- Local call number
- nm89g000s001b002f006
- Media type
- Text
- Creator
- Day, Samuel, Sr., 1845-1925
- Title
- Canyon de Chelly [constructed title], 1916.
- Original creation date
- 1916
- Repository
- Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
- Use
- Digital surrogates are the property of the repository. Reproduction requires permission.
- Collection name
- Day Family
- Content Summary
- Article about the history of Canyon De Chelly written by Samuel E. Day, Sr.
- Biography/History
- The Day Family were anglo Indian traders, on the Navajo Reservation in eastern Arizona. The patriarch of the family, Sam Day, Sr.(1845-1925) moved to Arizona in 1880 to survey extensions to the southern and eastern boundaries of the Navajo reservation. He established a trading post on the reservation and later became an Arizona Territorial Legislator and United States Indian Commissioner. His family included wife, Anna Day (1872-1932) and their children, Charles L. Day (1879-1918), Samuel Day, Jr. (1889-1944), and William Day. All were involved in Indian trading on the Navajo Reservation. In addition Sam Day Jr., became a United States Deputy Marshall.
- Finding Aid
- http://aao.lib.asu.edu/ViewRecordFrame.jsp?record=0000000347
- Subjects
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Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)
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Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--History
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Cliff-dwellings
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Navajo Indians
- Places
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Saint Michaels (Ariz.)
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