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1920s Native American Conference Riverside CA Photo

1920s Native American Conference Riverside CA Photo

$2,000.00

Mission Indian Federation was a Southern California confederation that challenged the authority of the Bureau Indian Affairs (BIA) and argued for American citizenship. At their strongest the MIF included 3000 members from as far away as the Midwest. Jonathan Tibbets, a Caucasian man who grew up working along side Native Americans on his family's farm, offered his own property in...

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Mission Indian Federation was a Southern California confederation that challenged the authority of the Bureau Indian Affairs (BIA) and argued for American citizenship. At their strongest the MIF included 3000 members from as far away as the Midwest.



Jonathan Tibbets, a Caucasian man who grew up working along side Native Americans on his family's farm, offered his own property in Riverside as a meeting place for the civil rights conference beginning in 1919. He is seen near the right of the top row. 



Signed Edwin Avery Field (a well known Riverside photographer) reverse. 



Mount measures 9.75 x 12" w/ edge and corner wear. A soft crack appears from behind top margin that does not affect image.