Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - 1890;
Subject
Indian Reservations; Federal Government; Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Education; Courts; Allotment of Land; Land Use; Railroads; Timber; Whites--Relations with Indians; Health; Railroads; Timber; Annuities; Horses; Crime; Natural Resources;
Place names
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.);
Keyword
Annual Report; Indian Agency/ Reservations; Federal Government; Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Education; Education; Health; Religion; Land; Land Use; Land Rights; Allotment; Trade; Railroads; Farming; Agriculture; Resources; Timber; annuities; Work; Employment; Tribal Funds; Indian/White Relations; Treaties; Alcohol; Family; Names;
Tribe
Ute;
Band
Uintah;
Creator
Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Waugh, Robert; Morgan, T.J.;
Description
Excerpts concerning Utah from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. Commissioner Morgan describes the duties of his post, the importance of an effective public school system for Indians, efforts to develop industries, enrollment and performance data for existing schools, credibility of reservation physicians, a brief history of Indian/White relations and colonization over America's history, the distribution and acceptance of allotments, the leasing of non-alloted lands, alcohol consumption and temperance efforts, etc. The Commissioner includes in his report blanket instructions for reservation agents and charts with statistics about Indian schools and reservations. Ouray Reservation agent Robert Waugh provides demographic data pertaining to the reservation and describes the police force, mineral exploration, the condition of reservation buildings, and an expedition to round up cattle;
Publisher
Digitized by: J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah;
Date.original
1890;
Type
Text;
Format
application/pdf;
Language
eng;
Coverage
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.);
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FIFTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT ,
TO TEE
COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
SECRETARY OF THE IXTERIOR.
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1890.
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OPBIUE.
** 1890.
