Letter from a Uintah Ouray Reservation Agent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated January 9, 1912;
Subject
United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Uintah and Ouray Agency; Indian agents; Allotment of land; Land Use;
Place names
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Whiterocks (Utah); Washington (D.C.); Utah;
Keyword
Indians of North America; Federal Government; Correspondence; Indian Agency/ Reservations; Ute Indians; Allotment; Land Rights; Land Use
Tribe
Ute;
Band
Uncompahgre; White River;
Description
A Uintah Ouray Reservation agent forwards to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs a letter from the Ute tribe in which they request to send a group to Washington D.C. for a conference. The agent encourages the Commissioner to deny their request;
Publisher
Digitized by: J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah;
Date.original
1912-01-09;
Type
Text;
Format
application/pdf;
File name
1of2-Fd07-SS003
Language
eng;
Coverage
Whiterocks (Utah); Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Washington (D.C.); Utah;
Rights
Digital image copyright 2011, University of Utah. All rights reserved;
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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I have the honor.to;transmit herewith a request of a portion
/of the Ute Indians of this reservation for permission to go to
Washington for a conference.. This request is in the form of a
stenographic report of a council held by me to hear this request,
and it is very largely self-explanatory.
It''is .'explained that;, this request is made by the White River.','
band, and joined in by a few of the Uncompahgres, but the Uintahs
and the other portion of the Uncompahgres declined to .loin, in the
•request. • I: feel it is only the minor portion of the entire population
who belong to this--contingent, though if it were felt by them
that such a request would be seriously considered it is probable
the proposition-would, orove so popular as to carry a majority of''
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leaders,Aof/the band which'deserted the1 reservation, in May 1906
/and went to ; South DakotaW After remaining; there for two; or three 7
years they were, brought'back! here by Captain Johnson, of the; Army.'
This band'has never become1 reconciled to/the changing conditions,'."
and insist that the allotments given; them are .not .-theirs and''that'
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