Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1887
Subject
Indians of North America; Federal Government; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Uintah and Ouray Agency; Indian agents; Whites--Relations with Indians; Railroads; annuities; Work; Land Use; Agriculture; Religion;
Place names
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.);
Tribe
Ute; Paiute;
Band
Uintah; Uncompahgre; White River; Tabeguache; Capote; Yampa; Weeminuche; Moache; Grand River;
Creator
Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Atkins, John D. C. (John Dewitt Clinton), 1825-1908;
Description
Excerpts from the annual report concerning Utah Indians. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs discusses cash payments to Indians and the construction of railroads and provides tables outlining demographic data. The Commissioner also provides a report outlining the Sand Creek and Camp Grant Ute massacres in Colorado. The Utah Indian agent describes an increase in scholarship at the Uintah Ouray reservation school, the condition of the agency's buildings, challenges in farming, the lack of a school on the Uncompahgre Reservation, and relations with Colorow;
Publisher
Digitized by: J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah;
Date.original
1887;
Type
Text;
Format
application/pdf;
Language
eng;
Coverage
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.);
Rights
Digital image copyright 2011 America West Center. All rights reserved;
