The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-18
HELPED CH0CTAWS
OF MISSISSIPPI
GET ALL0TMENTS

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matter before the department. Win
I ton was 90 get haif OF the proceeds.
Durug The year 1896, Wiutou ap-
praised tho Mississippi Choot0ws
| that they were entitled to land in the
| Oklahoma Choctaw nation and lined
! up 1000 contracts. Later ia was
found that the contracts were void
| ana uneniorcible under the law ana
| new contracts were taken principally
/ in the name Of Charles \. Daley, but
| in behalf OF owen and Wiutou.
After the contracts had been OBJ
taincd owen called TO tho attention
ut John Sharpe williams then q
| couErcssmun from tho tlfth con-
grcssioual district OF Mississippi, 20
the tact that tho Indians IN his dis
trict were entitled TO share ia the
ChuCtAw nation land
Williams Introduced Btil
Williams introduced "a bin Co give
them the right To- participate lu tho
division. owen, though uot a mom-
Dor ut congress, was active I'm draw
INK mp bills to aid tho claims of the
Indians with whom he had received
contracts. In October. 1896, owen
appeared before the Dawes commits
sion and asked that Jack Amos and
% other fuii-blood ChoctaWs rcsid-
ing ia Mississippi, bo placed on the
rolls. The commission refused
ovens application on tho ground
that these 9S Cboctiws wero not
even residents of oklahoma. The
United states court for the central
district of Indian territory upheld
the commission
But owen had his contracts and
ho came back to Washington TO
lobby matters through congress. ON
February II. 1891 q resolution
drawn by owen was passed. by the
senate directing the secretary OF the
interior 20 transmit certain hlsturi-
cal data and Information supporting
tho claims of the Mississippi Chur-
taws. About the same timo owen,
made an argument before tho house
Indian affairs committee in support
of bill To allow tho Mississippi
iNat state ana still claim the right
as Choctow citizens 40 action was
ever taken on this bill.
In the Indian appropriation act
June Z. 1907, however, tho follow
iHs provision was contained: That
the commission appointed TO negu-
tiate with the five civilized tribos
In the Indian Territory shall OK
anime and report 10 congress wheth-
or tho Mississippi Choctaws under
their treaties are not entitled TO
all the rights OF Choctaw citizenship
except an interest In the Choctaw
anuuitlos
Again Sccs Commission.
Following tho passage of this net
owen again appeared before the
Dawes commission in behalf Of the
Miss'sa!pp ChoCtaws with whom ne
lea.
mission again turned down the claim
on the ground that the time for
enrolment had expired. Finally,
however, the Curtis act was passed
and in 1899 A. J. McKcnnon. pro-
cecdcd 10 Mississippi, and prepared
the MCkcnnon roll Of l,923 Missis-
slppi ChoctaWs entitled To- citizen
snip In the ChoCtaw nation. 1t was
charged that Wintou interfered
with the work Of the commission by
cndcHvorlng to prevent the Indians
from appearing for Identification.
owen, however, It Is said aided
Commissioner McKinnon. The Nc
Kinnon roll was full OF inaccuracies
ana was thrown out, Other legisla-
ton and appropriations followed
and In 1904, 425 INDECENT Choctaws
were taken from Mississippi to In
dian Territory. Under later legis-
lation $4,000 Mississippi Choctnws
applied for citizenship in the Choc-
taw nation. but only 1878 were
placed on the rolls.
Was Irregular Bobbycr."
The supreme court In its decision
said that owens work was lobbying |
In the odiOus sense sometimes np- |
Piled TO the word. Its exact words ,
were, According to the findings the |
services rendered were In the ma |
turc Of professional services before /.
congress and It's committees, indi- |
vidual representative and senators. |
the Dawes commission, etc, intended /.
To establish the rights OF tho Mis- |
s!a$!rr. GH5,;"w 10 participation 1T (
tho material benefits OF the Choctav |,
nation. ana 10 secure such lcglsla- |
tiun by congress as might w. needed |
for the practical attainment OF the |
object sought"