1 Range rights include 9,000 acres national forest and 188,000 acres United States (BLM) land. Range rights include 276,000 acres of United States (BLM) land. Water right area. Range rights include 393,121 acres of United States (BLM) land. 811 acres Government-owned-Weber Reservoir, Government owned. 1 Best information from available records. About 100,000 acres in lake surface. (See Waste.) Forest lands are part of grazing acreage, 5. PAPAGO AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Hon. JAMES E. MURRAY, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, DEAR SENATOR MURRAY: In reply to your letter of April 17, there are enclosed in duplicate replies to your questionnaire on the disposition and acquisition of Indian lands in the last 10 years for the Papago Agency, which covers San Xavier, Papago, and Gila Bend Indian Reservations, Ariz. Sincerely yours, PAPAGO F. M. HAVERLAND, QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE DISPOSITION AND ACQUISITION OF INDIAN LANDS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS PART I As to tribal and individually owned trust or restricted land: 1. As of July 1, 1947, land in tribal ownership, 2,810,447 acres. All in trust status. Acquired in fee by tribe, 1,012 acres (patented mining claims purchased for delinquent taxes). 2. As of July 1, 1947, trust land in individual ownership, 41,508 acres. 3. No tribal or individually owned lands disposed of since July 1, 1947. 4. See answer to No. 3. 5. None. 6. None. Questions 7 to 10 inapplicable. 11. As of December 31, 1957, land in tribal ownership, 2,810,447 acres. All in trust status. Acquired in fee by tribe, 1,012 acres. 12. As of December 31, 1957, trust land in individual ownership status, 41,508 acres. 13. As far as known, there are no special congressional acts for disposition or acquisition of lands as it pertains to the Papago reserva tions. 14. There are no problems in regard to multiple ownership, as there is no land disposal or acquisition program at the present time. |