Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
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Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Sweet (Evander M., Jr.) Bureau of Indian Affairs Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1915-1921
Collection number: Mss47
Creator:
Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity (UOP)
Extent: 5.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sweet (Evander M., Jr.) Bureau of Indian Affairs Collection,
Mss47, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Access Points
personal name
Sweet, Evander McIver, Jr.
corporate name
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
subject
Apache Indians
subject
Klamath Indians
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Tohono O'Odham Indians
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Pima Indians
subject
Navajo Indians
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Hupa Indians
subject
Skitswish Indians
subject
Campo Indians
subject
Winnebago Indians
subject
Southern Paiute Indians
subject
Pueblo Indians
subject
Indians of North America -Education
subject
Indians, treatment of -North America
subject
Papago Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
subject
Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation (Calif.)
subject
Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation (Idaho)
subject
Sac and Fox Indian Reservation (Kan. and Neb.)
subject
San Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
subject
Winnebago Reservation (Neb.)
subject
Agua Caliente Indian Reservation (Calif.)
subject
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
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Shivwits Reservation (Utah)
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Klamath Indian Reservation (Ore.)
Biography
Evander M. Sweet, Jr., a Southern Methodist preacher, began his ministry in Oklahoma
during that region's first years of statehood (1907-1914). He represented Protestant
churches there in a successful drive to place an amendment in the State Constitution
restricting the use of alcoholic beverages among Native Americans. From 1915-1921 he was
an Inspector with the US Bureau of Indian Affairs. During these years, Federal
appropriations for Indian needs were dramatically decreased in an effort to force Native
Americans from reservations into the mainstream of American life. By 1920 the
deterioration of the quality of Indian life was so apparent that the need for reforms was
evident. Sweet's investigation reports cover a wide range of Indian complaints and
provide a valuable picture of Indian-White relations under the Dawes Act. Sweet was
terminated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1921 and became an agent for Pacific Mutual
Life, eventually moving to Stockton (Calif.) where he remained active in Methodist
affairs.
Scope and Content
This collection of correspondence, agency reports, field notes, and photographs was
compiled by Evander M. Sweet, Jr., Inspector of Indian Services for the BIA from 1915 to
1921. Much of the material consists of Sweet's inspection and investigative reports
prepared for Indian reservations and agencies in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nebraska,
New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
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