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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: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1921 Dec. 14
Identifier(s): text:65919
Description: Just found out story of how the copper came to Charles Nowell. Involves a Ławitʼsis potlatch, where a "Nass Indian" (Nisga'a) had 3 coppers for sale. A ʼNa̱mǥis chief took one of the largest ones. A man named Morris had to leave suddenly, but left the smallest one to Nowell to try to resell it, but it was viewed as of poor quality by the Indians. Sending sketches of each. (These found now with letter of December 4.) Explains meanings and names of what is painted on them according to the old men. Some names are Heiltsuk. Describes hostilities between Kitkatla and Fort Rupert between 1851-1871.
Creator: Hunt, Georgeet al
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Heiltsuk Indians; Tsimshian Indians; Nisga'a; Ławit'sis; Niska Indians
Date: 1921 Dec. 14

Title: The Flooding of Old Aiyansh
Identifier(s): audio:3579; APSdigrec_2534; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 01
Source: Belvin, Robert S. Recordings of Nisgha language field studies, 1989-1990. (Mss.Rec.163); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.163-ead.xml
Subject: Niska language; Niska Indians--History; Aiyansh (B.C.)--History; Floods--British Columbia; Anthropological linguistics; anthropological_linguistics
Date: 1990-08-15

Title: The Nisgha and Gitksan
Identifier(s): audio:3570; APSdigrec_2536; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 03
Source: Belvin, Robert S. Recordings of Nisgha language field studies, 1989-1990. (Mss.Rec.163); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.163-ead.xml
Subject: Niska language; Niska Indians; Gitksan Indians; Anthropological linguistics; Indians of North America--British Columbia; anthropological_linguistics
Date: 1990-08-13

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