The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-09-23
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spectively. These resolutions
would permit Indians of various
reservations to go into court to
determine the governments right
to impose irrigation and reclaim
alton taxes on Indian property.
A resolution protesting legisla-
tion designed to extend criminal
and civil laws to the Indians. AS
citizens under the Act of June 2,
1924, the Indians believe them
selves to be amenable to laws as
we'll as entitled to privileges of
white citizens, and consider legis-
lation to that effect unnecessary;
a resolution expressing d~isfavor
for Congressman Leavitt's actions
in regard to Indian matters. Lea
witt is claimed by the Indians to
take dictation from the Indian Bu-
reau.
A resolution of thanks to Senator
Walsh, Senator Wheeler and other
senators and congressman who
dlO WI mug III luQldu welfare.
Want Tuition Money
A resolution asking an appro-
priation for paying tuition Of the
children enrolled in Indian schools;
a resolution requesting compensa-
tion for Blackfoot Indian land that
has been appropriated for high
ways, railways, ETC.; a resolution
asking for exchange of allotments
or compensation, in cases where
allotted lands are destroyed by
reason of operation of irrigation
projects, etc.
A resolution requesting allot-
ment of lands on the Rocky Boy
reservation; a resolution asking
for an appropriation of S150,000
to be used as reimbursable loans
with which the Fort Belknap In
dams can buy livestock, farm i'm
plements, etc. to develop their
land; a resolution asking that re-
iected Indians on the Belknap
reservation be reinstated on the
rolls.
A resolution protesting against
the intimidation of anyone trying
to help the Indian people; a
luton asking the removal of the
game wardens who attempt to re-
strict hunting and fishing rights
of Indians on reservations.
A resolution demanding that all
tribal funds and all Indian moneys
on deposit in banks shall bear in
terest.
Lack of space prevents us from
using in full the text of the fore
going resolutions. The final reso-
luton, which is in the form of a
petition, is given verbatim below.
Resolution Fl
The petition which we make
asks for nothing that all other
Americans do not possess.
We ask that the Congress shall
effectually extend to all Indians
the guarantees contained in the
Bill of Rights and the Constitu-
ton. OF these, the basic guaran-
tee is the due process of law and
the right of every citizen to have
his day in court. We ask as in
dividuals and as tribes and bodies
corporate these two rights: due
process of law and our day in
court.
We specify. We ask for due
process of law in our civil affairs
and in criminal matters. We ask
to be relieved of subsection to the
administrative courts maintained
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
which we have no appeal to
any duly constituted court We
ask to be relieved of subsection to I
the codes of criminal ~offenses and
of civil procedures, administrative '
ly established by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, unpublished and t
discretionary with administrative t
officials. We ask that a govern i
ment by laws be substituted for
q government by men in our lives. |
We ask that hereafter it shall q
be the courts, and not admins c
.rative officials who shall finally t
determine the questions all-vital t
o every Indian: his competency Il
manage his own property, his e
ability to farm his own land, his
capacity to make his own will,
lis ability to exercise personal f,
md property guardianship over A
lis own children.
We ask that Indian groups and
RIDES shall be given the obvious "
nd necessary right to submit to Il
he court of claims whatever Il
matters of controversy involving
he fulfillment of contractual OBJ
igations undertaken by the United t,
,tates Government with Indian t;
roups or tribes. And we ask t,
hat the supervision of such cases
rought by Indians shall not be,
S under existing law it is, under S
ne Bureau of Indian Affairs, an W
n interested party, frequently in
pposition to the Indians whose
ause it is in effect managing W
it's control over expendi- P,
lres in suits and over the choice IL
I counsel. We ask that super til
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