Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-06
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Tho history of this attempt of the
pu,blos To- rodv their lands 40 tho gov.
'rumcul be-. Go say the least. remark
snlc. and. baC Scd 10y able officials of
the United states government Nhu like
idrir iols aud would retain them in
definitely. 70 has been under way Tor
many moons iu fact Tor at least -
YEAR
The movement had its inception, II
n said. with officials of IA, northern
rurblos, when the United states attor-
ncy for tho rucbl"s ana the supcrin-
lcudout of the santa Fc indian school
called e meeting In Santa Pc 90 the
Indians, DO" ayoNcd purpose of which
wa. rur DE-" Indians To- discuss what
they shuuld Do to best preserve the
present status 90 the Indian Villages
aud Co dcrid" upon ways aud means
10 preserve their ancient customs aud
&" prevent "a, extinction uf IN, pueblo
r1D. ln this state The immediate
cause for the activity of tb. federal
officials came about IN most peculiar
way.
Tho Pueblo uf Nambe had in past
years solid through its officials certain
lands Goo citizens of the tultcd states
other than pueblo indians. which cit.
teens had taken possession of their
lands ana improved the same and had
erected grist min ana other indus
trial ,st1hls hmcuts which were both
e direct Nalu" TO "a, Pueblo Indians
Hu well 40 educational institutions
THIS condition likewise existed In
nearly al of tho Puchlos ~ New Mex
iru. The United states attorney for
o." pu'bIu Indians uf Sew Mexico
conceived 90, idea uf bringing suit
Go puiri the title iu the lands of thu
pucnlu ut Nambr In the nam" of .
bod, polite aud ,uruurii' th, "pu,hlu
de- Namno.' and brought such suit IN
IA, naur Of tEc pueblo against jose
law Roy and others
shot white aft'rVard the Pueblo
AZ Namhr, through its officials a. III
tcvtcd bv large maloritA 81 the pop
ulatiou ~ thr Pueblo" employed spec
iai counsel and directed that q petition
be- ulrd setting forth that the United
states attorney TOR th" Pueblo Indians
had acted without authority aud that
u wac the wish of the pueblo tu retain
such persons av Iusr lnc2 ROY bal and
others us ucighhnrs aud asking that
the suit u' torthNith dismissed This
petition appears among IA" records
uf the district court uf santa Ft
count, 49, well as the action nf the
court thereon, which VAS to the eff
feet that the United states Jtturuv!
for the iu"hlu Indians had me- author
ity whatsoever tu NJ" m" corporate
pa me- uf the Pueblo tu bring suit un
less directed 10 20 do hy the officials of
tue pueblo Who Wrrc the custodians
at the corporate identify ut thr
Pueblo
This decision CLEARLY established the
fact that the United states attorney
for the Pueblo Indians WAS merely IN
attorney paid hy the government to
perform such services ana give such
advice as Dee was called upon tu give
b, the Puchlos and with NO initiative
rights within tho province of hls Of
nee
But u This connection II must Ice
hurnc la mind that the department of
the Interior has repeatedly held that
IL would treat the Pueblo Indians ui
New McNico as under their custody
and control regardless uf an former
decisions.
u has been generally understood
| that the government Of the United
states. In line with this policy Ia,