Indians at work

Gerald W. Williams CollectionKeywords: Indians, Indian Emergency Conservation Work, Civilian Conservation Corp

Durfee & Peck. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing an account of Messrs. Durfee & Peck, for rent of agency buildings at Fort Berthold. February 11, 1871

This letter, dated February 11, 1871 from United States (US) Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano to Speaker of the US House of Representatives James G. Blaine, also known as US House of Representatives Executive Document 115, transmits communications from US Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ely S. Parker, Dakota Territory Governor and ex-officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs John A. Burbank, and D. W. Marsh, agent for the Leavenworth, Kansas firm of Durfee & Peck, from whom the Upper Missouri Indian Agency has been renting the Fort Berthold Agency buildings for the sum of 3,500 per year. The agent for Durfee & Peck has offered to sell the buildings for 16,000, and the matter is being respectfully submitted to Congress for such action as may be deemed proper by that body. The document also contains a detailed inventory of buildings and structures to be included in the purchase.https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/1112/thumbnail.jp

Indians on the Upper Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in regard to the expedition among the Indians on the Upper Missouri. March 24, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.

This Executive Document, dated March 24, 1856, also known as United States (US) House of Representatives Executive Document No. 65, consists of a message from US President Franklin Pierce, in which Pierce transmits, in obedience to [the US House of Representatives\u27] resolution of the 17th instant, a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by a copy of the report of Superintendent [Alfred] Cumming, in regard to his late expedition among the tribes of the Indians on the Upper Missouri. In his report, Cummings reports on his trip up the Missouri for the purpose of distributing annuities to local tribes, describing his impressions of the tribes, their customs, temperament, relations with neighbors, etc., as well as the landscape, flora and fauna he encounters along the way.https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/1110/thumbnail.jp

Counseling Native Americans

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/89558/1/j.1556-6676.1990.tb01473.x.pd

Hepatitis C and HIV incidence and harm reduction program use in a conflict setting: an observational cohort of injecting drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan

BACKGROUND: Armed conflict may increase the risk of HIV and other pathogens among injecting drug users (IDUs); however, there are few prospective studies. This study aimed to measure incidence and potential predictors, including environmental events and needle and syringe distribution and collection program (NSP) use, of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV among IDUs in Kabul, Afghanistan. METHODS: Consenting adult IDUs completed interviews quarterly in year 1 and semi-annually in year 2 and HCV and HIV antibody testing semi-annually through the cohort period (November 2007–December 2009). Interviews detailed injecting and sexual risk behaviors, NSP service use, and conflict-associated displacement. Quarters with peak conflict or local displacement were identified based on literature review, and key events, including insurgent attacks and deaths, were reported with simple counts. Incidence and predictors of HCV and HIV were measured with Cox proportional hazards models. RESULTS: Of 483 IDUs enrolled, 385 completed one or more follow-up visits (483.8 person-years (p-y)). All participants were male with a median age of 28 years and a median duration of injecting of 2 years. Reported NSP use among the participants ranged from 59.9 to 70.5 % in the first year and was 48.4 and 55.4 % at 18 and 24 months, respectively. There were 41 confirmed deaths, with a crude death rate of 93.4/1000 p-y (95 % confidence interval (CI) 67.9–125) and overdose as the most common cause. HCV and HIV incidence were 35.6/100 p-y (95 % CI 28.3–44.6) and 1.5/100 p-y (95 % CI 0.6–3.3), respectively. Changing from injecting to smoking was protective for HCV acquisition (adjusted hazard ratio (AHR) = 0.53, 95 % CI 0.31–0.92), while duration of injecting (AHR = 1.09, 95 % CI 1.01–1.18/year) and sharing syringes (AHR = 10.09, 95 % CI 1.01–100.3) independently predicted HIV infection. CONCLUSION: There is high HCV incidence and high numbers of reported deaths among male Kabul IDUs despite relatively consistent levels of harm reduction program use; peak violence periods did not independently predict HCV and HIV risk. Programming should increase awareness of HCV transmission and overdose risks, prepare clients for harm reduction needs during conflict or other causes of displacement, and continue efforts to engage community and police force support

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Uintah Ouray Reservation Agent dated October 24, 1908

UteUintahThe Commissioner of Indian Affairs makes recommendations regarding the Uintah Schoo

Circular to Superintendents and agents of the Indian Department from Office of Indian Affairs dated 12 June 1869

Circular outlining how far agents should go in defending the legal rights of the Indians under their charge. Also holds the threat that Indians who leave their reservation shall be subject to the mercies of military authorities and not the Office of Indian Affairs

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated February 19, 1908

UteUintahThe Commissioner releases guidelines for protocol to reservation physicians and health officer

A Chronology of Papers in the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Archives Vol. 1

White MesaChronological entries of dealings with government, goings on in reservations among tribe, and the sustaining of life and customs among the Indian

Regulations relating to the determination of heirs and approval of wills, except members of the Five Civilized Tribes and Osage Indians.

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