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Title Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - 1909
Subject Indian reservations; Federal government; Indians of North America; Maps; Work; Land use; Allotment of land; Treaties; Agriculture; Timber; Health; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Water rights; Natural resources; Education; Indians of North America--Education; Employment (Economic theory); Railroads; Livestock; Alcohol; Courts; Annuities; Grazing; Irrigation; Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Washington (D.C.); Utah
Keywords Annual Report; Indian Agency; Reservations; Resources; Tribal Funds; Allotment; Mining; Native Americans
Tribe Ute; Paiute; Navajo
Creator Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Valentine, Robert G. (Robert Grosvenor), 1872-1916
Description Excerpts concerning Utah from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. Commissioner Valentine discusses the spread of communicable diseases and methods of prevention, the employment of American Indians in office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the progression of farming, the suppression of alcohol consumption, the distribution of allotments, and the development and maintenance of Indian schools. Valentine mentions a group of Utes who left their reservation in Utah and fled to South Dakota where they began working for the railroad. The Commissioner also describes irrigation efforts on the Uintah Reservation
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1909
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Coverage Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.)
Rights Digital Image © 2011 America West Center. All Rights Reserved
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cc3wd0

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