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Title Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - 1889
Subject Indian reservations; Federal government; Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Education; Courts; Allotment of land; Land use; Railroads; Timber; White people--Relations with Indians; Health; Annuities; Horses; Crime; Natural resources; Education; Employment (Economic theory); Work; Agriculture; Grazing; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Annual Report; Indian Agency; Reservations; Land Rights; Allotment; Trade; Tribal Funds; Native Americans
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Tribe Ute
Band Uintah; Uncompahgre
Language eng
Description Excerpts concerning Utah from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs discusses schools in great detail, including the application and hiring process for teachers, the construction of buildings, the importance of higher education, and enrollment and performance data. The Commissioner also discusses the construction of rail lines on Indian land, cases involving depredations by Indians, and the amount of money allotted to the various tribes. The Uintah Ouray Reservation Agent reports the number of Indians living on the reservation, the distribution of rations and payments, progress in agriculture, and thefts and depredations. Ouray Agent Byrnes describes the discovery of minerals such as "gilsonite", ration distribution, the condition of buildings at the agency, and the absence of a school on the reservation
Type Text
Coverage Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.)
Format application/pdf
Rights Digital Image © 2011 America West Center. All Rights Reserved
ARK ark:/87278/s6n61h2z
Creator Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Byrnes, T.A.
Date 1889
Spatial Coverage Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.)
Setname uaida_main
ID 371047
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n61h2z

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Title Page 154
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Setname uaida_main
ID 371020
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n61h2z/371020