Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Native American Serials
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Abstract
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Native American Serials groups 54 titles relating to Native American culture originally received by the Tamiment Library through subscriptions, donations, and as part of archival collections. The majority of the collection consists of incomplete runs of newspapers, newsletters, and mailings distributed by Native American tribes, committees, councils, schools, and community groups in the United States between 1969-2003. The publications document news and events, addressing education, human and civil rights issues, and environmental concerns, including land and water rights. Serials are in some cases entirely dedicated to, or otherwise contain substantial coverage of, the legal justice campaign in support of imprisoned activist Leonard Peltier. Titles often contain detailed accounts of meetings and community events, and are often rich with reproductions of photographs, illustrations, and poems. A small portion of the collection originates from outside the United States, collecting titles from Vancouver, Yellowknife, and Chase, in Canada; from Brussels, Belgium; and from Salta, Argentina.
Arrangement
Material is arranged at the file level, in alphabetical order by publication title, with issues of each publication organized chronologically. Each title is listed alongside its publishing organization and city of origin, where available.
Scope and Contents
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Native American Serials groups 54 titles relating to Native American culture originally received by the Tamiment Library through subscriptions, donations, and as part of archival collections. The majority of the collection consists of incomplete runs of newspapers, newsletters, and mailings distributed by Native American tribes, councils, schools, community groups, legal organizations, and solidarity committees in the United States between 1969-2003. The publications provide contemporaneous coverage of news and events in local Native American communities, featuring reports on human and civil rights issues; education; and environmental concerns, including land and water rights, documenting disputes and changes in the laws governing farming and fishing. A significant portion of the collection is made up of publications specifically dedicated to or containing substantial coverage of the justice campaign supporting the exoneration of activist Leonard Peltier; these titles are mainly variations on Crazy Horse Spirit published by regional chapters of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, including Crazy Horse Spirit Newsletter, Crazy Horse News, Free the People, and various Peltier Update Reports. Other justice campaigns are also detailed, including legal efforts around Yvonne Wanrow, Dennis Banks, Paul Skyhorse, Richard Mohawk, and others. Additional holdings include issues of Council Fires, Indian Nation, Survival News, and several years of Wassaja. Serials in this collection contain detailed accounts of meetings and community events, and are often well-illustrated, reproducing photographs, artworks, and poems throughout. A small portion of the collection originates from outside the United States, collecting several titles from Vancouver, Yellowknife, and Chase, in Canada; from Brussels, Belgium; and from Salta, Argentina. No complete runs of publications are contained herein, and generally only a handful of issues of each publication are held.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items in the collection; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Native American Serials; TAM.733; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection combines serials relating to Native Americans drawn from two discrete groups of material held by the Tamiment Library. The first was a partially inventoried backlog of serials received by the library through donations, subscriptions, and in archival collections. The second group consisted of around 1,700 serials, newspapers, and magazines, organized by title as an artificial collection, referred to as Periodicals.001 or Boxed Newspapers. This material was combined, inventoried, and arranged and described in subject-based categories in 2017. The accession number associated with this collection 2017.049.
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Processing Information
The material in this collection was assembled from various backlogs of uncataloged material held by the Tamiment Library. This material was inventoried, separated according to its subject matter, and grouped into this collection. Serials are arranged alphabetically by title, and where possible are listed alongside their publishing organization and place of publication.
