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Show < _ ' . ~ . . ~. 2 . difficulties.in the way of fomulatiaga plan which i b a b~e applicable ; . . .. :@ anyconsiderablenumber of Indians.. . . . ... . . > : We must begin by ~detarminingt.o .w hia;t tribes such laws and conr,ts . : . could not easily be made to apply by reason of their pecnlim conditions . . . . . , . . or surroundings. These may be divided into fo'ur classes, vie: .. ~ .~ ., j Fimat. Those Indianswho maintain an advanced form of tn6d govi ...... ernment. Among these are (1) the Five Civilized Tribes; nn,mbefing .. <.! . 66,500, who bave sevetdly a repnblioan form of governnient assimilat- . .~.... .. ~ ing cIosely the gopermients of the several States; (2) theyew Pork ~ - . :- . 'Indians, numbering 5,112? whose government is based on-a constitution : . - -approved and ratified by the legislature of the State of New Pork; (9) ...-. .. . . the 1,563 Osage Indians whose govepment is based on a constitution C.. - . . .approved by this Depajment; (4) the 8;120 Pueblo.~ndiauso f New, . . Mexico who live under their ancient form of local town governments, . and (6) the 3,000 Eastern Cherokees who have an organized form of . . ~ . , ~ _ . tribal government, and also have individually been recognized as citi- .;. . . . . zensof North Carolina. . ,! ~8 . Second. The Indians who,by taking allotments of lmd'in severalty, ,,, ... . have become citizens of the United States and thereby have passed . : . under the jurisdiction and protection of the iiws and courts of thm ,- - , .. - .States and Territories in which they reside. They number about . . , . ' 30,738. Also those to. whom allotments in severalty i re about 6-be .L ,- ' made, nhberiug about 26,691, and about 25;636 more who are now in F , .<< - . ~- . the act of receiving their allotments. . . . . . Third. The scattered bands or tribes of Indians not unaer thecharffe ',. -. - . of any Indian agent, esWted tonumber 25,664. ' Fourth. The Indians who are not s d ~ i e n t l yen lightened to eompre- - -. hend the systemlor who are so situated as to make i t improbable they .. I ,. .; . . would be benefited by it. In this class are the Apwhes, Pumas, and- Colorado River Indians in Arizona, and the Blackfeet and Navajos, .. . . ' . . aggregating 26,973. -, .. .. . . A tabulation givesthe following results: $ ,. Tot.1 Indian population of the United Btates, exolnsive ofAlaake..*246,834 . . . , . .- . Dedpct Indians to whomla ayeternof laws oan not easily be made to apply as above described ss follorPs: . . -..~ . - Number in 1... ................................--..... 85,016 . . . . , NWb& in clsss 2 ............ ..,. ........................... 81,344 ~ . . . . Number in el;ass 3 ....... ;. ..., .'..,; ... ............,.. .m. ....., 25,664 Number in elass 4. ......................... ;... .......... .; 26,973 . , . . -2 18,937 . . - ..~ . ... ... . having totd number to whom a system of laws can bempplied.. Z7,837 , . ( . ~A . . , These 27,837 Indians occupy many reservations in widely sepwated .~ .. ' , pisrts of the United States. Most of these reservations have a popnla- .. .; .. , . tion of less than 1,000 Indians and only two of them have over 2,000. ' r , . . From ~nnuaRl eport Indian Burem, 1891.. ~. ... . . .: |