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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: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1925 Apr. 22
Identifier(s): text:66072
Description: Received letter of February 21 and March 31. Sending pages 51-67, ałq!ex story, and pages 3059-3118 of second war of ʼNa̱mǥis against Exwădets!anox, with war song, and another war of ʼNa̱mǥis against "Victoria Indians" with war song. Odzestales is giving stories for free as Hunt did some work for him after his sister died. Working on getting some more difficult words.
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Namgis; Lekwiltok; Heiltsuk Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Saanich; Lekwungen Indians
Date: 1925 Apr. 22

Title: Teit, James A.: To Boas. 1910 June 18
Identifier(s): text:121560
Subject: Chehalis; Satsop; Cowlitz; Quinault; Queets; Nlaka'pamux; Secwepemc; Coast Salish; Lummi; Lekwungen; Chemakum; Quileute; Nisqually
Date: 1910 June 18

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: Teit, James A.: To Boas. 1910 June 27
Identifier(s): text:121562
Description: Pages 3-7 of this letter were removed and intermixed with other Teit manuscripts that became item 61, "Salish ethnographic materials," in the ACLS Collection, also at the APS Library. This separation of the pages mosly likely occurred at the time that Boas's student, Lucy Kramer, was going through Teit's manuscripts after he died, noting topical categories in some of his manuscripts and correspondence, and reordering them. The marginalia notes on the pages are hers. Pages 3-7 remain in item 61 of the ACLS collection to retain their context there, but are digitally re-associated here to reconstruct the full original letter. The coloration differences are a result of the different storage conditions of the pages siince the 1930s or 1940s.
Subject: Coast Salish; Snohomish; Snoqualmie; Nisqually; Skagit; Klallam; Stó:lō; Samish; Semiahmoo; T'Sou-ke; Lekwungen; Secwepemc; Nlaka'pamux; Nooksack; Squamish; Wenatchi; Skykomish; Yakama; Twana
Date: 1910 June 27

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 (6) Washington. Distribution of tribes (languages). 1797.
Identifier(s): graphics:6291
Description: Hand-colored and annotated map delineating regions of tribal languages. Also delineated on map is "Approximate northern limits of Snake war parties. see map (8)." [On map, the map number was originally given as Map (7), and the title had originally given the date "about 1790 (and earlier)"; but these were crossed out and the cited data were substituted.]; Base map: “Cram’s Indexed County Map and Shipper’s Guide of Washington.” Geo. F. Cram, Chicago. No date.
Subject: maps; Washington (State)--Maps; Oregon--Maps; British Columbia--Maps; Idaho--Maps; Athapascan Indians; Cayuse Indians; Chinook Indians; Clatskanie Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Kalapuya Indians; Lekwungen Indians; Makah Indians; Molala Indians; Nez Percé Indians; Nooksack Indians; Nootka Indians; Ntlakyapamuk Indians; Quileute Indians; Quinault Indians; Sinkiuse-Columbia Indians; Skagit Indians; Snohomish Indians; Snoqualmie Indians; Tillamook Indians; Twana Indians; Umatilla Indians; Walla Walla Indians; Willapa Indians; Yakama Indians; Nlaka'pamux

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