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[News Clip: Jacksboro stuff]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about the first annual Fort Richardson Frontier Day sponsored by the Jack County Historical Society in Jacksboro, Texas.
Date: May 30, 1964
Duration: 4 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Map to Illustrate War with Mexico

Description: This sheet contains two principal maps and a series of ancillary maps. The left half of the page contains a "Map to Illustrate War With Mexico" which uses colors to shade the areas delineating Mexico, the United States, and the territory acquired from Mexico by the United States. U.S. states are also outlined and labeled. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). There are two insets in the lower left corner titles "Vicinity of Matam… more
Date: 1885
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Tunison's Texas and Indian Territory

Description: There are three maps on the sheet with page numbers 73-76 in the upper corners. On the front are Texas and Indian Territory with two separate maps on the back showing Alabama and Nebraska. Each map shows the counties (labeled and shaded in various colors), major cities and roads, and geographic features (with relief shown by hachures) as well as the area and populations of the states (listed with the titles). Some parts of surrounding states are visible in each of the maps. Additionally, th… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Tunison, Henry Cuthbert, 1855-
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the British and French Settlements in North America

Description: This map shows the eastern portion of North America, extending from approximately mid-Canada to the northern half of the state of Florida. In the map, some states are labeled as well as forts and other settlements and various Indian tribes around the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Bodies of water and some geographic features are also marked (with relief shown pictorially). In the lower left corner there are several textual statements regarding the history of particular areas of settlement. … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Lodge, John, d. 1796
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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[News Clip: Jim Wright]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Texas congressman Jim Wright being honored by Sioux Indians for his help in setting up an aid program to employ a large number of Native Americans in Montana.
Date: March 27, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Love Field]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about multiple events happening at Love Field Airport, including a bear cub that escaped from his cage, the arrival of Sioux Indian Chief William Red Fox, and Stanley Marcus receiving 40 mink skins at Love Field Airport which would be made into a single coat to be sold at Neiman-Marcus.
Date: March 3, 1969
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Chief Red Fox]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Native American actor and goodwill ambassador, Chief William Red Fox arriving at Love Field Airport where he is interviewed by reporters about George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Date: March 3, 1969
Duration: 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Pow wow]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 7, 1979, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 19 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ancient Oil]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 22, 1979, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Comanche Texts

Description: This book contains Comanche folktales, along with the English translations. They are broken into several sections which are listed (along with brief summaries of the stories) in the table of contents: coyote stories; fairy tales and fables; manners and morals; adventure; and obtaining and preparing food. Both the English and Comanche texts have numbered footnotes to line up the translation, explained in the Editor's Note (p. iii); there is also an Explanatory Note describing the Comanche tran… more
Date: 1958
Creator: Canonge, Elliott D.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Amerikanische Jagd- und Reiseabenteuer: aus meinem Leben in den westlichen Indianergebieten.

Description: This German text recounts the author's adventures traveling the western United States over a sixteen-year period. The author describes his encounters with Native Americans and the natural environment, especially the animals he hunted. The book also includes illustrations made by the author during his travels.
Date: 1858
Creator: Armand, 1806-1889
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Die Tochter Tehuan's: oder Texas im vorigen Jahrhundert.

Description: This German text is a work of fiction that paints a historical picture of life in Spanish Texas. The protagonist is a young Spanish immigrant, Don Hesu Navarro, who befriends Tehuan and his family. The action is centered around the San Jose Mission in San Antonio.
Date: 1866
Creator: Hoermann, Alto S. (Alto Sebastian), 1829-1867
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Indian Man Chanting and Playing a Drum]

Description: Photograph of Jack Batisse performing Alabama-Coushatta Indian chants as he plays a drum at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing an elaborate headdress, he is sitting at a large Indian drum and singing into a microphone.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[American Indian Man in Traditional Clothing]

Description: Photograph of a Texas Indian Heritage Society dancer at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing traditional Indian clothing: a red tunic with long yellow fringe that hangs down from his shoulders, a colorful beaded sash and headband, and feathers fanning out from the back of his head. He is also wearing a yellow bandana. A black stripe is painted on his face, across his eyes. Behind him an elaborate headdress he is wearing on his back is partially visible.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[American Indian Woman in Traditional Clothing]

Description: Photograph of a Texas Indian Heritage Society dancer at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a blue shirt and several red, white, and blue beaded necklaces. She also has a small feather plume in her hair. Some red and blue feathers are visible in the bottom right of the photograph. It looks like she is holding them but her hands are not visible. She is smiling at the camera and standing in front of a tall bush.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Alabama-Coushatta Dancer]

Description: Photograph of a young Alabama-Coushatta dancer posing in front of a hedge at the Texas Folklife Festival. The boy is wearing a complete tribal outfit consisting of a vest, skirt, leather wrist cuffs, feathered and beaded arm bands, a beaded necklace and sash, a beaded headband, and a feathered headdress. The prominent colors of the clothing are red and yellow.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Alabama-Coushatta Dancer Performing with Rings]

Description: Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dancer performing with rings at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is in the middle of the stage dancing with a group of about fifteen rings, each one placed in a specific location around his body. He is wearing traditional tribal clothing with a fringed tunic and fur around his ankles and lower legs.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Alabama-Coushatta Dancers Talking to Each Other]

Description: Photograph of two Alabama-Coushatta dancers talking to each other at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are both wearing heavily decorated traditional outfits covered in beads and fringe. The dancer on the right is wearing colors of red, white, and blue; the one on the left is wearing black, white, and blue. Each dancer has two large circular arrangements of feathers on their back. They are also wearing fur boots. Behind them a green shed and a yellow shed are visible.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Rocky Stallings and Cow Skull]

Description: Photograph of Rocky Stallings explaining Native American customs and natural medicines at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is on the left wearing a southwestern inspired shirt, brown leather pants with fringe, a beaded bib necklace, a red bandana around his neck and a beaded headband. To the right a cow skull and the doorway of a teepee are visible.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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