From Supt. McKean to Comm. Burke April 9, 1923

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Title From Supt. McKean to Comm. Burke April 9, 1923
Subject Indians of North America; Federal government; Livestock; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Latter Day Saints; Indian children; Land use; White people--Relations with Indians; Indians of North America--Education; Allotment of land; Indian Reservation; Water rights; Posey War, San Juan County, Utah, 1923; Paiute Indians--History; Children; Education; Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Blanding (Utah); San Juan County (Utah); Utah
Keywords Indian; White Relations; Land Rights; Posey War; Allotment; Indian Agency; Reservations; Native Americans
Tribe Paiute; White Mesa
Description Superintendent McKean traveled from Blanding to hear the conflict between white settlers and the Paiute/White Mesa Utes. Posey and his band had stirred up some trouble, and McKean's advice to stop the conflicts was to give the Indians their own land with suitable resources so they could sustain themselves instead of relying on the white settlers provisions
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v72f2q
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