Title: MS 408- James Canan Collection, 1956-1994
Arrangement
The collection is broken into seven series; government documents, publications, United States Department of the Interior Field Executives Management Conference, Social Programs and Economic Opportunities Conference, notes, correspondence and awards, and photographs. Within the series the folders are organized by year.
Abstract
This collection contains the personal papers of James Canan. James Canan worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs between the years of 1956-1994. The collection has a mixture of publications, personal notes, and federal governement records all pertaining to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and issues that affected that line of work. The pieces in this collection are helpful when researching the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the civil rights movement.
Administrative/Biographical History
James Canan was born in 1926 in Pennsylvania. He fought during World War II, and in 1949 he joined the Bureau of Indian Affairs. During his time at the BIA he was the director for the Rocky Mountain Region from 1962-1979, afterwards he retired for two years. Then he was appointed as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs from Janurary to May of 1981. He passed away in 2009. Author: Hunter Old Elk, Annie Stratton
MS 408- James Canan Collection
