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NV - 1899, 1900, 1906 - Indian Affairs, Report of the Commission of (1899, 1900, 1906)

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NV - 1899, 1900, 1906 - Indian Affairs, Report of the Commission of (1899, 1900, 1906)
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Lot of 3. 1) 1899 (Part II): "Sixth Annual Report of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes" With frontispiece photograph of Isparhecher, Chief of the Creeks. With two photographic plates of a Creek Indian Home and A Creek Freedman Home (both log built). Includes 8 large fold-out facsimiles of billheads (Creek), maps, tract book records (Creek), and a Contest of Allotment. Allotment of reservation lands took place for the better part of 60 years. Its main goal was to disperse land ownership among indiividuals of a given tribe rather than the tribe as a whole. Before the Dawes Act of 1887, Indian lands totaled 150 million acres. By its repeal in 1934 under the New Deal, American Indians held only 48 million acres [pbs/weta/thewest.org]. The "surplus lands" were sold off by the U.S. Government. Indeed the Creek document alone shows that not everyone was in agreement about the law. The enclosed Contest of Allotment is for lands improved by the contestant (Benton Callahan, a Creek citizen) and his son. The contest is for private ownership of additional lands by a Creek citizen of the "Five Civilized Tribes." Hardbound in brown cloth. 750 pp. Ex-lib. 6" x 9". 2) 1900: Reports on 24 states by special agents including Fred B. Spriggs and Calvin Asbury for Nevada. Hardbound in brown cloth. 760 pp. With extensive pencil marking to both flyleaves. 6" x 9". 3) 1906) Includes reports of Allotment work on 14 reservations as well as reports of special agents from all states with one or more reservations. The Nevada section in this volume has reports from C.H. Asbury (from Carson), William C. Sharp (Industrial Teacher in Charge from Moapa), Fred B. Spriggs, Lillian A.M.B. Mayhew (field matron), and John J. McKoin (for the Western Shoshone, member of the Indian Rights Association). The Indian Rights Association was non-partisan non-sectarian organization for promoting the civilization of the Indian and for securing his natural and political rights [Indian Rights Association, 1899]. With full color fold-out map at back. Hardbound in brown cloth with lettering in gilt. 825 pp. 6" x 9." - Vinegar Collection