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Show 20 REPOR? OF COWW3lONT%R OF INDIAN AFFAIR8 FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES IN OKLAHOMA The unsold wal and asphalt @inera1 de osits belonging to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations are valu 2 at $9,254,829, and the other unsold remaining property ia valued at $225,092. The amounts to be collected from the purohasers of Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal property heretofore sold aggregate $869,656. The present tribal property of the Creek Nation is valued at $92,050 and that of the Seminole Nation at $250,000. In the Cherokee Nation there remain a few unsold tracts of tribal nmnei-hv r Trde eherokee, Creek, and Seminole tribal lands, with the exception of a few tracts above mentioned, have been allotted, sold, or otherwise i disposed of as provided by law, and the tribal affairs, with the excep-tion of pending suits in the United States Court of Claims, are prac-tically completed and closed. Before the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal affaim can be closed the above-mentioned tribal propert of said nations must be sold or otherwise disposed of as provide J by law and funds derived therefrom and from collection of the sums due from prior urchasers must be distributed per capita to the enrolled Choctaw anz~hickasawIn dians entitled to share in the tribal funds or be otherwise paid out as pro-vided by law and the pending suits of said nations in theunited States Court of Claims must be closed. Under certain jurisdictional acts passed by Congress in 1924 the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations have fled a number of suits against the United States in the Court of Claims in which suits, pending before said court, are set forth the demands of said Indian nations against the United States aggregating many millions of dollars. There are approximately 12,000 enrolled Indians of the restricted class in the Five Cidued Tribes, of whom approximately 9,000 are full-bloods. The department has supervision and control over the restricted allotted lands and funds of these Indians. The present restricted allotted lands aggregate 1,663,115 acres. The cashier for the Five Civilized Tribes Agency handled, during the year, a total of 541,701,248, including receipts and disbursements of d classes of funds. Collections of tribal funds amounted to $240,398 and there were credited to the individual Indian accounts 4 individual Indian moneys totaling $14,080,029. During the fiscal year there was disbursed from the restricted individual Indian moneys , I the aggregate sum of $4,869,281 for the maintenance of the restricted Indians and for their farms, buildmgs, livestock, and equipment. The total amount expended from individual Indian accounts for permanent mprovements, including farms purchased, amounted to $856,175, and the amount expended for livestock and farming improvements was $131,833. These expenditures for the benefit of the individual restricted Indians were made under supervision of the field force of the Five Tribes Agency. The office is informed that there are many first-class farmers among the Indians of the five Civihed Tribes and that commendable comparative progress has been made in the education and competency of the restricted Indians. It is reported that in many instances the Indian farmers have benefited by the demonstration and results of |
