Willapa Indians; Yakama Indians; Dënesųłiné people; Tsuut'ina people; St'at'imc people; Gitxsan Indians; Nlaka'pamux; Ts'ets'aut; Kaska Indians

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