Art Raymond Papers, 1924-1993

Art Raymond Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: Art Raymond Papers, 1924-1993

Predominant Dates:1971-1991

ID: OGLMC1345

Primary Creator: Raymond, Art (1923-2009)

Extent: 18.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 06/17/1997

Subjects: Native Americans, Politics and Government - Republican Party, University of North Dakota - Administration, University of North Dakota - Faculty, University of North Dakota - Native American History

Languages: English

Abstract

1923-2009; Oglala Lakota and First Head of the Department of Indian Studies at the University of North Dakota, 1971-1978. Head, Indian Program Development at UND, 1978-1991. First person of known Native American descent to serve in the North Dakota State Legislature.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Art Raymond Papers have been divided into ten series:

Series 1: Personal Materials

Series 2: Raymond Family Members and Friends

Series 3: The University of North Dakota

Series 4: Grants and Special Projects

Series 5: Episcopal Church

Series 6: Grand Forks

Series 7: Political Papers

Series 8: Service to North Dakota

Series 9: Regional Organizations

Series 10: National Organizations

Collection Historical Note

Arthur "Art" (also known as Murphy) Raymond was born January 18, 1923 in Winner, South Dakota. He was one of ten children born to Enoch Wheeler Raymond and Mary (Frazier) Raymond. He is an Oglala Lakota, enrolled at the Rosebud Reservation. He attended the Rosebud Boarding School in Mission, South Dakota, and graduated at the top of his class.

Following graduation, Raymond enlisted in the Army as a private and saw combat in World War II with the 35th Infantry Division, 320th Infantry Regiment. Fighting in the European Theater, Raymond received a battlefield commission and eventually became commander of the rifle company he had originally joined as a replacement.

In 1947, he entered Dakota Wesleyan University (DWU) in Mitchell, South Dakota. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree on May 29, 1951, majoring in Economics with a minor in History. During his time at DWU, he worked for the Mitchell Daily Republic, and was hired full-time in 1953. He was quickly promoted to city editor in October 1953, and served in this capacity until 1962. While in the employ of the Daily Republic, Raymond won a best story award from the Associated Press for a story detailing a robbery, murder and suicide in Mitchell. In 1962, he became the managing editor of the Williston Herald, in Williston, North Dakota. In 1965, he moved to Grand Forks to become Sunday editor and legislative correspondent for the Grand Forks Herald.

Art Raymond was elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives in 1970. Following his first term in office, he was named the Outstanding Freshman Legislator by the Eagleton Institute at Rutgers University. A member of the Republican Party, he was re-elected in 1972 and 1974. He was the first person of known American Indian descent to serve North Dakota in the state legislature.

The Department of Indian Studies at the University of North Dakota was established by state law in 1971. Art Raymond was hired as its first director on August 1, 1971. In 1978, he was promoted and became the Director of Indian Program Development. In addition to his administrative duties, Raymond also taught courses in Lakota history, culture and religion, in addition to Plains Indian Sign Language and reservation government and politics.

Art Raymond was active in university affairs. In addition to Indian Studies, he was a founding member of the Indians Into Medicine Program, and was its first (interim) director. He also helped found the Eagle One Aviation Program for Native Americans, the Summer Engineering Program for Native Americans, the Eagle Feather Day Care Center and the Indian Cultural Center. In 1990, he helped to sponsor a symposium entitled "Lest We Forget," commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Wounded Knee. In addition to helping plan the event, Raymond also lectured.

His service extended to local, state and national concerns as well. On the local level, he was a member of Blue Waters Personnel, Inc. (a temporary personnel service), Citizens Against Prejudice, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and the Greater Grand Forks Boxing Association. In addition to his political career, he served North Dakota as a member of the Court Services Administration Committee, the North Dakota Associated Press, the Dakota Leadership Program and the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission, to name a few. Raymond served on the NDIAC for over twenty years, and was honored with a Meritorious Service Award from Governor George Sinner in 1989. He was active nationally with the American Diabetes Association, the Boy Scouts of America, the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and the National Diabetes Advisory Board, among others.

In 1980, Raymond earned a Master's degree in American Culture from the University of Michigan. He continued his education at Michigan and completed all the requirements for a Ph.D. in 1985, save for the dissertation. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Dakota Wesleyan University in May 1988 and retired from the University of North Dakota in 1991.

Art Raymond married Rose Marie Schone on April 28, 1950. They have five children: Art Jr., Eric, Mary, Mark and Rebekah. Art Raymond died April 1, 2009, in Grand Forks.

Subject/Index Terms

Native Americans
Politics and Government - Republican Party
University of North Dakota - Administration
University of North Dakota - Faculty
University of North Dakota - Native American History

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Art Raymond, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation; 97-2122

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Art Raymond Papers. OGLMC 1345, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in February 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal Materials],
[Series 2: Raymond Family Members and Friends],
[Series 3: The University of North Dakota],
[Series 4: Grants and Special Projects],
[Series 5: Episcopal Church],
[Series 6: Grand Forks],
[Series 7: Political Papers],
[Series 8: Service to North Dakota],
[Series 9: Regional Organizations],
[Series 10: National Organizations],
[Photograph 1: Art Raymond, 1986],
[All]

Series 1: Personal Materials

The first series incorporates Raymond's personal materials, including biographical and autobiographical sketches, writings and correspondence.

Sub-Series 1: Biographical Materials

Box 1

Folder 1: Biographical sketch:1982
Folder 2: Biographical sketch: 1984
Folder 3: Biographical sketch: 1985
Folder 4: Autobiographical sketch: 1988
Folder 5: Resume: 1988
Folder 6: Autobiographical notes: undated
Folder 7: Newspaper and newsletter clippings: 1988-89

Sub-Series 2: Writings

Box 1

Folder 8: "Address at Millsboro, SD Ascension Chapel on the Keyapaha:" May 1966
Folder 9: "Ah, This Is Camping"
Folder 10: American Indian Culture and Research Journal: 1987-88, undated
Folder 11: "American Indian Engineers"
Folder 12: "The American Indian in History"
Folder 13: "Antiquity is Today:" March 1988
Folder 14: "The Belle of Freedom"
Folder 15: "Bobby Swanson"
Folder 16: "The Brand of the Mind"
Folder 17: "The Calico Cat"
Folder 18: "Carter and US Indians: A test in ND"
Folder 19: "Ceremonies of the Lakota"
Folder 20: "The Chicken's Heart"
Folder 21: "Chonte Squea"
Folder 22: "Cry to the Wind:" 1985 (poem)
Folder 23: "The Custer Controversy and The Battle of The Little Bighorn" Red River Valley Heritage Society Banquet: October 1967
Folder 24: "Dawne Gullard:" 1968
Folder 25: "A Different Drummer"
Folder 26: "A Different Drummer" by Murphy Raymond
Folder 27: "Dwellers on the Keyapaha"
Folder 28: "Eagles to be Crows"
Folder 29: "East of the Sun"
Folder 30: "Ennit" Folklore 445 essay: 1980
Folder 31: "Enoch Wheeler Raymond:" 1991
Folder 32: "Evaluation of Sicangu Wolakota Oti and Bush Foundation Grant:" 1975
Folder 33: "Faithful to Whom?"
Folder 34: "The Fourth Generation"
Folder 35: "Friendly Town Program: Orientation Information for Host Families of Indian Children:" May 1976
Folder 36: "From Columbus to Carter: Development of America's Indian Policy"
Folder 37: Garrison Diversion, undated
Folder 38: "Gawdamighty That was Funny," by Murphy Raymond
Folder 39: "God on Her Side"
Folder 40: "Good-Bye said to Bobby:" 1965
Folder 41: Grand Forks Herald
Folder 42: "History of the Rosebud Boarding School"
Folder 43: "Ho, Grandson, Even a Little Ghost is Intelligent"
Folder 44: "The Horn:" 1974
Folder 45: Review of Hunkapi Kin, undated
Folder 46: "i"
Folder 47: "The Indian and His Song"
Folder 48: "Indian Time-Out is annual occasion for celebrating, learning" Alumni Review: May 1984
Folder 49: "An Indian Perspective on the Northern Plains Military Campaigns After 1861:" April 8, 1984 (lecture)
Folder 50: Review of Indians by Arthur Kopit
Folder 51: "Iyciciya"
Folder 52: "Just Beyond the River"
Folder 53: "KKK in Grand Forks"
Folder 54: "The Koenker Plan:" November 1975
Folder 55: "The Legalism of Policy of the United States Affecting Sioux Peoples:" August 1978
Folder 56: "Legends of the Lakota"
Folder 57: "Lila Sica" (Grand Forks Herald Article)
Folder 58: "Lila Sica" (Book Review of Hanta Yo)
Folder 59: Little Bighorn Articles and Correspondence
Folder 60: "A Long Way From Society"
Folder 61: "Love Fires"
Folder 62: "Luther Swift Eagle"
Folder 63: "Mary Raymond"
Folder 64: "Matriculation Batter's Box"
Folder 65: Review: Medicine Men: Oglala Sioux Ceremony and Healing
Folder 66: "A Message From the Seven Chiefs"
Folder 67: "A New Paradigm"
Folder 68: Review of Notes from Indian Country: 1987
Folder 69: "Paradox of Dreamer"
Folder 70: Ph.D Dissertation, University of Michigan, undated
Folder 71: Phrono Cosmian, editorial: 1950
Folder 72: Review: Pipe, Bible and Peyote Among the Oglala Lakota: 1990
Folder 73: Prayer given at State Legislature, undated
Folder 74: Preliminary Exam for the Ph.D-University of Michigan: 1985
Folder 75: "Pride of the Lakota"
Folder 76: Religious Beliefs of Plains Indian
Folder 77: "Return to the Keyapaha:" 1975
Folder 78: "The Robe:" 1985
Folder 79: "Sacred Songs and Dances of the Sioux"
Folder 80: "Sioux Historians:" 1974
Folder 81: Sioux in North Dakota
Folder 82: Sitting Bull: 1969, 1988-89, undated

Box 2

Folder 1: "Sphincter Control is Always Demanded:" 1976
Folder 2: "The Story of a Picture"
Folder 3: "The Story of the American Indian"
Folder 4: "Sunrise in Your Heart"
Folder 5: "The Teacher I Remember:" 1990
Folder 6: "Tears of the Indies"
Folder 7: "That the People Might Live"
Folder 8: "They Never Go Away"
Folder 9: "This Thing Called Man-This Man Called Lakota"
Folder 10: "Tokenism:" circa 1971
Folder 11: "TV Series Glorifies Custer, Downed 'Hero' of Indian Wars"
Folder 12: Review: Vestiges of a Proud Nation: 1987-88
Folder 13: "We All Know How to Make Fry Bread"
Folder 14: Webb, Bernie: 1981, undated
Folder 15: "We Live Forever"
Folder 16: "Westward Expansionism"
Folder 17: "What is an Indian?"
Folder 18: "You Are Standing in My Sunlight:" 1974
Folder 19: Untitled partial writing by Raymond, 1978

Sub-Series 3: Courses Taught

Box 2

Folder 20: Reservation Government and Politics, Field Trips: 1971, 1974-76, undated
Folder 21: Independent Study Syllabus: undated
Folder 22: Teacher Evaluation: undated

Sub-Series 4: Correspondence

Box 2

Folder 23: Correspondence: 1954-1967
Folder 24: Correspondence: 1968-1970
Folder 25: Correspondence: January-October 1971
Folder 26: Correspondence: October-December 1971
Folder 27: Correspondence: January-April 1972
Folder 28: Correspondence: May-August 1972
Folder 29: Correspondence: September-December 1972
Folder 30: Correspondence: January-June 1973
Folder 31: Correspondence: July-December 1973
Folder 32: Correspondence: 1974
Folder 33: Correspondence: 1975
Folder 34: Correspondence: 1976
Folder 35: Correspondence: 1977
Folder 36: Correspondence: 1978
Folder 37: Correspondence: 1979
Folder 38: Correspondence: 1980
Folder 39: Correspondence to Yvonne Lockwood, University of Michigan: 1980-1984, undated
Folder 40: Correspondence: 1981
Folder 41: Correspondence: 1982

Box 3

Folder 1: Correspondence to President Reagan and other Republican leaders: 1982-83
Folder 2: Correspondence: 1983
Folder 3: Correspondence: 1984
Folder 4: Correspondence: 1985
Folder 5: Correspondence: 1986
Folder 6: Correspondence: Red River Valley Heritage Award, 1986
Folder 7: Correspondence: "Who's Who Among the Sioux,"1986
Folder 8: Correspondence: "Who's Who Among the Sioux," 1987-88
Folder 9: Correspondence: 1987
Folder 10: Correspondence: 1988
Folder 11: Correspondence: 1989
Folder 12: Correspondence: January-August 1990
Folder 13: Correspondence: September-December 1990
Folder 14: Correspondence: 1991
Folder 15: Correspondence: 1992
Folder 16: Correspondence: undated

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