Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - 1909;
Subject
Annual Report; 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;
Place names
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Washington (D.C.); Utah;
Keyword
Annual Report; Indian Agency/ Reservations; Federal Government; Indians of North America; Education; Indians of North America--Education; Health; Work; Employment; Railroads; Land; Land Use; Farming; Agriculture; Livestock; Alcohol; Treaties; Resources; Courts; annuities; Tribal Funds; Allotment; Grazing; Irrigation; Water Rights; Mining;
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.original
1909;
Type
Text;
Format
application/pdf;
Language
eng;
Coverage
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.);
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REPORT
1 OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFRAIRS
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDED JUNE 30
1909
WILSMNGTON : GOVERNMENT PRWTlNG OFFICE : 1909
