The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1919-04-24
BEFORE THE SECRETARY .
OF THE INTERIOR
PETIT o N
Of the General Council Of the Chippewa Indians
Of Minnesota for Departmental and
Congressional Relief.

ed, within sixty days after the passage
of this act, to designate and appoint
three commissioners; one Of whom
shall be q citizen of Minnesota, whose
duty IL shall be, as soon as practical
BILE after their appointment to nego-
tiate with all the different bands or
tribes of Chippewa Indians In the
State of Minnesota for the complete
.cession and REIMBURSEMENT In writ.
ing of all their title and interest In
and to all the reservations Of said
Indians In the State Of Minnesota, ex-
cept the White Earth and Red Lake
Reservations, and to all and 50 much
Of these two reservations as in the
judgment of said commission 10 not re-
quired to make and HI tn. aIiotments
required by this and existing acts, and
shall not have been reserved by the
Commissioners for said purposes, for
the purposes and upon the terms here
matter stated, and such cession and
reiinquishment shall be deemed suf-
fIcIent az to each Of said several res
ervations, except as to the Red Lake
Reservation, IL made and assented to
In writing by two-thirds Of the male
adults over eighteen years Of age Of
the band or tribe Of indians occupying
and belonging to such reservations;
and as to the Red Lake Reservation
the cesslon and REIMBURSEMENT shall
be deemed sufficient II made and a.
scented to In like manner by two-thirds
Of the male adults Of all the Chippewa
indians in Minnesota, and provided
that all agreements therefor shall be
approved by the President OF the
United States before taking effect"
Section provided for allotments In
severalty of equal amounts to all mem
bers of the tribe under the provision of
the act of February 8. 1887.
!. Sections 4 and provided for the
disposition of the timber on the coded
lands. '..
Section 6 provided for the classified.
ton and disposition of the coded lands.
Section provided:
Sec. Z. That all money accruing
from the disposal of said lands in con-
formity with the provisions of this act
shall, after deducting all the expenses
of making the census, of obtaining the
cession and REIMBURSEMENT, of making
the removal and allotments, and Of
completing the surveys and appraisals.
in this act provided, be placed in the
treasury of the United States to the
credit of all the Chippewa indians In
the state Of Minnesota as permanent
fund, which shall draw interest at the
rate of FIVE per centum per annum,
payable annually for the period of fifty
years. after the allotments provided
for in this act have been made, and
which interest and permanent fund
shall be expended for the benefit of
said Indians in manner following:
One.half of said interest shall, during
the said period Of fifty years, except
in the cases hereinafter otherwise pro-
vided, be annually paid in cash in
equal shares to the heads of families
and guardians of orphan minors for
their use; and one-fourth of said inter-
est shall, during the same period and
with like exception, be annually paid
in cash in equal shares per capita to
all other classes of said Indians; and
the remaining one-fourth of said inter-
est shall, during the said period of fifty
years, under the direction of the Sec
rotary of the Interior, be devoted ex-
clusively to the establishment and
maintenance of a system of free
schools among said Indians, in their
midst and for their benefit: and at the
expiration of the said fifty years, the
said permanent fund shall be divided
and paid to all of said Chippewa In
dams and their issue then living, in
cash, in equal shares" -. - b.,
Thus the act of January IA, 1889,
directed immediate allotments to be
made to all members of the tribe, pro-
vided for the cession to the United
States in trust of all land not needed
for allotment purposes, for the sale
and disposition Of the timber on the
ceded land, for sale and disposition of
the ceded land, for the deposit of the
net proceeds derived therefrom in the
Treasury of the United States to the
credit Of "all the Chippewa Indians in
the State of Minnesota" and for the
distribution thereof share and share
alike among all the Chippewa Indians
in the State of Minnesota In being at
the time of the distribution and, there
fore recognized and declared COM
mon ownership.
4. The Chippewa indians, Upon the
Express Understanding That the
Act Of January ~, 1853, Would
Be honestly Carried Out by the
United States, Accepted and
Ratified the Same.
When the commissioners appointed
under the act Of January IA. 1889, ap.
preached the Chippewa Indians and
sought their ratification Of said Act,
the Indians refused for the stated rea-
son that the United States had not
heretofore lived up to its treaties and
agreements with the Chippewa Indians
and that they had no assurance that
II they ratified the act OF January IA,
1889, that the United Statea Officers
would carry out the agreement IN good