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Memorial Of The Principal Chief And Delegates Of The Cherokee Nation Of Indians, Protesting Against The Passage Of The Bill (S. 631) "To Provide For Carrying Into Effect The Provisions Of A Treaty Concluded Between The United States And The Cherokee Nation Of Indians July 19, 1866.".

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Mem. of Cherokee Indians. 21 Mar. SMD 92, 41-2, v1, 3p. [1408] Against carrying out of a bill giving U.S. ownership of Cherokee lands west of the 96th degree of west longitude; conflict with the treaty of 19 July 1866.

Treaty With Shawnees, Etc. (To Accompany House Resolution No. 205.) Letter From The Commissioner Of The Land Office Relative To The Treaty Of February 23, 1867, With The Shawnees, Quapaws, And Other Indians.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter on a Treaty with the Shawnees, Quapaws, and Other Kansas Tribes. 21 Mar. HMD 93, 41-2, v3, 2p. [1433] Land cession under the treaty of 23 Feb. 1867.

Motion Of Mr. Thurman

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Resol. of the House of Reps. 18 Mar. SMD 91, 41-2, v1, 1p. [1408] Appointment of a Special Com. To investigate the subject of a change in Indian policy.

Memorial Of The Choctaw Nation Of Indians Remonstrating Against The Enactment Into Laws Of The Following Bills, Now Under Consideration In The House Of Representatives, Entitled "A Bill To Provide For The Consolidation Of The Indian Tribes, And To Organize A System Of Government In The Indian Territory;" And "A Bill To Incorporate The Kansas, Indian Territory And Gulf Railway Company, And To Enable The Missouri River, Fort Scott, And Gulf And The Leavenworth, Lawrence And Galveston Railroad Companies To Unite Upon And Construct A Single Track Through The Indian Territory And To Reach The Gulf.".

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Mem. of the Choctaw Nation. 18 Mar. SMD 90, 41-2, v1, 12p. [1408] Against territorial government for Indian Territory.

Delaware Indians. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior For Appropriations To Carry Out Treaty Stipulations With Delaware Indians

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Appropriations for Delaware Indians. [1418] To fulfill the treaty of 4 July 1866; dissolution of tribal relations, and accepting U.S. citizenship.

Statistics Of Mines And Mining In The States And Territories West Of The Rocky Mountains

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Statistics of Mining West of the Rocky Mountains. [1424] Indians in New Mexico; Indians in Montana; Indian labor in eastern Nevada; etc.

Fannie Kelly

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

R-P of F. Kelly. 15 Mar. SR 68, 41-2, v1, 2p. [1409] Captive of the Blackfeet band of Sioux in 1864.

Expedition Against Piegan Indians. Letter From The Secretary Of War In Answer To The Resolution Of The House Of March 3, 1870, Transmitting The Report Of Brevet Colonel Baker, United States Army, Upon The Late Expedition Against The Piegan Indians, In Montana

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Expedition Against the Piegan Indians. [1418] Campaign during 1870 during Montana.

Memorial Of The Principal Chief And Delegates Of The Cherokee Nation Of Indians, Remonstrating Against A Territorial Form Of Government, Legislative Jurisdiction Of Cong., The Abrogation Of Existing Treaties And The Burden Of Government Taxation Without Representation, And In Favor Of The Payment By The United States Of All Just Obligations To Said Nation.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Mem. of Cherokee Indians. 14 Mar. SMD 83, 41-2, vl, 7p. [1408] Against establishment of a territorial government over Indian Territory; taxation without representation; etc.

Memorial Of Delegates Of The Creek Nation Of Indians Remonstrating Against The Organization Of A Territorial Government For The Indian Territory.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Mem. of Creek Indians. 9 Mar. SMD 76, 41-2, v1, 4p. [1408] Against establishment of a territorial government for Indian Territory.

Cherokee Nation. Letter From Lewis Downing, Principal Chief Of The Cherokee Nation, In Closing Petitions Of Numbers Of Various Tribes Against A Proposed Territorial Government Over Them.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter from the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. 8 Mar. HMD 76,41-2, v3, 15p. [1433] Against a territorial form of government over Indian Territory.

Encroachments Upon Osage Indian Lands. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior In Relations To The Encroachment Of White Settlers Upon The Lands Of The Osage Indians In Kansas

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Encroachments on Osage Lands. [1418] By white settlers in Kansas.

Expedition Against Piegan Indians. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior In Answer To The Resolution Of The House Of March 4, 1870, In Relation To The Late Expedition Against The Piegan Indians

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Executive Against the Piegan Indians. [1418] Campaign, in Montana, against the Piegan tribe of Blackfeet Indians during 1870.

Treaty With Cherokee Nation.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Resol. of Rep. Voorhees. 7 Mar. HMD 79,41-2, v3, 2p. [1433] Regarding a court dispute over taxation of goods produced in the Cherokee Nation for sale in Indian Territory; treaty of 19 July 1866.

Annual Report Of The Board Of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution, Showing The Operations, Expenditures, And Condition Of The Institution For The Year 1869

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. [1460] For 1869; research related to the American Indian photographic portraits of Indians.

Flathead Indians. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior Transmitting A Copy Of A Letter From The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, Submitting An Estimate Of Appropriation For The Purchase Of Mills And Construction Of Buildings For The Benefit Of The Flathead Indians, To Replace Those Destroyed By Fire

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter on Flathead Indians. [1418] Appropriation for reconstruction of buildings destroyed by fire.

Resolutions Of The Legislature Of Kansas In Favor Of The Passage Of A Bill Providing For The Payment Of Stock And Other Property Stolen Or Destroyed By The Osage, Kaw, And Other Indians On The Border Of Kansas.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Resol. of the Kansas Legis. 22 Feb. SMD 60, 41-2, v1, 2p. [1408] Ask payment against Osage, Kaw, and other Indians from their moneys.

Resolutions Of The Legislature Of Kansas In Favor Of The Speedy Adjustment And Payment Of The Claims Of Citizens Of That State For Services Rendered, Transportation, Forage, Subsistence, And Property Lost In Action Under Major General Curtis, In Repelling The Invasion Of General Price, Commanding The Confederate Army, And The Indian Expedition In July And August, 1864.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Resol. of the Kansas Legis. 22 Feb. SMD61, 41-2, v1, 2p. [1408] Ask payment of claims arising from the Indian expedition of 1864.

Resolutions Of The Legislature Of Kansas In Favor Of The Appointment Of A Commission To Investigate The Claims Of All Persons Who Have Lost Property Or Sustained Damages By Reason Of Depredations Committed Since The First Day Of January, 1864, By Any Of The Indian Tribes Or Members Thereof With Whom Peace Conferences Have Been Held Or May Hereafter Be Held By The Commission Appointed Under The Act To Establish Peace With Certain Hostile Indian Tribes.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Resol. of the Kansas Legis. 19 Feb. SMD 59, 41-2, v1, 1p. [1408] Commission to investigate claims arising from Indian depredations favored.

Resolutions Of The Legislature Of Kansas Remonstrating Against The Ratification Of The Treaty For The Sale Of The Kaw Indian Reserve.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Resol. of the Kansas Legis. 19 Feb. SMD 58, 41-2, v1, 1p. [ 1408] Protest ratification of a treaty for the sale of the Kaw Indian reserve.

Fur-Seal Fisheries Of Alaska. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior In Answer To A Resolution Of The House, Of February 9, 1870, Transmitting A Copy Of A Portion Of Vincent Colyer's Report Relating To The Fur-Seal Fisheries Of Alaska

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Special Agent Colyer's Report on Fur Seal Fisheries in Alaska. [1418] Aleut Indians, on islands off Alaska, hunt seals, and sell their furs.

Indian Affairs In Oregon. Letter From The Acting Commissioner Of Indian Affairs In Answer To A Resolution Of The House Of February 15, In Relation To The Report Of The Indian Superintendent Upon Indian Affairs In Oregon

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Indian Affairs in Oregon. [1418] Interviews with Klamath Indians; possible success of Pres. Grant's "Quaker policy" towards the Indians; desire of Indians to become like whites.

Appropriations, Indian Service -- Fort Berthold Agency. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior Recommending An Appropriation To Pay Outstanding Indebtedness On Account Of The Indian Service At Fort Berthold Indian Agency

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Appropriations for the Fort Berthold Agency. [1418] To pay outstanding debts; engagements between agency Indians and the Sioux.

John E. Tappan. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior Transmitting Accounts Of John E. Tappan For Goods Given To Kiowa Indians, For Delivery Of White Captives Held By Them In 1868

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter on Goods Given to the Kiowas. [1418] By J. Tappan in 1868 for the release of white captives.

S. E. Ward. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior Recommending An Appropriation To Pay A Debt Due To S. E. Ward For Goods Furnished Indians At Fort Laramie By Order Of Indian Peace Commission

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter on Money Due S. Ward. [1418] For supplies issued to Sioux at Fort Laramie in 1868 by order of the Indian Peace Commission.

Appropriation For Indian Service. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior Recommending An Appropriation To Pay Certain Claims That Have Been Allowed And Partly Settled To Extent Of Funds On Hand

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Appropriation for the Indian Service. [1418] For the payment of claims against Kiowas, Comanches, and Blackfeet.

Number Of Indians In Various Tribes. Letter From The Acting Commissioner Of Indian Affairs In Answer To The Resolution Of The House Of February 2, 1870, In Relation To The Number Of Indians In Each Of The Various Tribes Named In The Book Of Estimates Furnished Congress

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Number of Indians in Various Tribes. [1418] List of tribes, populations, and treaties requiring annuity payments.

Appropriations For Sioux Indians. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior Recommending An Appropriation To Pay Vouchers Approved By General Harney, On Account Of Indian Service In The Sioux Indian District

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Appropriations for Sioux Indians. [1417] Indebtedness incurred by Gen. Harney in the Sioux district of Dakota.

Appropriations For Indian Service In Montana. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior Recommending An Appropriation To Pay An Outstanding Indebtedness On Account Of The Indian Service In Montana Territory

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Appropriations for Indian Service in Montana. [1417] For service at the Flathead and Blackfeet agencies.

Appropriations Indian Service -- Fort Berthold Agency. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior Recommending An Appropriation To Pay Outstanding Indebtedness On Account Of The Indian Service At Fort Berthold Indian Agency. February 18, 1870. -- Referred To The Committee On Appropriations And Ordered To Be Printed, United States Congress

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This Executive Document, dated February 18, 1870 consists of a letter from the United States Secretary of the Interior J. D. Cox recommending "An appropriation to pay outstanding indebtedness on account of the Indian Service at Fort Berthold Indian agency." The letter includes a communication from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ely. S. Parker detailing "services rendered and supplies furnished for and on account of the Indian service at the Fort Berthold agency, Dakota Territory" totaling $63,203.05.

Also included is the text of two letters from US Indian Agent Mahlon Wilkinson in which he explains that, due to frequent attacks from …