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Farmers, Ranchers, And The Railroad: The Evolution Of Fence Law In The Great Plains, 1865–190, Yasuhide Kawashima Jan 2010

Farmers, Ranchers, And The Railroad: The Evolution Of Fence Law In The Great Plains, 1865–190, Yasuhide Kawashima

Great Plains Quarterly

In North America, building fences was an essential part of life for the English settlers from the beginning. Departing from the English common law rule that required owners to fence in their cattle, nearly all the colonial legislatures and courts imposed upon landowners a duty to fence their property against trespassing cattle.l The reasons were partly to increase the meager supply of livestock by permitting cattle to wander about in order to breed faster and partly to make full use of the vast virgin forest and grassland. Gradually, however, in New England and in much of New York and New …


An Act To Provide For The Use Of Lands In The Garrison Dam Project By The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, United States Congress Sep 1962

An Act To Provide For The Use Of Lands In The Garrison Dam Project By The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, United States Congress

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This United States (US) public law (Public Law 87-695), passed on September 25, 1962, allowed for the members of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation to graze stock without charge on lands formerly owned by them but taken for the Garrison Dam project. This public law further allows members of the Three Affiliated Tribes to lease these lands for grazing to members or non-members of the tribe. These grazing rights are subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior.


Providing For The Use Of Lands In The Garrison Dam Project By The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives Sep 1962

Providing For The Use Of Lands In The Garrison Dam Project By The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This report from the United States (US) House committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated September 12, 1962 was written to accompany US Senate Bill 1161 which proposed to restore grazing rights to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation on lands that were taken by the United States government for the Garrison Dam project. The report indicates that the US Army Corps of Engineers had been leasing approximately 52,000 acres of land for grazing, charging $30,000 annually for grazing rights on land formerly owned by The Three Affiliated Tribes. US Senate Bill 1161 proposed to restore exclusive …


Providing For The Use Of Lands In The Garrison Dam Project By The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, United States Congress, Us Senate Jul 1962

Providing For The Use Of Lands In The Garrison Dam Project By The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, United States Congress, Us Senate

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This report from the United States (US) House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated July 12, 1962, was written to accompany US Senate Bill 1161 which proposed to restore grazing rights to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation on lands that were taken by the United States government for the Garrison Dam project. This report recommends an amendment to the wording of the bill. This amendment mirrors language used in similar bills relating to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Indian Tribes. This bill resolves the grazing rights issues on these lands and will benefit the …