The Badlands and the Indians
Description of prehistoric and Native American activity in the North Dakota Badlands.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Your TR Source
Indians of North America--Social life and customs
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Arthur Jones
President Roosevelt has been impressed with Frank Mead and would like him to be given some field work in Arizona or New Mexico in order to help preserve the manners and customs of the Native America tribes.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-09-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hamlin Garland
President Roosevelt would like Hamlin Garland to meet with Natalie Curtis Burlin regarding the Native Americans of the southwestern United States, particularly the “advisability of developing along its own lines their marked artistic talent.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-22
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Bird Grinnell
President Roosevelt would like George Bird Grinnell to meet with Natalie Curtis Burlin regarding the Native Americans of the southwestern United States, particularly the “advisability of developing along its own lines their marked artistic talent.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-22
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock
President Roosevelt introduces Natalie Curtis Burlin who would like to investigate the artistic side of Native Americans in the southwestern United States. Roosevelt would like “every possible facility” given to Curtis and instructs Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to consult with Hamlin Garland and George Bird Grinnell on Curtis’s ideas.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-22
Letter from William Wingate Sewall to Samuel T. Sewall
The weather is cold and the snow is over a foot deep. William Wingate Sewall is not sure how the cattle can survive in such an environment. He accompanied a group, including James Watts, a “genuine specimen of a frontier man,” to a Native American village. Watts was with General Custer the day before the Battle of the Little Bighorn and claims to have been shot seven times and hit with arrows five times. They bought several moccasins, buckskins, and a buffalo robe. Sewall’s long hair seemed to interest the Native Americans and they even braided his hair. There are opportunities in Dakota Territory but he still believes that Maine has better living conditions and hopes to return soon.
Collection
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Creation Date
1885-02-18