Tag Archives: Native Americans

Bitter Tears: a Photographic Perspective on the Wounded Knee Occupation

On Sunday, November 15 from 2-5pm, Special Collections will be exhibiting a series of 15 photographs of the Wounded Knee Occupation donated to the department by Kent Frizzell. The exhibit is available to view at the Woody Guthrie Center and … Continue reading

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New Exhibit at Special Collections

The University of Tulsa and McFarlin Library’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives is proud to announce it’s latest exhibit titled “History of Photography: Culture and Interpretation.” Beginning on September 10th and extending through December 21st, 2015, the exhibit … Continue reading

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New Acquisition: Report from the Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen”

The “Report from the Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen on three Moravian church missions to Native Americans including a brief section on their work among the Cherokee Indians in Arkansas, said evangelizing work … Continue reading

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An American Visionary: Alexandre Hogue

The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives is proud to be a part of Corning, New York’s Rockwell Museum of Western Arts upcoming special exhibition titled An American Visionary: Alexandre Hogue, opening on Friday, September 27th, … Continue reading

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Now On Display: “Mask-arade!”

Special Collections graduate assistants Kyle Ripley and Kristina Rosenthal have recently researched and displayed a collection of Mexican dancing masks. These masks predate the founding of the Americas and illuminate the culture and traditions of Mexico’s earliest people. So, to … Continue reading

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Spanish documents

The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, department of Special Collections holds some interesting items. This week we have been working on digitizing and uploading to our digital collections site some of our documents in Spanish. We do not have a … Continue reading

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Poor Sarah and Elias Boudinot

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Native American Collections

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Kent Frizzell Wounded Knee papers, 1971-1981.

In February 1973, a stand-off began between members of the Lakota, the American Indian Movement, federal marshals, and others that lasted for 71 days. In time, negotiations brought an end to the hostilities. Kent Frizzell was Chief Government Negotiator in … Continue reading

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