Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-06-28
MON TANA LOU" GRILL

rsrnment, ana now asking tnat
court of claims be permitted
adjudicate claims based on
aiies negotiated more than IS
rs ago, any effort to ask for
sts on the part of the govern
nd will be opposed by the north
I Cheyenne Indians. During the
nth of February, last, Jasper
Robe, William Redcherries,
fliam HoIlowbrcast and Albert
.rothey, members of the tribe at
[ue Deer, Mont, appeared before
I committee on Indian affairs
The house of representatives, to
L,uest the enactment of II. Il.
a a bill authorizing the Arapa-
4 and Cheyenne Indians 10 sub
claims to the court Of claims,
a for other purposes.
Il Lame Deer delegation repre-
"a TO the committee that the
IA states did not comply with the
4 OF Oct. %, 1867. Certain pay
Is to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
in consideration of the surrender
Nan claim to land outside the
Eiarv of the reservation they oc-
at the time are provided for
= agreement. 1t was also provided
1 the boundaries should not be
[red without the consent of three
r. OF the male adult members OF
[-jbe. but that this was dsregarded
zEbseuuent treaties and agreements.
FVas also commended by the Lame
4 delegation that the l3 alleged
a who attached their signatures
Treaty under date Of May %, 1868.
1 not authorized to represent all
5ands or divisions of the Cheyenne
|.-pahoe tribes 1t Is maintained. IN
/ connection. that its application
IL previous treaty was an arbi--
y action on the part OF the United
krhermore, this same delegation
|rnds that the United States fallea
Icompensate the Cheyenne ana
t,hoe tribes for part OF their res
Fion set aside by executive oruer
TOct. 10, 1869. occupied by the
! h.ta Indians.
representative OConnors we"
r allegation is also made by the
L-,t,on that the United states
Is; 10 compensate the Cheyenne
Arapahoe tribes for their equal
4. and title to property, with REFER
IN the act of Aug. Is, 1876. where-
r. federal government sought 10
.,snsate various bands OF Indians
(the surrender of their claim 70
HI property, when no provision
4 made for payment to the peu-
f. rpnresented by the Lame Deer
r-i.tee These land value claims
5,n ic by the further conten-
tTaf the Indians have never peeL
t-sneoted for minerals mined ana
r. NV white men, without au-
e. rom lands reserved Tor Ile
1 5+ior to the treaty of Feb: IL, 1901;
.1r-osnntstiye James F. CConnor OF
L-Tyton a member of the COMMIT
N indian affairs, present at near.
4 conducted in June, 1899. When
Elton Of Arapahoe and Cheyenne
- rom oklahoma testifylng on
/ same matter. raised the question
Ttp stalenesS of the claim. 80
ssfore F NJ. Goodwin. attorney oa
F5irg+on d. C., representing the
-,ahoe and Cheyenne Indians, an
- that question, he gave pic
! Of the situation: o,,,oes
he first treaty with the ArapalotGSs
CheyenneS was IN 1879, say
Irwin TT was simply treaty OF
~ ~" and friendship and involved no
rsrtv rights of any kind. IL pro
q for proper intercourse petWeen'
whites and the Indians OF those
he first treaty dealing with prop
rights was that of 1851. known as
Fort Laramie treaty. That treaty
.srtook to separate and gave some
NJ General boundaries to the lanoS
med by the various Indian tribes.
lust for illustration OF the conf
Tee I have drawn here on map
various areas claimed by THESE
ple. This land here Is very
2 area running all the way down
New Mexico near the line up INTO
cming the southern Arapahoe
CHEYENNE habitat and recognized
the treaty Of 1851.
Treaties Are Numerous
Then north Of that was some tailo
ne northern Arapahoes and Chey-
Is habitated running to North Da-
i, In other words, the COM
ID northern Arapahoes and Chey-
les have a territory running from
II Dakota to New Mexico.
he intricacies involved In efforts
Interpret the several treaties were
mentioned by Goodwin.
The treaties" he said, ARE so many
lumber that it would be Impossible
lout taking a tremendous amount
tme to enumerate them. There are
n different treaties-l IN 1881,
/ 1851. / IN 1865, / in 1867 and
88-and each one of these treatleS
h with the situation which hao
: before Each one of these treaties
Iided for some sort of payment for
lands which were being coded by
e Indians to the government,
e of these payments have been
lie and some Of them have not.
it has been paid, the Indians DO
know: I do not know; the only
we can determine that question Is
oroper examination of the records
the government Of the United
es and presenting it to the court
laims to determine just what part
those compensations have been
. 1t involves an immense territory
which these Indians have not been
, and the question has been asked
) how much Is involved. Well, no
knows. It might be 81 ,O00, 900 or
light be $4,000, 900, insofar as the
values are concerned. Ihere may
ffsets against that"
upon this phase OF land
Is, the United States attorney gen
S office, in a communication TO
lei w. Bell, acting director, bu:.
of the midget. under date OF