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Show RSPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 11 lands for the Indians of the Zia Pueblo in Arizona; remrving ad-ditional lands for the Paiute-Goshute Indians in Utah;, authorizing allotments to Indians on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wiscon-sin; authorizing an appropriation of $25,000 to purchase land for the Temoak Band of Indians in Nevada. INDIAcmNxs .-Jurisdictional bills authorizing the adjudication of the following Indian claims were enacted during the year, and the Indians are preparing to enter suit: Wichita and afEliated bands of Indians of Oklahoma. Act ap-proved June. 4,1924. - Blackfeet, Blood, Piegan, Gros Ventre, Flathead, Kootenais, Up-per Pend d'oreilles, Nez Perce, and Colville Nations or tribes of Indians in Montana,'Idaho, and Washington. Act of March 13, 1924. Stockbridge Tribe of Indians in Wisconsin. Act of June 7,1924. Amendatory legislation for the relief of the Saginaw,, Swan Creek, and Black River bands of Chippewa Indians in Michigan was ap-proved May 24, 1924, which will, no doubt, make possible the ad-judication of their claim. By the act of April 28, 1924, $85,000 was authorized to be ap-ropriated for the relief of dispossessed allotted Indians of the fTi. squally Reservation, Wash. The act of Congress approved April 14, 1924, authorizes the pay-ment of just annuity claims of persons of Chippewa blood whose names have been erroneously omitted or stricken from the Chippewa annuity rolls; or who have been or may hereafter be found entitled to enrollment for payments authorized by section 7 of the act of Congress approved January 14,1889. The claims of the Sioux Indians mentioned in the last annual re-port amount to many millions of dollars. Considerable progress has been made toward collecting, classifying, and arranging the evidence in the case, which will be very voluminous. INDIAN FARMING AND STOCK RAISING OBSTRUDTIVAE~ PRACTIONS.-Tm~o~s t promising opportunity of the adult Indians is in the productive use of their land. Of course, inany of the younger generation who have had the advantages of vocational training and have become interested in educational, com-mercial, and mechanical umuits follow their ambitions away from reservation life and are %ecoming successful workers in the miscel-laneous activities of white communities, which is a creditable and encouraging sign. But for those who wntinue on the ~e s~r v a t i oth?e~ soil is their capital and they should learn how to use it in promding comfortable and healthful homes and establishing themselves as thrifty, progressive citizens of the State that holds their future. In-dian lands are not always the best. considerable areas are inferior, but where not well suited t.o cultiyation they are often valuable for grazing, so that in much of the Indian wuntry farming or stock raising offers a gainful occupation. I n the special effort given to this ind~striaali de of our work, in which the value of settled habits of living and home attachments is prominent, we meet with opposition, more serious than is generally 11054-2- |