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Title: Lawrence Pierce Collection
Dates: 1955-79
Accession number: 1996.007
Collector:
Pierce, Lawrence
Collection Size:
.5 linear feet
Repository:
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Palm Springs, California 92262
Abstract: Hearings, reports, transcripts, and letters collected by Lawrence Pierce (Cahuilla). Federal transcripts and correspondence
pertains to Native American topics, including land allotments, termination, civil rights, the Cahuilla Wanakik clan, and others.
Collected between the years 1955-79.
Physical location: Stored off site. Advance notice required for access.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
Ownership of the physical collection belongs to the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum. Literary rights, including copyright, are
retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum does not
hold the copyright.
For research purposes only. All copies and reproductions by permission of copyright holder[s].
[Identification of item], Lawrence Pierce Collection, 1996.007, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum.
Donation.
Biography / Administrative History
Collected between the years 1955-79.
Scope and Content of Collection
Hearings, reports, transcripts, and letters collected by Lawrence Pierce (Cahuilla). Federal transcripts and correspondence
pertains to Native American topics, including land allotments, termination, civil rights, the Cahuilla Wanakik clan, and others.
Collected between the years 1955-79.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Egbert, Carolyn
Pierce, Lawrence
Simpson, Raymond
Segundo, Clemente
Aleshire, F.D.
Bowers, Robert E.
McCabe, Hilton
Bean Lowell John
Curriden, Nancy
Court of Claims
Indian Claims Commission
Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold
Court of Appeals
Fort Mohave Tribe
County of San Bernardino
Supreme Court
Mescalero Apache Tribe
Bureau of Revenue of the State of New Mexico
Coro Foundation
City of Palm Springs
United States Forest Service
Palm Springs
Snow Creek
Pacific Coast Trail
Black Mountain
Banning
CA-RIV-210
Cahuilla
Indian Civil Rights Act
Allotments
Termination
Taxation
Allotments
Wanakik Cahuilla
Rock Art
Pictographs
National Register of Historic Places
Tetcannakik
Tecna
Marina
Hunavatikik