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1 Carl E. Grammer & Herbert Welsh, A Threatened Raid on the Crow Indian Lands 1 (1916)

handle is hein.amindian/thraidc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: [No. o--Second Seriew-45001 INDIAN RIGHTs ASSOCIATION, 995 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. January 5, 1916. A THREATENED RAID ON THE CROW INDIAN LANDS. In the interest of justice and fair dealing with the Indians, we present the situation confronting the Crow tribe, in Montana, and request your influence in an effort to defeat the proposed legislation embodied in Senate bill 2378, 64th Congress, ist Session, introduced by Hon. Henry L. Myers, of Montana. The present diminished reservation of the Crow Indians was created by the treaty of May 7, 1868 (15 Stat. L., page 649) for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Crow tribe; which also provided that no treaty for the cession of any portion of the reservation shall be of any force or validity unless agreed to in writing by a majority of the adult members of the tribe. By agreement made in 188o, the Crows consented to the disposal of I,300,ooo acres; in 1890 they further relinquished title to 1,200,ooo acres, and in 1899 to i,5oo,ooo acres of land. In each of the acts of Congress ratifying the agree- ments with the Indians which diminished their reservation, the guarantees of their original treaty of 1868 were con- firmed. As recently as April 27, 1904, in confirming the agreement of 1899, it was stipulated that the existing pro- visions of all former treaties with the Crow tribe of Indians not inconsistent with the provisions of this agreement are hereby continued in force and effect. Congress there- fore has repeatedly recognized the right of the Crow tribe to title to their reservation and the duty of the Govern- ment to respect that right. While the Federal Supreme Court holds that Congress can provide for the disposal of tribal lands without the con- sent of the Indians. it also has declared that it should be clearly shown that such actiorn is in the beet interest of the Indians. Reproduction by Permission of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Buffalo, NY

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