Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior

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Sivu 356 - It will be the purpose of the conference, in behalf of industry, to promote such cooperation with the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the United States Department of Agriculture...
Sivu 348 - Four factors were suggested: (1) The degree of assimilation of a tribe, as indicating acceptance by the Indians of white habits and acceptance of the Indians by the white community; (2) economic condition of a tribe, to indicate a reasonable possibility of gaining a livelihood through the use of available resources; (3) willingness of the tribe to dispense with Federal aid and guidance, and (4) willingness and ability of States and communities to provide public services.
Sivu 347 - to intermix and become one people." The more immediate objectives of this policy can be quickly stated: Of approximately 44,000,000 acres of grazing land, Indians are using about 34,000,000 acres. If the difference of 10,000,000 acres could be brought into use, the Indians could increase their livestock holdings by approximately 300,000 head of breeding cows. This stock, on the basis of 60 breeding cows per family, would provide an average income of $1,200 to 5,000 families. This is approximately...
Sivu 350 - If you believe that additional delegations would be desirable, please submit recommendations so that they may be considered. I am more convinced than ever that we must get closer to the people if our programs are to yield the greatest benefit to the Indians and the country. We must constantly strive to have greater participation by the Indians in the initiation, formulation, and execution of our policies and work.
Sivu 348 - Entirely apart from the injustice which such precipitate action would inflict on these first Americans, whose property rights do not derive from any benevolence of the United States, it would prove economically disastrous to reduce the resources available to the Indians.
Sivu 363 - States and the Supreme Court of the United States confirmed the decision of the Court of...
Sivu 343 - Reprinted from the ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1947...
Sivu 348 - In 1932 the Indians were reported as using slightly over 500,000 acres in the growing of field crops and gardens. This acreage had increased to about 900,000 acres in 1945, but despite this increase, 1,800,000 acres were still leased to non-Indian operators. The value of sales from crop production in 1946 amounted to $7,688,500, an average of $8.50 per acre. If the same rate of return were realized on the lands in non-Indian use, the Indians would increase their agricultural income by over $15,000,000....
Sivu 352 - Indian tribes: . . . Provided, That no part of the sum (a gratuity appropriation) herein appropriated shall be used for the acquisition of land within the States of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, outside of the boundaries of...

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