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Collection: Directories and Documents > Tanis Thorne Native Californian & Nisenan Collection

C.E. Kelsey Correspondence with A.L. Kroeber (1904, 1913-1914) (11 pages)

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= o we: whe . Cc. Ek. KELSEY as LAWYER ROOMS 69-70 AUZERAIS BUILDING SAN JOSH, CAT. 5 . s Alfred L kro Papers : Bancroft Library . toe Jielianre na would call attention to that provision n most communities, be alloweé to register. $a the fact that the Government of tle United States Las not for some tgrty r r i of sixty yeers recosnized as existing most of the tribes in California, I think it mar be said tiat most of our ee an indian wishes to register of the recéeral law, Le vould Pa ouw:-t to make this easier. -:tnowg Nuva abangoned tribal relations anc aLoptea civilised life. ier waar citinens elotiins, live in houses and as a tueir living from civilised pursvits. TLe old comto @ considerable extent ana tne Inéians are : Rut the old triveal or vaniszation AONRKLVE Gente umd rule secure most or munal ideas still pre gathered toyetier into small eommunities. t,air relatioas now seem to ne to savor ie 2 pe nas practically Nassea aATay anc more ci ie pars eal tien of the tribal. If you have any Inéien iriend who “wishes to resister and vote, tell him to offer himself for registration and refer the registration clerk to A Statutes at Larse 390 and Act of Mareh 3, ot ; a ‘Se an a a a the Act of Feb. 8. 1887. 2 1901, ciuapter 8f8, 31 Statutes at Large 1447. If he is refused registration let me knowand we will see wiatowe ean ado to secure &@ ruling. It might 73 “ray, 105 Calizy.344. -sferread to, Peorle “Ss also be well to quote the cese is not exact anc tuat the scope i Pormation Vou will see ti.at o.is anf of tie Aet of Comsre.s 18 still to be defined by the Courts. iI am sorry I have spent vind the books I can find no very much. that I can give no more accur:te statenent of tre cuse. heard of ei: much time an. lave examined every autiority barven of anything toughing our situation in California. one who xnows wiuyrt.ins about it. I doubt if anyone knows Vary ttuly yours, ,