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Indian Tribes of California - Indian Affairs Subcommittee Hearings (1920) (8 pages)
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microfische, Uci 3/20/95
_ Indian tribes of calif: Hearings before a subcommitte of the committee on indian affairs, h of r
_ 66th congress, second session, 3/23/1920.
Homer snyder, ny, chair
hearins on hr 12788. Mr raker who introduced the bill makes statement; raker wants bill and
report of secty of the interior inserted. Acting secty vogelsang, alex 3/9/1920 sees it as a
meritorious claim. Raker's aim is to present a prima facie case to justify passage of the bill by
the house. Its the court of claims appeal, minus the offsets. says 5000 are on inadequate rez;
15000 non-rez in 50 counties and 500 bands in communities from 15-600 persons. Notes
injustice of other tribes getting payment and Modoc who went on the warpath given rez and
educational opportunitis in Okla. Special agent of the Dept of the Interior in 3/20/1906 report .
said that according to treaty of hidalgo and under spanish and mex. law ind had rights and by
act of congress 3/3/1851, the commissioners were given the duty to set aside lands occupied
by ind, so congress considered the ind has rights within spanish and mexican grants. In only
two cases was this done Pauna(?) and Santa Ynez. 1851 act quoted saying commision to
ascertain and report on misss misssion lands and "those held by civilized Indians and those who are ©
engaged in agriculture or labor of any kind, and also thos which are occupied and cultivated ©
by Pueblos or Rancheros Inians." (p. 5) P. 6 Raker asks the very rare treaty docs (18 treaties)
to be put in in the the records.
p. 7 injunction of secrecy removed Jan. 18, 1905 and order reprinted the next day. Alex \.
Stuart Secretary of the interior may 22, 1852 letter says he'd gotten wind of expense,
purported "new principles" involved,
and opposition and recommended getting some expert to report intelligently and the
Superintendent of Ind affairs for california did this, being decidedly in favor of the treaties. Ay ve aii
Doesn't have full information, but he decids its important to get them to the senate
Luke Lea, commissioner of ind affairs may 14, 1852 reports that all the information they have
comes from the sup of ind affairs for ca and the agents communications and the treaties. he
fears ind. war in the state if treaties not ratified. The new principle is the relinguilquishment of
title by some tribes and settlement withing the limits of a state on lands not previously owned
by them. He says it may be without precedent but is "both necessary and proper” given the
impracticality of removal out of the state and the expediency of withdrawing them "from their
intermixture with the white population." No annuities is also new; it's fortunate since annuity
system "fraught with evil." Also unusual adjucation provision with the state and civil
authorities settling controversies. Our "Indian affairs in Californie a, like everything else
pertaining to that country, are in an extraor rdinary and anomalous condition." Lea has
sympathy for the agents and the difficulties they faced and the making of contracts for
fulfilling treaties before ratification, acting without authroity but not without precednt. (9)
merits of the treaties are a separate issue in any event.
co Report of e.f. Beal, supintent of ind affairs for CA, may 11, 1852 letter. He thinks the agents
act with propriety and expedience under the circumstances. to secury their peace and friendly
was primary and no other course of action could have readily and effectually attained this end.
Indians suspicious and must be dealt with cautiously and deliberately. That the ind get lands
set apart is supported by humanity and justice. utter impractibility of moving them east of the
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