About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

1937 Ann. Rep. Comm'r Off. Indian Aff. Sec'y Interior 198 (1937)

handle is hein.doi/annrepcom0100 and id is 1 raw text is: OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS John Collier, Commissioner THE Federal Government, working through the Office of Indian Affairs, has had the traditional role of guardian of Indian property and protector of Indians. As conservator, the Indian Office has been at times faithless, and through most of later times ineffective. In recent years, protections for Indian property have been tightened, but it has not been until the past 3 years that the tide has been turned and that Indian property has begun to increase in amount and value. Of the 130,000,000 acres held in trust for Indians by the Government in 1887, when the General Allotment Act was passed, some 49,000,000 of the poorest acres remained in 1933. At the close of the fiscal year 1937, this amount had been increased to approximately 52,650,000 acres, with additional purchases pending. Land has not only been acquired for Indians, been safeguarded from slipping away: Indian land, through allocations of emergency funds, is being rebuilt. Only a beginning has been made, but already the healing of damaged Indian ranges, the protection of Indian timber and the blessing of new water supplies have helped to revitalize Indian land. More important, even, than economic benefits frdii augmented resources have been the reorganization of Indian enterprise and the kindling of confidence among Indian groups in their undertakings of tribal enterprise. This report, which tells something of the work of the past year, deals first with this progress in Indian reorganization, then with efforts to conserve and administer Indians' physical resources and to provide Indians with a source of livelihood, then with education of Indian children and the Indian health program. It concludes with a discussion of the steps being taken to improve the mechanics of the Indian Service, and with a brief mention of problems yet unsolved. 198

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most