The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-24
WILL URGE PAY WHITES JOIN WITH
BLACKFEET INDIANS Selfish INDIANS in
FOR THEIR LANDSBIG CELEBRATION
J. w. SCHULTZ, NOTED AUTHOR
SAYS PRESSURE WILL BE EN-
ERTED ON CONGRESS-.
Tribe Never Reimbursed for Vast
Area Which was Coded TO Then by
Treaty of 1885; Domain Has Grad
ually Diminished.

Backed by the National Fedora
ton OF Women's Clubs, supported
tiOn of Women's Clubs, supported
of Philadelphia and many other ag-
encies, pressure will be brought
TO bear ON tho next congress To- ef-
feet settlement with the Black
feet Indians on hundreds of square
miles OF Montana land which the
Indians claim theirs under a treaty
drawn up in 1885, James Willard
schultz. famous Indian author, an
nounced I'm Great Falls. recently.
Mr.. Schultz. together with his wife
was en- route TO his home IN Los An
geles after spending the summer on
the Blackfoot reservation, whore he
put the finishing touches on one
book and wrote another.
Coded In 1855.
Under the treaty of 1855, the
Blackfeet tribe was coded land rough
ly bounded by the Rocky mountains
on the west and stretching between
the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers.
a vast empire of about $50 miles
east aud west and 200 miles north
and south. says MIR. Schultz. by var
ious grants made since 1855 the
tribe has seen its domain shrink un-
I'll It now has but a small reservation.
A bill now in the hands OF the In
dian affairs committee OF the house
will place the question before the
court OF claims If 1t is reported out
favorably and passed. An effort will
be made TO have congress act favor
ably on the proposal, says Mr..
Schultz.
IF the tribe was paid only five
cents an acre for the land, which GER
tainly belongs TO it, the total sum
would run into millions of dollars, =
the author stated. 1.-THE tribe would
then be ably to amply care for itself
for time. at least, and such a
course would be only Just.
Many prominent men throughout
the country are urging that congress
enact law which will place the case
before the court of claims and Mr..
Schultz Is hopeful that the question
will be threshed out within the COM
ing year.
Favors Five-Year Plan.
The famous author OF Indian life
and frontier stories has completed
HIS twenty-fifth book and expects one
of these to be off the press early In
October The title IL "Plumbed
Snake Medicine" and tells OF the
quest Of the suthwest Indians for the
sacred medicine. The book on which
Mr.. Schultz has spent summers
work, is Hero Trails" and 1t deals
with the story OF William Jackson, n
famous Indian scout who worked In
the northwest with Generals Custer
and Miles. This book Will be pub
lished next spring.
Schultz declares himself much im-
pressed with the fiye-year agricultur-
al program for the Blaekfeet Indians,
mapped out and being supervised by
II. G. Campbell, superintendent OF the
reservation. What the Indians now
need most Is more money with which
to buy stock cattle, and the author Is
hopeful that adequate appropriations
will be made at the next congress to
make this possible.
schultz was particularly impressed
by the sight of chickens, turkeys,
and cows. being cared for by the In
dians now where a few years ago. be-
fore the Campbell program was In eff
feet, members OF the tribe had moth
ing with which TO occupy their time
He says the tribe Is in good condi-
ton