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History and Proposed Settlement Claims of California Indians (1944) (35 pages)
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CLAIMS OF CALIFORNIA INDIANS 29
To this was attached a provision for “off-sets” which had
almost disastrous effects on the Indians’ claims and which will
be discussed later.
Finally the act provided that no surviving California
Indian was to receive any direct individual benefit or per capita
distribution from any judgment ultimately obtained. The
proceeds of the judgment are to be paid into the Treasury of .
the United States to be spent upon the further appropriation
of the Congress. This fund will bear 4% interest only after
final judgment.
Many of these features were added to the bill by amendment over the protest of the author, Representative Lea, but
it was the best that could be obtained at the time-or, for
that matter, at any time since then__and the wishes of the
majority prevailed.
1928
ACT OF CONGRESS
FROM
VALUE OF LANDS
ARTICLES AND SERVICES
FOR TREATY INDIANS
(ATO 4 OF ALLINDIANS»
¥
DEDUCT
BENEFITS TO
ALL \NDIANS
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The enactment of the 1928 Act was a partial victory only—it soon appeared that the
reported offsets for ALL the Indians would almost equal the value of the promises made
to the treaty Indians who comprised only from one-third to one-half of the total
Indian population