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Robert Leland Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC1035
Abstract
Robert Leland (1912-1986) was a Nevada lawyer who worked closely with Washoe and Paiute Indigenous Peoples. Material in the collection is exclusively concerned with issues of Indigenous Peoples, mainly the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. The collection includes correspondence, notes, reports, legal documents, printed material, tribal records, and maps relate to Pyramid Lake Paiute tribal concerns including water, economic development, and claims.
Dates:
1912-1980
Western Shoshone Defense Project Records
Collection
Identifier: 2013-10
Abstract
The Western Shoshone Defense Project Records were originally maintained by Carrie and Mary Dann, two traditional Western Shoshone ranchers living in northeastern Nevada. The Defense Project's mission is to affirm Western Shoshone jurisdiction over Western Shoshone ancestral homelands by protecting, preserving, and restoring Shoshone rights and lands for present and future generations based on cultural and spiritual traditions. It was established in 1991 by the Western Shoshone National...
Dates:
1863-2011; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2011
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- Court decisions and opinions 1
- Grazing -- Nevada 1
- Indians of North America -- Civil rights 1
- Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Nevada 1
- Indians of North America -- Religion -- Nevada 1
- Indians of North America -- Treaties 1
- Land use -- Nevada 1
- Lawyers -- Nevada 1
- Nevada National Security Site (Nev.) 1
- Nuclear weapons -- Nevada -- Testing 1
- Paiute Indians 1
- Public lands -- Nevada -- Management 1
- Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation (Nev.) 1
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada 1
- Radioactive waste sites -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain 1
- Shoshoni Indians -- Claims 1
- Shoshoni Indians -- Government relations -- Nevada 1
- Shoshoni Indians -- Great Basin 1
- Shoshoni Indians -- History 1
- Water -- Law and legislation -- Nevada 1
- Water resources development -- Nevada -- Pyramid Lake 1
- Water rights -- Nevada 1
- Water use -- Nevada 1
- Water-supply -- Nevada -- Pyramid Lake 1 ∧ less
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- Dann, Carrie, 1934-2021 1
- Dann, Mary, 1923-2005 1
- Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada 1
- Joint California-Nevada Interstate Compact Commission 1
- Leland, Robert (Nevada lawyer) 1
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