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Show REPORT OP COUNCIL HELD AT SUN DANCE GROUNDSAO --JUL' X*l1W3 J The Indians were gathered together at the time of their Annual Sun Dance. Previous arrangement had been made with them that the matter of the enrollment of Mrs. Kate Richardson would be taken up with them at this annual danoe. They had agreed to send word to the agency office when they were assembled, and the Supervisor in Charge had agreed to take the matter up with them in council. A large majority of the male members of the various tribes wore there, and the council was called to order at 3:00 o'clock within the enolosure of the Sun Dance grounds. Mr. Martin; "You told me in the office the other day that if I would come to the Sun Dance grounds I would be able to see all the headmen and have a talk with them regarding the enrollment of Mrs. Kate Richardson as a member of this tribe. We will now talk it over and I wish to listen to what any of you have to say." David Copperfield: "This woman was here onoe before for this same matter and we had decided not to enroll her, but now Wanrodes and I think she should be enrolled, but we don't think that her girl should be enrolled. Her daughter is a half-breed and sometimes half-breed girls have been enrolled and we thought they would marry full-blood Indians, but instead of that they marry white men'and then we have quarter-bloods, and we object to this. Wanrodes and I are willing to enroll this old lady, Mrs. Kate Richardson, -but not her daughter. ThiB woman has a daughter and we do not want the daughter, on the roll. We want to get all the children of the half-breeds by Mormon white men off the roll and* not have thorn on the roll. I want all the children of half-breeds in all other cases cut off the roll." (This refers to James B. Reed, William Taylor, Maggie Reed, Henry Harris, and Maggie Van and their familieBtiil of whom have large families of mixed blood children who are enrolled.) Mr. Liar tin; i, in Washington we have certain rules about the enrollment of Indians and those rules apply to the two hundred reservations and I think that those rules are that when a parent is enrolled the children born into that family can also be enrolled; but this girl is a grown woman and I 1 \\ 11 x |
