Peterson Zah Collection Regarding American Indian Affairs at ASU
Scope and Content Note
The Peterson Zah Collection Regarding American Indian Affairs at ASU contains meeting calendars and miscellaneous papers from December 1995 to August 2010. The bulk of the collection consists of meeting calendars from January/February of 1996 to October/November 2009. The remaining portion of the collection consists of undated meeting calendars, materials such as National Museum of the American Indian integrated marketing feasibility report contacts, papers relating to financial aid resources, the Friendship House Association of American Indian, Inc. and the Hanks/Redhouse Case clan relationships.
Dates
- Creation: 1995-2010
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
None.
Copyright
The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Arizona State University Libraries. Requests for permissions to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Head, Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Biographical Note
Peterson Zah was born December 2, 1937 in Low Mountain, Arizona to Henry and Mae (Multine) Zah. Zah attended Phoenix Indian School until 1960 then went to Arizona State University graduating in 1963 with a bachelor’s degree in education. He holds honorary doctor of law degrees from both Colorado College and the College of Santa Fe.
From 1983 to 1987 Zah served as chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council at Window Rock, governing the largest reservation in the United States. Zah focused much time and energy on reforming education. In 1990 Zah became the first elected president in the new Navajo Nation. He worked with his childhood friend, Hopi tribal leader Ivan Sidney, to attempt to work out the difficulties of U.S. government imposed relocation in the Navajo-Hopi land dispute.
Peterson Zah served as Special Advisor to the President on American Indian Affairs for Arizona State University from 1995 to 2010.
Full extent
6 Box(es) (2.25 Linear Feet)
Abstract
The Peterson Zah Collection Regarding American Indian Affairs at ASU contains meeting calendars and miscellaneous papers from December 1995 to August 2010.
Arrangement
This collection consists of six boxes.
Provenance
The Peterson Zah Collection Regarding American Indian Affairs at ASU was donated by Peterson Zah in part in April 2004 (ACC# 2004-03487) and in part in September 2011 (ACC#2011-04492).
Physical Description
6 Boxes (2.25 Linear Feet)
- Title
- Peterson Zah Collection Regarding American Indian Affairs at ASU 1995-2010
- Author
- Processed by Emilia Morgan and Joyce Martin, May 2004, ACC# 2004-03487; Berlin Loa, September 2011, ACC# 2011-04492.
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Labriola National American Indian Data Center Repository