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Centralization: Elders Transcripts and Historical Documents

 

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

Correspondence. June 18, 1918

Correspondence, April 23, 1919

Correspondence, February 14, 1924

Report, August 1941

Correspondence, January 12, 1942

Petition, May 26, 1942 (and see June 2, 1942 correspondence below)

Correspondence, June 2, 1942

Correspondence, February 13, 1943

Correspondence, February 17, 1943

Correspondence, February 18, 1943

Correspondence, March 16, 1942

Memorandum and Correspondence, May 20, 1942

Petition, May 26, 1942

 

 

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS

 

Interview, Mr. John Basque

Interview, Mrs. Tom Bernard (Elizabeth Joe)

Interview, Mr. and Mrs. John Battiste

Interview, Mrs. Caroline Brooks

Interview, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Christmas

Interview, Mrs. Joe Dennis

Interview, Ms. Harriet Denny

Interview, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Googoo

Interview, Ms. Rose and Ms. Agnes Gorman

Interview, Mrs. Michael Gould

Interview, Mrs. Noel Moore

Interview, Mr. Michael Paul

Interview, Mrs. Isabel Paul

Interview, Noel J. Paul

Interview, Mr. Paul Stevens

 

 

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