Abstract The Parker M. Nielson papers (1928-1996) consist of records concerning the termination of the mixed-blood Utes pursuant to the Ute Termination Act of August 27, 1954 (25 U.S.C., 677, et. seq). The collection documents the events leading up to termination and the representations made to the Indians by tribal attorneys and officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Included are correspondence, some personal papers of mixed-blood Utes, depositions, trial testimony transcripts and other legal...

Abstract The Uintah land development records (1905-1916) consists of pamphlets and news clippings encouraging people to come and homestead in the Uintah Basin under Federal Land Laws.