The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-07
SENATE BILL GIVES
BIG MONEY TO
INDIANS
The North Dakota Red Men
Are Well Taken Care of
in Appropriations.
by r. c. Snyder.

Washington. d. c., May 1.-THE SEN
ate Indian appropriation bill carries
the following items for Indians in
North Dakota:
For pay OF indian agent at the
Standing Rock agency, North Dakota,
one thousand eight hundred dollars.
For support and civilization Of Sioux
of Devils Lake. North Dakota. five
thousand dollars
For support and civilization of In
dians at Fort Berthold agency. in
North Dakota, including pay of EN-
ployees, twenty thousand dollars.
For support and civilization OF Tur-
tie Mountain Band of Chippewas.
North Dakota, including seeds, thir-
teen thousand dollars
Fort To,ten School.
For support and education of three
hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils
at the Indian school, Fort Totten, n.
d., tifty-four thousand two hundred
and seventy-fve dollars.
For pay of superintendent at said
school. one thousand seven hundred
dollars.
In ALL sixty thousand nine hundred
and seventy-tive dollars.
Wahpcton Indian school.
For the support and education OF
one hundred Indian pupils at the In
dian school at Wahpeton, n. d., six
teen thousand seven hundred dollars.
For pay of superintendent of said
school. one thousand five hundred dol
lars.
For minor improvements. five thou
sand dollars.
For purchasing live stock and equip
ment OF building, six thousand dol
lars, or SO much thereof as may be
necessary.
In all, twenty-nine thousand two
hundred dollars.
For general incidental expenses of
the Indian service in North Dakota,
including travelling expenses of agents
at three agencies. one thousand dol
lars.
That the secretary OF the interior is
hereby authorized to pay to the Devils
Lake Sioux Indians of North Dakota,
in addition to any one of installments
Of thirty thousand dollars provided
by article three of the Act approved
April u, 1904, the sum of $57 ,S74.S7,
or so much as may be available from
Wv ~ oSSSNo vi lhC SttlCS vi luCll CtuSu
lands, being the amount of the deficit
of the $145,OOO authorized by said Act
as the first payment
That part of the land reserved by
a general order numbered seventeen of
the war department. dated August %,
1876, for military purposes, but now
abandoned. and subject to disposal
under the act OF congress approved
il1iV 1894 irJ
large, page one hundred and three).
to wit; Part of sections 80 and 81,
township 1853 north, range 65 west,
and part OF sections %, 26, n. 50 and
36, in township 1873 north, range &C
west lknown as Graham's Island), in
the state OF North Dakota, be, and the
same is hereby, restored to the public
domain and declared to be public lands
of the United States: Provided, That
the lands so restored shall, in the dis
erection OF the secretary of the interior,
be held for a period of twelve months.
subject to allotments to the Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians,
in accordance with the provisions of
the amended agreement with said band
approved April 81, 1904 (Thrty- third
Statutes at large. page 1919
For completing the surveys on the
Standia" Rock indian reservation in
North Dakota. $4,000
And for expenses. in connection
herewith in the Office of the surveyor
general for North Dakota and for the
examination of said surveys, IS 900,
In all. $500.
mat until otherwise provided by
law, all water for the use of the In
dian school located at Bismarck, y.
d., Shall be furnished by the Bismarck
Water company at such price as may
be agreed upon between said company
and the secretary of the interior, not
exceeding 80 cents per 900 gallons.
And there is hereby appropriated for
the purchase of such water. for the
year ending June 80, 1907, the sum Of
$4o0, or SO much thereof as may be
necessary
That Michael Okinyanwastena,
Devils Lake allottee numbered 2O7:
Johnnie Heikoyabmani, Devils Lake
allottee numbered 209. and Wasicuka,
numbered 526, to whom trust patents
have been issued containing restric
ton on alienation, may sell and con-
vey all or part of their allotments I'M
DER such rules and regulations as the
secretary of the interior may prescribe
and any conveyances made hereunder
snail be subject to his approval and
wnen SO approved shall convey full
title to the purchasers the same as if
final patent without restrictions had
been issued to the respective allottees,