INDIAN AFFAIRS (IN)

                                                        [6 linear feet; boxes 1-15]

 

A primary category containing information pertaining to Indian affairs, such as land development and use; guidance, and assistance in economic and social matters; education and welfare services; reservations; resources management; law enforcement and relocation services.  Includes material on the Indian Health Service; cuts in federal Indian programs and services; urban Indian health programs; Title IV, the Indian Education Act; oil and gas development; land leasing; Indian Claims Commission; land claims; water rights; Navajo-Hopi land settlement; disputes over federal, state and tribal jurisdictions; economic recovery; urban enterprise zones; religious freedom; American Indian Religious Freedom Act; House Concurrent Resolution 108; Reagan Administration Indian Policy; Presidential Advisory Commission on Indian Reservation Economies; Operation Eagle; hunting and fishing rights; civil rights; impact of federal Indian law on non-Indians and non-tribal Indians; investigation of Dr. Everett Rhoades, Director of the Indian Health Service; legislation regarding Native Americans.

 

Subject categories and sub-categories fully available for research are bolded. Closed categories and sub-categories have a simple phrase describing their contents.

 

                                    DESCRIPTION OF SECONDARY FILE CODES

 

File Code                   Description

 

IN                                Indian Affairs   (6.0 ft; Boxes 1-15)