Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-22
LANDS NOW HELD
BY INDIANS ARE
NOT IN DANCER
Senator BurSum Explains
Workings of His Proposed
Bill; Says 1t viii Work
Justice to the Red Man


e,..... II n p,,rs,,r, ~ Now
senator a. " ,,'i 80 T,,,, ,a,,5
Mexico, author OF lhe lHu''" ''''U
grants bill, is emphatic In ms sIa'e
ment that the proposed law Will
ro+ denriva the Indians OF New
Nfeviro Of ono foot of land which
~, nov, nossess. He declares that
a.. hin is misunderstood: that L.
.nro+ G.,ts Tho Indian as well as the
sntticr and that IL is intended to
10 inetice 10 an persons concerned.
Mr. Bursum Yesterday gave the
Torniuq Journal q statement con-
corning ibo him
The BiII Is Fair
Senator Rursum said:
an the first place. the bill is 8
nerfectly fair biil. There is no in
fent,on ON The mart Of anyone con-
.nortad with the bilI, either in the
froniug Of IL or its passage. who
mas tho slightest desire to in any
yvgv infringe ON the rights OF the
Indigns Tra bin represents the
i,esuIts OF apnroyimatev a years
carefui Investigation bv impartial
of the government.
"Tho nou-Tndians who arc in
volved in the uresent controversy,
ar M least most of them. were born
Inon the lands situate within the
s6-calIod Pueblo grants. which
means town grants. The ancestors
.of tlasa non-tndfars were living
unon those lands. tilling the soil,
long before the present state of
New Mexico was taken over from
lTeyico under the treaty subse-
uiIcnt tn the Mexican war. All Of
thnsn peouIo lived i'm nerfect har-
MON, with tbe Indians during all
.1f these wears preceding and after
tho var VIII, Naxico
Tho titles and rights of the non
Indians mad aIways bean rccog
uizrd as being valid and had not
been Questioned either Inv tbe GOV.
eminent ar bv the Indians until
tho Sandoval Iaga daCided Inv The
s,,nreT,,a roI1rt This decision co 81
n cloud mon these titIes. The rep.
resentatives Of tia government
ANA narticu1arIv tbs deDartn,ant of
rbc intarior hoino dssiroIe of p.
cordjnr n sonara deai to Mi con.
cernod canseI an INVESTIGATION 70
be made Tberaunon renresenta :
tivns ~ tho sattIcr4 and rrnrosnnt.
atives ~ IN. eovarnn,ar+ ho1d "a
conferance yyith Tho nnn,T,issinne,
Of indian offairs fo,. tho ,itrnnsn ~
nonsidnrinp an of me F-cts in tbf
nramisee ana for ~ furtI,ei. nUr.
uosn Of determinfr,E tho nrpna,
remedies eserntiaI +o extandina
iustice IN ali and ale, tho n,atbof
most offectiya and witb tbe Iaas,
expense and eIpherrasginart Ia m
Interested parties
"A hearing was held before tb,
secretary Of Tho inferiar Tbe na,
result of ali these proreedings wa,
n mutual aereenent ia euhn3{t fo,
consideration of conpress tha legis,
lation included in the bfII know
ne +b. - ptrs',, ~ Il7,n ~ ~ ~ NJ" !,
has since nassad thn ,s ss,9tn ott' VIM"
SattJnr N,net proyo
tIn an op ~. ,H,,eo1,, -, 40 900
yided hv The XII AZ Irdioi, Al - T. :,
favored Tha i,,,r5a,, ,e eI,,,t nanae !, Is
unon tbo eattIor ~ g.. I,.t,5tgi pi0oi Is Is
fiye ysor, s pa Ell .e - litIllyeu ,III y I.
COST VIII De taxed against any set
torno,, ~ -, l'eeI ! NO lot employ an at'
INV nv uii'fSS ,id1i5 ne 20 chooses.
..d,,,e ne wa Sail9 SidIiliS unGef TINS pro-
i,,sta,' 80 arc ,tI uGIIl'tts py tile Dill. toE
i',a,,,"C ,i,ast as tllies from the govern
do, tha roIc p,,'l, S'tleS , acquired uh-
IiIHeu' ~ zen years ea1eable adj
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