Indian Appropriation Bill: Hearings...on H.R. 201501915 - 888 pages |
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... amendment I propose will be con- sidered ? The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. MERITT . I suggest that the appropriation be ... amendment under the Five Tribes item to allow $ 5,000 to enable the superin- tendent of the Five Tribes to enforce the ...
... amendment I propose will be con- sidered ? The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. MERITT . I suggest that the appropriation be ... amendment under the Five Tribes item to allow $ 5,000 to enable the superin- tendent of the Five Tribes to enforce the ...
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... amendment to the McKennon amendment , above quoted , as follows : “ Provided , however , That nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to militate against any rights or privileges which the Mississippi Choctaws may have ...
... amendment to the McKennon amendment , above quoted , as follows : “ Provided , however , That nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to militate against any rights or privileges which the Mississippi Choctaws may have ...
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... amendment in the House of Representatives on June 17 , 1902 , providing that the Mississippi Choctaws " may at any ... amendment by Mr. Curtis conceded the " full - blood rule of evidence " that Petitioner Owen was contending for ...
... amendment in the House of Representatives on June 17 , 1902 , providing that the Mississippi Choctaws " may at any ... amendment by Mr. Curtis conceded the " full - blood rule of evidence " that Petitioner Owen was contending for ...
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... amendment submitted by Mr. Curtis , in charge of the bill ; that you drew this amendment in conjunction with the Assistant Attorney Gen- eral of the Interior Department , and that it was accepted by the friends of the Mis- sissippi ...
... amendment submitted by Mr. Curtis , in charge of the bill ; that you drew this amendment in conjunction with the Assistant Attorney Gen- eral of the Interior Department , and that it was accepted by the friends of the Mis- sissippi ...
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... amendment was drawn by me with the assistance of Mr. W. A. Jones , Commissioner of Indian Affairs , and the able Assistant Attorney General for the Interior Department . In considering the matter I conferred with many Senators and ...
... amendment was drawn by me with the assistance of Mr. W. A. Jones , Commissioner of Indian Affairs , and the able Assistant Attorney General for the Interior Department . In considering the matter I conferred with many Senators and ...
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acres agreed agreement allotment allottees amendment amount approved attorneys authorized Balance on hand bill Blackfeet CHAIRMAN Chickasaw Nations Choctaw and Chickasaw Choctaw Nation citizens claimants Commissioner of Indian Committee on Indian Court of Claims Creek Nation Dawes Commission enrollment entitled estimate expenses Five Civilized Tribes full-blood Government Henry Kendall hereby Indian Affairs Indian appropriation Indian Office Indian Reservation Interior irrigation January 28 June 30 lease legislation March matter ment MERITT mission schools Mississippi Choctaws MOTT objection Oklahoma payment point of order proposed purchase purpose question reimbursable river Secretary sectarian schools Senator CLAPP Senator GRONNA Senator LA FOLLETTE Senator LANE Senator MYERS Senator OWEN Senator PAGE Senator ROBINSON Senator TOWNSEND Senator WALSH Senator WHITE Sioux Stat statement submitted superintendent THRAVES timber tion Treasury treaty tribal funds United United States Senate
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Page 381 - Interior, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, may cause to be designated and appraised so much of the dead, matured, or large growth of trees found upon such forest reservation as may be compatible with the utilization of the forests...
Page 633 - States, and for introducing among them the habits and arts of civilization, the president of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized...
Page 447 - An Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to preserve Peace on the Frontiers...
Page 564 - ... to compel their children, male and female, between the ages of six and sixteen years to attend school, and it is hereby made the duty of the agent for said Indians to see that this, stipulation is strictly complied with, and the United States agrees that for every thirty children between said ages who can be Induced or compelled to attend school...
Page 389 - The power exists to abrogate the provisions of an Indian treaty, though presumably such power will be exercised only when circumstances arise which will not only justify the government in disregarding the stipulations of the treaty, but may demand, in the interest of the country and the Indians themselves, that it should do so.
Page 389 - Plenary authority over the tribal relations of the Indians has been exercised by Congress from the beginning, and the power has always been deemed a political one, not subject to be controlled by the judicial department of the Government.
Page 634 - And it Is hereby declared to be the settled policy of the government to hereafter make no appropriation whatever for education in any sectarian school...
Page 300 - Commission," shall proceed to allot the exclusive use and occupancy of the surface of all the lands of said nation or tribe susceptible of allotment among the citizens thereof, as shown by said roll, giving to each, so far as possible, his fair and equal share thereof, considering the nature and fertility of the soil, location, and value of same...
Page 440 - I suggested, by letter to the chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the House of Representatives, an amendment to HR 9133 to make it clear that royalties of operators would be taxable, and S.
Page 633 - Indians practicable, and that the means of instruction can be introduced, with their own consent, to employ capable persons, of good moral character, to instruct them in the mode of agriculture suited to their situation; and for teaching their children in reading, writing, and arithmetic...