Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1887

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Title 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; White people--Relations with Indians; Railroads; Annuities; Work; Land use; Agriculture; Religion; Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Atkins, John D. C. (John Dewitt Clinton), 1825-1908; Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Utah; Washington (D.C.)
Keywords Native Americans
Tribe Ute; Paiute
Band Uintah; Uncompahgre; White River; Tabeguache; Capote; Yampa; Weeminuche; Moache; Grand River
Creator 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 1887
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Coverage Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.)
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Setname uaida_main
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf5rqj