Creator:
Geneva Whiteman
Extent:
.35 Linear Feet
Dates:
1935-1981
Collections Summary:
The materials in the Geneva Whiteman Collection primarily on her professional activities in the late 1970s and early 1980s. There is a particular emphasis on the creation of Little Big Horn College and its early operations.
Languages:
English
Processing Archivist:
Jon Ille
Collection Description:
The Geneva Whiteman Collection details a portion of the career of Geneva Whiteman who was active in tribal educational affairs for over half a century. While Whiteman spent much of her career as an educator and counselor, she also spent a portion of her career as an administrator. During the late 1970s, Whiteman was active in the creation and early operations of Little Big Horn College. Most of the collection focuses on this time period and proves important in documenting the early history of the college. The collection resided with her sister Jolene Kills Pretty Enemy prior to its arrival at Little Big Horn College in the summer of 2021.
Biographical Sketch:
Geneva Whiteman was born in 1936 in Pryor, Montana and graduated from Edgar High School in 1954. After attending several colleges, she graduated from the University of Montana with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1959. Whiteman worked in a variety of positions throughout her professional career including as a classroom teacher, counselor, and administrator at the secondary level at schools across the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations. At the post- secondary level, she held a variety of positions at Eastern Montana College (Montana State University) including academic advisor and Coordinator of Indian Affairs.
In the late 1970s, Whiteman served on various committees that led to the creation of Little Big Horn College in 1979. During the college’s early years, she held a variety of jobs at the college including instructor of Crow Studies and as an academic advisor. She also served on the college’s Board of Trustees. Whiteman continued to work into the 1990s as Crow cultural specialist at the Pryor School District. Whiteman passed away in 2018.
Arrangement Description:
The Geneva Whiteman collection arrived at the Little Big Horn College Archives in a suitcase from Jolene Kills Pretty Enemy in the summer of 2021. The Archivist arranged the order to best reflect the intent of the creator and professional activities.
*Note- In much of the correspondence Geneva Whiteman is using the last name Dillon.
Box List:
Folder 1- Thomas Lynaugh to Forest Horn, 1978 (Regarding Robert’s Rules of Order)
Folder 2- Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Crow Tribe, 1979 (Regarding Office of Indian Education)
Folder 3- Charles Snyder to Geneva Dillon, 1979
Folder 4- Letter to Crow Tribe from Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1979
Folder 5- Dawson Community College to Geneva Dillon, 1979 (Regarding Post-Secondary Education on Crow Reservation)
Folder 6- Office of Public Instruction Letter Regarding Operation of Little Big Horn College, 1979
Folder 7- Bureau of Indian Affairs Memorandum on Employment Assistance, 1979
Folder 8- Correspondence From the Crow Central Education Commission, 1979
Folder 9- Correspondence With Miles Community College, 1979
Folder 10- Charles Snyder (Dawson College) to Geneva Dillon, 1979
Folder 11- Correspondence Related to Financial Aid, Crow Central Education Commission, 1979
Folder 12- Forest Horn to John Melcher Regarding Tribally Controlled Colleges, 1979
Folder 13- Forest Horn to Senate Subcommittee on Indian Affairs on Tribally Controlled Colleges, 1979
Folder 14- Geneva Dillon to Anne Big Man, 1979
Folder 15- Forest Horn, Telegram on Indian Higher Education, 1979
Folder 16- Forest Horn to Ronald Sexton Regarding Indian Education, 1979
Folder 17- Telegram Regarding the Feasibility of Little Big Horn College, 1979
Folder 18- Early Letter to Potential Little Big Horn College Students, 1980
Folder 19- Geneva Dillon to Job Services Regarding Crow Employment Opportunities, 1981
Folder 20- Letter of Support for Natural Resources Program at Little Big Horn College, 1981
Folder 21- National Council of the American Indian to Crow Central Education Commission, 1981
Folder 22- Letter From Montana Inter-Tribal Policy Board Regarding Policy Meeting
Folder 23- Indian Land Tenure, Economic Status and Population Trends, 1935
Folder 24- NCAI, Sentinel, March-April, 1981
Folder 25- Montana Inter-Tribal Policy Board Newsletter, April 1981
Folder 26- Intertribal Youth Practicum, June, 1981
Folder 27- Crow Tribal Program Structure
Folder 28- Course Listing, Business, LBHC, Fall 1979
Folder 29- Clerk, Typist, and Vocational Business Program, LBHC, 1979
Folder 30- New Projects, Indian Tribes and Organizations, 1979
Folder 31- Agreement with Eastern Montana College and the Crow Central Education Commission, 1979-1980
Folder 32- Class Schedule, Little Big Horn College, Fall 1979
Folder 33- Student Enrollment By Program, Little Big Horn College, 1979
Folder 34- Questionnaire By Little Big Horn College Regarding Attendance at Eastern Montana College
Folder 35- AIHEC Conference Agenda for 1980
Folder 36- News Briefs From the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor and Industry, May 1981
Folder 37- AIHEC Technical Assistance Model For Training
Folder 38- Notes, Geneva Whiteman, Various Topics
Folder 39- Committee Meeting Minutes, Montana Inter-Tribal Policy Board, January 1981
Folder 40- Registration Form for Displaced Homemakers, 1981
Folder 41- Minutes, Crow Tribal Council Meeting, October 14, 1978; Includes Corresponding Resolutions and Correspondence
Folder 42- Resume, Geneva Whiteman Dillon, Circa 1980