Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs1898 |
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... girls , speaking the English language , weaned from tribal customs and the iron bands of tradition , can not fail to exert a powerful and far - reaching influence upon the quarter of a mil- lion Indians scattered throughout the United ...
... girls , speaking the English language , weaned from tribal customs and the iron bands of tradition , can not fail to exert a powerful and far - reaching influence upon the quarter of a mil- lion Indians scattered throughout the United ...
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... girls to be good wives and home makers , and the result upon Indian character will be unbounded . The placing of Indian boys and girls at service in families of farmers , although for a few months only the girls instructed in the ...
... girls to be good wives and home makers , and the result upon Indian character will be unbounded . The placing of Indian boys and girls at service in families of farmers , although for a few months only the girls instructed in the ...
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... girls of incalculable benefit to the system . These schools bring a portion of the " white - man " civilization to the home of the Indian . His children are in daily contact with the old traditions and the new ideas of the school . As a ...
... girls of incalculable benefit to the system . These schools bring a portion of the " white - man " civilization to the home of the Indian . His children are in daily contact with the old traditions and the new ideas of the school . As a ...
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... girls , on the Sac and Fox Reservation , Okla . , for 35 boys and 52 girls , respectively , at $ 144 each per capita per annum . As this fund is nearly exhausted , I have , with your approval , renewed the contract only with St. Mary's ...
... girls , on the Sac and Fox Reservation , Okla . , for 35 boys and 52 girls , respectively , at $ 144 each per capita per annum . As this fund is nearly exhausted , I have , with your approval , renewed the contract only with St. Mary's ...
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... girls developed cases of tubercu- losis . Our genial agency physician , Dr. Martin , deserves much praise for his ... Girls were regularly detailed for work in the sewing room , laundry , kitchen , and girls ' dormitories . I had all ...
... girls developed cases of tubercu- losis . Our genial agency physician , Dr. Martin , deserves much praise for his ... Girls were regularly detailed for work in the sewing room , laundry , kitchen , and girls ' dormitories . I had all ...
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Page 552 - America in the sum of dollars, lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our heirs, successors, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 528 - Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives less or different testimony than the law required at the time of the commission of the...
Page 545 - America, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, and each of our heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly, by these presents.
Page 432 - ... should any lessee neglect or refuse to pay such advanced annual royalty for the period of sixty days after the same becomes due and payable on any lease, the lease on which default is made shall become null and void, and the royalties paid in advance shall then become and be the money and property of the tribe.
Page 483 - The said Indian nations do acknowledge themselves and all their tribes to be under the protection of the United States and of no other sovereign whatsoever.
Page 501 - The said Indians for themselves, and their respective tribes and towns, do acknowledge all the Cherokees, to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other sovereign whosoever.
Page 456 - Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota...
Page 545 - Work covered by said bid, then this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect.
Page 436 - Tribes is authorized and directed to take the roll of Cherokee citizens of eighteen hundred and eighty (not including freedmen) as the only roll intended to be confirmed by this and preceding acts of Congress, and to enroll all persons now living whose names are found on "aid roll, and all descendants born since.
Page 477 - In consideration of the provisions contained in the several articles of this Treaty, the Choctaw nation of Indians consent and hereby cede to the United States, the entire country they own and possess, east of the Mississippi River ; and they agree to remove beyond the Mississippi River...