Letter from the Supervisor of the Uintah Ouray Agency to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated March 20, 1916;
Subject
Indians of North America; Federal Government; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Uintah and Ouray Agency; Indian agents; Allotment of land; Grazing; Health; Whites--Relations with Indians; Land Use;
Place names
Fort Duchesne (Utah); Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.); Whiterocks (Utah);
Keyword
Indians of North America; Federal Government; Correspondence; Indian Agency/ Reservations; Ute Indians; Allotment; Grazing; Health; Indian/White Relations; Land Use; Land Rights; Atwine, James; White Rocks; Grazing Lands; Howell, Joseph; Dr. Dewey;
Tribe
Ute;
Band
Uintah;
Description
The Superintendent of the Uintah Ouray Reservation attests to James Atwine's strength of character and makes suggestions about requests James had previously made to the Office of Indian Affairs. James' inquiries included purchasing cattle with reimbursable funds and building a flour mill on the reservation;
Publisher
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah;
Date.original
1916-03-20;
Type
Text;
Format
application/pdf;
File name
2of2-Fd12-SS012
Language
eng;
Coverage
Fort Duchesne (Utah); Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.); Whiterocks (Utah);
Rights
Digital image copyright 2011, University of Utah. All rights reserved;
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES INDIAN" SERVICE
Uintah Sa Ouray School,
Port Duchesne, Utah,
March 20. 1916.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
. flf) Washington, D. C.
3ir:
The above cited Office letter, dated February 7,
1916, transmits a communication addressed to the
Secretary's office by James Atwine, an Indian of this
jurisdiction.
Ue have no better Indian on this reservation than
this James At/Tine. He has places his allotment under
cultivation by his own efforts, buil_T himself a good,
substantial home, and stays at home farming his allotment«-
He lives very much like a vzhite man; in fact, he lives
in a manner very much superior to 50 per cent of the
white men on this reservation, consequently his letter,
to my mind, has considerable weight...., at
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Since my return to the reservation I have discussed I OPA-^F
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ai th James the matters which he mentioned in this in tter
and the question of his buyinrr cattle with reimbursable
funds will be taken up in the regular manner later. /
Relative to the establishment of a flour mill on
this reservation I desire to state that this thing //as
discussed at some length in a aeneral council last
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