 | United States. Dept. of the Interior - 1876 - 1032 pages
...exertions. No general law exists which provides that Indians shall select allotments in severally, and it seems to me a matter of great moment that provision...be the property of himself and his lawful heirs, in lien of any interest in any common tribal possession. Such allotments should be inalienable for at... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 818 pages
...exertions. No general law exists which provides that Indians shall select allotments in severally, and it seems to me a matter of great moment that provision...perhaps fifty years, and if situated in a permanent Indian reservation, should be transferable only among Indians. I am not unaware that this proposition... | |
 | Elisha Benjamin Andrews - United States - 1896 - 448 pages
...he said, " whether any high degree of civilization is possible without individual ownership of land. It seems to me a matter of great moment that provision...heirs, in lieu of any interest in any common tribal possessions. Such allotments should be inalienable for at least twenty, perhaps fifty years, and if... | |
 | United States U. S. Congress. House. Committee on Indian affairs - 1934 - 584 pages
...annual reports advocated general legislation, the Commissioner in 1876 going so far as to ask for a law "not only permitting, but requiring, the head of each...accept the allotment of a reasonable amount of land." 10 He wrote, "It is doubtful whether any degree of civilization is possible without individual ownership... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs - Indians of North America - 1934 - 124 pages
...annual reports advocated general legislation, the Commissioner in 1876 going so far as to ask for a law "not only permitting, but requiring, the head of each...accept the allotment of a reasonable amount of land." I0 He wrote, "It is doubtful whether any degree of civilization is possible without individual ownership... | |
 | Indians of North America - 1969 - 592 pages
...Indians shall select allotments in severalty, and it seems to me a matter of great moment that provisions should be made not only permitting, but requiring,...Such allotments should be inalienable for at least 20, perhaps 50 years, and if situated in a permanent Indian reservation, should be transferable only... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - Natural resources - 1964 - 710 pages
...In severally, and It seems to me a matter of great moment that provision should be made not only for permitting, but requiring, the head of each Indian...perhaps fifty years, and If situated In a permanent Indian reservation, should be transferable only among Indians." (Dep't Interior, Keport of the Commissioner... | |
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Indians shall select allotments in severalty, and it seems to me a matter of great moment that provision should be made not only permitting, but requiring, the head of each Indian family, to accept the allotment of a reasonable amount of land, to be the... 