American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography

"Notes of the council of the Red Lake band, held Nov. 3.1900." -- Bad River Allotment Schedules. 1907 [or later]. -- "Minutes of a Council of the White Earth bands of Minnesota Chippewa Indians, held at the Village of White Earth in said State on the 15th and 25th, March 1911." -- Correspondence and documentation related to expenses incurred for travel, translators, and legal matters, and submitted by tribal members while visiting Washington as Chippewa delegates from the White Earth reservation, Minnesota. 1914. -- "Report of the meeting of the General Council of Minnesota Chippewa Indians, held at White Earth Hall, in the Village of White Earth, Minnesota, commencing at 10:30 A.M. June 12th and ending at 4:15 A.M. June 14, 1915." -- Contract for Daniel B. Henderson to provide legal representation for the Ottawa and Chippewa Tribe of Indians residing in the State of Michigan. Dated April 6, 1920. Includes a certificate signed by the Executive Committee of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of the State of Michigan. -- "Attorneyship Contract" between Daniel B. Henderson and the Pillager Bands of Chippewa Indians securing legal representation by Henderson, signed by tribal leaders. 1929.

[With:] Correspondence between Henderson and various politicians and governmental officials, including multiple letters signed by Robert L. Owen, one of the first two senators from Oklahoma who as a lawyer in 1906 won a major court case on behalf of the Eastern Cherokees seeking compensation from the U.S. Government for eastern lands the Cherokees had lost at the time of the Indian removals. Other political correspondents include U.S. Senator John Sherman of Ohio, White House Executive Clerk Rudolph Forster, U.S. Representative Halver Steenerson of Minnesota, and U.S. Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota.

[Also with:] State of Missouri Real Estate Mortgage Bonds belonging to Henderson.

Daniel Brosius Henderson, Sr. (1862-1940) spent the bulk of his career litigating on behalf of America's Native peoples. His work centered in large part on the legal aftermath of the Dawes Act, allotments, and evaluation of treaties and Native American rights. He was born in Hancock, Maryland, attended the University of Virginia, and by the late 1800s had established a law practice in Kansas City, Missouri. After more than a decade in Missouri, Henderson and his growing family returned to Virginia in 1901. It was in Washington, DC, where the young lawyer would distinguish himself as a prominent attorney with a specialization in Indian claims litigation. Over the course of a decades long career, he represented the claims of multiple tribes in disputes against the US government.