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Tsii'edo'a'tl

Description: The tubular musical instrument is strung from end to end with two strings and played with a bow. It is decorated with triangular red and black shapes.
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Date: 1800/1899~
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Wolf Mask

Description: The wooden mask appears to be that of an animal such as a wolf. Behind the mask, circular pieces hold the face and the hanging decorative elements from the head of the animal. The head is painted black and white.
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Date: 1850/1875
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Rattle

Description: The rattle's body has a bird-like face carved in low relief on one side.
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Date: 1880~
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Water Jar (Olla)

Description: The wide mouth, earthenware water jar is decorated with black patterns on the cream colored body.
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Date: 1880~
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Tray from Cahuilla

Description: Shallow coiled tray with snake emblem encircling one-third of the inner part of the tray.
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Date: 1900~
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Jingle dress

Description: Southwestern Native American Indian "Jingle Dress". Large cape collar, apron and hem is of navy cotton Swiss dot fabric trimmed with red rick rack and conical bells made from the lids of Copenhagen snuff can lids. The main body of the dress is in floral print calico trimmed in red and blue satin ribbon. Short sleeves; knee length. Center back button closure. Unlined.
Date: 1950/1959
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Dakota Frame Drum

Description: The drum is made of wood and small spikes secure the hide to the round frame. The drumstick has a stuffed leather head.
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Date: unknown
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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A Study of the Economic Development of the Navajo Indian Tribe 1930-1968

Description: This study is concerned with studying and analyzing the development work thus far carried out on the Navajo economy. It is assumed that these efforts have been instrumental in bringing the Navajo economy from that of a subsistence agricultural economy to one that is beginning to enter our modern world. The study deals primarily with the economic development of the Navajo tribe from 1930 until the present time.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Harwell, Samuel A.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Indian beauties]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 22, 1977, 12:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Pow Wow]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 8, 1979, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Indian POW WOW]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.
Date: September 6, 1986
Duration: 41 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Stylistic Analysis of American Indian Portrait Photography in Oklahoma, 1869-1904

Description: This thesis studies the style of Native American portrait photographs of William S. Soule (1836-1908), John K. Hillers (1834-1925), and William E. Irwin (1871-1935), who worked in Oklahoma from 1869 to 1904. The examination of the three men's work revealed that each artist had different motivations for creating Native American portrait photographs, and a result, used a distinct style. However, despite the individual artistic styles, each artist conformed to Native American stereotypes common du… more
Date: May 2001
Creator: Nelson, Amy
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Wind Power on Native American Lands: Process and Progress (Poster)

Description: The United States is home to more than 700 American Indian tribes and Native Alaska villages and corporations located on 96 million acres. Many of these tribes and villages have excellent wind resources that could be commercially developed to meet their electricity needs or for electricity export. The Wind Powering America program engages Native Americans in wind energy development. This poster describes the process and progress of Wind Powering America's involvement with Native American wind e… more
Date: May 1, 2005
Creator: Jimenez, A.; Flowers, L.; Gough, R. & Taylor, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tribal Identifier Data Standard

Description: This standard specifies the set of tribal names and codes necessary to constitute consistent and unambiguous identification of federally-recognized American Indian and Alaska Native entities.
Date: May 28, 2008
Creator: Exchange Network Leadership Council
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NAWIG News: The Quarterly Newsletter of the Native American Wind Interest Group, Fall 2008, Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program (Brochure)

Description: As part of its Native American outreach, DOE?s Wind Powering America program produces a newsletter to present Native American wind information, including projects, interviews with pioneers, issues, WPA activities, and related events. This issue features an interview with Dave Danz, a tribal planner for the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa in northeastern Minnesota, and a feature on the new turbine that powers the KILI radio station on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Date: September 1, 2008
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Idaho National Laboratory Cultural Resource Monitoring Report for FY 2008

Description: This report describes the cultural resource monitoring activities of the Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Office during fiscal year 2008 (FY 2008). Throughout the year, 45 cultural resource localities were revisited including: two locations of heightened Shoshone-Bannock tribal sensitivity, four caves, one butte, twenty-eight prehistoric archaeological sites, three historic homesteads, two historic stage stations, one historic canal construction camp, three h… more
Date: January 1, 2009
Creator: Pace, Brenda R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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