Indian Appropriation Bill: Hearings...on H.R. 201501915 - 888 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 4
... appropriation at a very rea- sonable figure . That would end all controversy , and enable us better to protect the lands of the Indians that they now have . Senator LANE . What is that land worth ? Mr. MERITT . The lands are practically ...
... appropriation at a very rea- sonable figure . That would end all controversy , and enable us better to protect the lands of the Indians that they now have . Senator LANE . What is that land worth ? Mr. MERITT . The lands are practically ...
Page 5
... appropriation in emergency cases , but that appropriation is exhausted . The CHAIRMAN . The estimate is $ 47,000 . Senator CLAPP . I move that it be raised . The CHAIRMAN . Is there objection to that motion ? Senator LANE . I will tell ...
... appropriation in emergency cases , but that appropriation is exhausted . The CHAIRMAN . The estimate is $ 47,000 . Senator CLAPP . I move that it be raised . The CHAIRMAN . Is there objection to that motion ? Senator LANE . I will tell ...
Page 8
... appropriation ? There are 12,000 acres owned by the whites and 38.000 acres owned by the Indians , under this appropriation , ap- parently . Now , is it not really true that the 12,000 acres of these whites are paid for by this ...
... appropriation ? There are 12,000 acres owned by the whites and 38.000 acres owned by the Indians , under this appropriation , ap- parently . Now , is it not really true that the 12,000 acres of these whites are paid for by this ...
Page 10
... appropriation , we will be very glad indeed to have the money , so that we can begin the construction of the laterals this year . Senator PAGE . The whites are making beneficial use , are they ? Mr. MERITT . On their part of the land ...
... appropriation , we will be very glad indeed to have the money , so that we can begin the construction of the laterals this year . Senator PAGE . The whites are making beneficial use , are they ? Mr. MERITT . On their part of the land ...
Page 14
... appropriation for Enrollment of Chip- pewa allottees , White Earth Reservation , Minnesota , " contained in the act approved June 30 , 1913 ( 38 Stat . L. , p . 89 ) , making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the ...
... appropriation for Enrollment of Chip- pewa allottees , White Earth Reservation , Minnesota , " contained in the act approved June 30 , 1913 ( 38 Stat . L. , p . 89 ) , making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the ...
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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...