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Reimbursement Of The Fort Berthold Indians Of North Dakota, United States Congress, Us Senate

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This report, dated February 21, 1939, also known as United States (US) Senate Report 78, was issued by the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to accompany US Senate Bill 414. In this report, the committee recommends passage of the bill, and provides background on the origins of the bill and it's decision to recommend passage.

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An Act for the Relief of the Indians of the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota [internal note: ms. 1115]

Reimbursement of the Fort Berthold Indians of North Dakota [internal note: ms. 1021]

United State Senate Bill 414

A Bill To Amend Public Law Numbered 383, Seventy-Third Congress (48 Stat. L. 984), Relating To Indians, By Exempting From The Provisions Of Such Act Any Indian Tribe Or Reservation In The State Of North Dakota., United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives

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This United States (US) House of Representatives resolution (HR), dated January 25, 1939, proposes to exempt all Indian tribes of North Dakota from the provisions of US Public Law 73-383, also known as the Indian Reorganization Act or the Wheeler-Howard Act. It was introduced by US Representative Usher L. Burdick from North Dakota, and was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mississippi Blue Book. Biennial Report Of The Secretary Of State To The Legislature Of Mississippi. [1935-1937], Mississippi. Secretary Of State

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Corporate Charter Of The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Ratified April 24, 1937., Harold Ickes

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This Corporate Charter, submitted April 1, 1937 by United States (US) Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes to the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation for ratification, lays out the corporate and economic rights of the Tribes as an autonomous group.

The charter was ratification by the Tribes on August 7, 1937 and certified by tribal chairman Arthur Mandan and superintendent in charge of the reservation W. R. Beyer.

Constitution And Bylaws Of The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, George W. Grinnell, Arthur Mandan, Peter H. Beauchamp

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This document, published October 12 1936, is the Constitution and Bylaws of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. This constitution was drafted in response to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (also known as the Wheeler-Howard Act) which purported to give Indigenous tribes in the United States more freedom to self-govern. This document outlines tribal sovereignty and governing issues including territory, membership, governing body, nominations and elections, vacancies and removal from office, powers, referendum, land, amendments, officer duties, salaries, meetings of council, and adoption of constitution and bylaws. The constitution is signed by George W. Grinnell …

Mississippi Blue Book. Biennial Report Of The Secretary Of State To The Legislature Of Mississippi. [1933-1935], Mississippi. Secretary Of State

Mississippi Blue Books

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An Act To Conserve And Develop Indian Lands And Resources; To Extend To Indians The Right To Form Business And Other Organizations; To Establish A Credit System For Indians; To Grant Certain Rights Of Home Rule To Indians; To Provide For Vocational Education For Indians, And For Other Purposes, United States Congress

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This United States (US) public law, also known as the Indian Reorganization Act, the Wheeler-Howard Act, or the Indian New Deal, passed on June 18, 1934 in response to the Meriam Report which revealed immense poverty and poor living conditions among Indigenous People on reservations. The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) aimed to alleviate these conditions with several corrective measures, notably by stopping the allotment of reservation land and by allowing tribes to organize under their own tribal governments. The IRA was heavily influenced by the recommendations contained in the Meriam Report. While this public law aimed to reduce poverty on …

An Act To Further Extend The Times For Commencement And Completing The Construction Of A Bridge Across The Missouri River At Or Near Garrison, North Dakota, United States Congress

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This United States (US) Public Law, dated June 12, 1934, also known as Public Law 73-320, allows additional time for the commencement and completion of the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near Garrison, North Dakota. The new deadlines for commencement and completion of construction are one and three years, respectively, from February14, 1934.

See also: "Bridge across the Missouri River near Garrison, N. Dak. May 10 (calendar day, May 23), 1934. -- Ordered to be printed." [internal note: manuscript 1086]

Bridge Across The Missouri River Near Garrison, N. Dak. May 10 (Calendar Day, May 23), 1934. -- Ordered To Be Printed, United States Congress, Us Senate

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In this report, dated May 10, 1934, also known as United State (US) Senate Report 1098, the US Senate Committee on Commerce recommends passage, without amendment, of US H.R. 9320 ("To further extend the times for commencement and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Garrison, N.Dak.")

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"To Further Extend the Times for Commencement and Completing the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River at or near Garrison, North Dakota" [internal note: manuscript 1081]

Mississippi Blue Book. Biennial Report Of The Secretary Of State To The Legislature Of Mississippi. [1931-1933], Mississippi. Secretary Of State

Mississippi Blue Books

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Mississippi Blue Book. Biennial Report Of The Secretary Of State To The Legislature Of Mississippi. [1929-1931], Mississippi. Secretary Of State

Mississippi Blue Books

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An Act To Expedite The Construction Of Public Buildings And Works Outside Of The District Of Columbia By Enabling Possession And Title Of Sites To Be Taken In Advance Of Final Judgment In Proceedings For The Acquisition Thereof Under The Power Of Eminent Domain, Us Congress

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This act, dated February 26, 1931, also known as United States (US) Public Law 71-736, sets out the conditions under which the United States may take possession and title of a property for public use before a final judgment has been rendered in a proceeding in which the property is being acquired under the power of eminent domain.

The Problem Of Indian Administration: Report Of A Survey Made At The Request Of Honorable Hubert Work, Secretary Of The Interior, And Submitted To Him, February 21, 1928, Lewis Meriam

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This report, published February 21, 1928, supervised by Lewis Meriam and known colloquially as "The Meriam Report," is a general survey of the living conditions of Indigenous tribes in 26 US states. The study was conducted at the request of the United States Department of the Interior and took 7 months to complete. The study was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. The study reported major issues in health, living conditions, employment, and general economic stability among the United State’s Indigenous nations. The report contains detailed chapters on each of the major issues investigated and includes recommendations for action. Although the …

An Act To Authorize The Secretary Of The Interior To Issue Certificates Of Citizenship To Indians, United States Congress

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This public law, also known as the Indian Citizenship Act or the Snyder Act, passed on June 2, 1924, provided United States citizenship to all Indigenous people born in the United States.

Mandan And Hidatsa Music, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology, Frances Densmore

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This ethnographic study, dated January 1, 1924, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnography presents information about the social and ceremonial significance of music to the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes as collected by anthropologist Frances Densmore from the Fort Berthold Reservation in 1912, 1915, and 1918. This study was conducted at the behest of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The collection includes a catalogue of songs, a description of customs, legends, folk tales, societies, and photographs of musical instruments, some tribal members, earth lodges and other structures.

An Act To Authorize The Survey And Allotment Of Lands Embraced Within The Limits Of The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, In The State Of North Dakota, And The Sale And Disposition Of A Portion Of The Surplus Lands After Allotment, And Making Appropriations And Provisions To Carry The Same Into Effect, United States Congress

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This United States (US) public law, passed on June 1, 1910, allowed the US Secretary of the Interior to survey and sell or dispose of the “surplus” unallotted land east and north of the Missouri River on the Fort Berthold Reservation. This public law later caused confused as to whether the northeast quadrant of the Fort Berthold Reservation was still part of the reservation. The 1972 case “The City of New Town, North Dakota v. US” clarified that the northeast quadrant remains part of the reservation. The 1992 and 1994 cases “Duncan Energy v. Three Affiliated Tribes” both affirmed this …

An Act To Authorize The Survey And Allotment Of Lands Embraced Within The Limits Of The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, In The State Of North Dakota, And The Sale And Disposition Of A Portion Of The Surplus Lands After Allotment, And Making Appropriation And Provision To Carry The Same Into Effect, United States Congress

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This Act, dated June 1, 1910, also known as United States (US) Public law 61-197, authorizes and directs the US Secretary of the Interior to cause to be surveyed, and to sell and dispose of all the "surplus" unallotted and unreserved lands within the portion of the Forth Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota lying east and north of the Missouri River.

Numerous provisions included in the Act cover such topics as the reserving of lands on which coal or other minerals have been discovered, the allowing of tribal members to relinquish allotments in the area described and select allotments …

Treaty With The Arikara Tribe (Ricara), 1825, Charles J. Kappler, Henry Atkinson, Benjamin O'Fallon

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This 1904 reprint of Ratified Indian Treaty 133: Arikara (Ricara), titled the Treaty with the Arikara (Ricara) Tribe, 1825 was transcribed and published in vol. II of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Signed on July 18, 1825, this treaty was the first major treaty between the US Government and representatives of the Arikara Nation. Also known as the Atkinson and O'Fallon Trade and Intercourse Treaty of 1825, this document was part of a series of friendship treaties between Henry Atkinson and Benjamin O’Fallon’s Indian Peace Commission and the Indigenous Nations beyond the Mississippi River. In this treaty, …

Proclamation 305—Fort Berthold Reservation In The State Of North Dakota, Charles J. Kappler, Benjamin Harrison

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This 1904 reprint of President Benjamin Harrison’s 1891 proclamation was transcribed and published in vol. I of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Originally signed on May 20, 1891, this proclamation announced that the “Law of 1891,” passed by US Congress on March 3, 1891, was accepted, ratified, and confirmed.

Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, David D. Mitchell, Thomas Fitzpatrick

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This 1904 reprint of the Treaty of Fort Laramie with the Sioux, Etc., 1851—also known as the Horse Creek Treaty—was transcribed and published in vol. II of Charles Kappler's Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Originally signed on September 17, 1851, this treaty between the US Government and representatives from the Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations, recognized and defined the boundaries between the Indigenous tribes of the Northern Great Plains. Equally, it sought to establish an effective and lasting peace between the signers by agreeing to a series of concessions. In return for recognizing their …

An Act To Provide For The Allotment Of Lands In Severalty To Indians On The Various Reservations (Kappler) (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Henry L. Dawes

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This 1904 transcription of “An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty to Indians on the Various Reservations," also knows the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Act of 1887 was printed in vol. I of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Originally passed on February 8, 1887, this act authorized the US government to break up reservations and tribal lands, previously held in common, into individual plots. Aimed at assimilating Indigenous people into white society, this act promoted agriculture and grazing by allotting tribal members or families who registered a portion of reservation land …

Law Of 1891 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler

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This 1904 reprint of the Law of 1891 was published in vol. I of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Passed by Congress on March 3, 1891, this law reduced the size of the Fort Berthold Reservation and provided for individual land allotments, in which the government would hold the title for twenty-five years. In addition, this law permitted the US government to open the lands acquired to settlement under the provisions of the homestead laws.

An Act Granting To The Saint Paul, Minneapolis And Manitoba Railway Company The Right Of Way Through Indian Reservations In Northern Montana And Northwestern Dakota, Charles J. Kappler

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This 1904 reprint was transcribed and published in vol. I of Charles Kappler’ Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Approved on February 15, 1887, this act granted the Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway Company the right of way to build its railroad through the Fort Berthold and Blackfeet Indian Reservations.

President Hayes's Executive Order, 1880 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Rutherford B. Hayes

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This 1904 reprint of President Rutherford B. Hayes’s 1880 Executive Order was transcribed and published in vol. I of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Originally issued on July 13, 1880, President Hayes’s Executive Order significantly reduced the size of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Created at the behest of the Northern Pacific Railroad, this executive order resulted in a considerable loss of Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara homelands, hunting grounds, and sacred sites.

President Harrison's Executive Order, 1892 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Benjamin Harrison

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This 1904 reprint of President Benjamin Harrison’s 1892 Executive Order was transcribed and published in vol. I of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Signed on June 17, 1892, this executive order increased the size of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation by withdrawing a portion of Township 147 from sale or settlement.

Executive Order Of 1870 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Ulysses S. Grant, Samuel A. Wainwright, Ely S. Parker, Jacob D. Cox

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This 1904 reprint of President Ulysses S. Grant’s 1870 Executive Order was transcribed and published in vol. I of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. In addition to Grant’s executive order setting apart a reservation for the Arikara, Gros Ventre (Hidatsa), and Mandan, this document includes Captain Wainwright’s Proposal recommending a reservation for the three tribes, E.S. Parker’s Response, and J.D. Cox’s forward to the president.

Treaty Of Fort Laramie, 1868 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Nathaniel G. Taylor, William T. Sherman, William S. Harney, John B. Sanborn, Samuel F. Tappen, Christopher C. Augur, Alfred H. Terry, John B. Henderson, Andrew Johnson

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This 1904 reprint of the Sioux Treaty of 1868, also known as the Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1868, was transcribed and published in vol. II of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. This treaty, between the United States government and the Sioux and Arapaho Nations, established the Great Sioux Reservation, promised the Sioux would own the Black Hills in perpetuity, and set aside the country north of the North Platte River and east of the summits of the Big Horn Mountains as unceded Indian territory. Furthermore, the U.S. government pledged to close the Bozeman Trail forts and provide …

Agreement At Fort Berthold, 1866 And Addenda., Charles J. Kappler, Newton Edmunds, Samuel R. Curtis, Orrin Guernsey, Henry W. Reed

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This 1904 reprint of the unratified treaty with the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa, was reprinted as the Agreement at Fort Berthold, 1866, in vol. II of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Originally signed on July 27, 1866, at Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory, this treaty and its Addenda were a set of agreements between the US government and representatives of the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa Nations. In this document, the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa agreed to cede a portion of their land on the east bank of the Missouri River and granted a right-of-way for roads through their …

Lone Wolf V. Hitchcock, United States Supreme Court

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This United States (US) Supreme Court case, argued on October 23, 1902 and decided on January 5, 1903, held that the US Congress does have the right to pass legislation that changes the terms of tribal treaties without the necessary consent of the tribes with whom the treaties were made. The petitioner in this case, Lone Wolf (representing members of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes) appealed a decision from the court of appeals from the District of Columbia. The petitioner claimed that the Medicine Lodge treaty of 1867 with the Kiowa and Comanche tribes was violated when Congress passed …

Cherokee Nation V. Hitchcock, United States Supreme Court

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This United States (US) Supreme Court case, submitted October 23, 1902 and decided December 1, 1902, held that the US Congress has the right to pass legislation that controls the actions and/or property of tribes in the United States without tribal consent. This case began when the Cherokee Nation attempted to stop the Secretary of the Interior from leasing their land for oil extraction. The Cherokee Nation asserted that an 1835 treaty granted them the right to their lands and to self-government. In their decision on this appeal, the Court asserts that the June 28, 1898 act of the US …