Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho: Hearings Before a Special Indian Subcommittee ... Eighty-fifth Congress, First Session on Problems Relative to Land Use and Economic Conditions on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho. Fort Hall, Idaho. October 15, 16, 1957

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Committee Serial No. 18. Considers land use and economic problems of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. Hearings were held in Fort Hall, Idaho.

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Page 19 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as introduced, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman...
Page 17 - ... tribal council, and one of whom shall be selected by the other two members. § 92.19 Deposit of funds. The proceeds of the sales of cattle repaid to the United States, and of cash accepted in lieu of cattle, shall be deposited in the United States Treasury to the credit of the revolving fund established pursuant to the acts of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986) , and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), as amended and supplemented. In accordance; with Instructions of the Commissioner. § 92.20 Relending...
Page 107 - State taxes and may then be mortgaged or sold. The right of the individual Indian to hold or to part with his land, as under existing law, shall not be abrogated by anything contained in...
Page 107 - Likewise, it is recognized that under existing law the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, remove restrictions upon such land, upon application by the Indian owner, whereupon the land will become subject to State taxes and may then be mortgaged or sold.
Page 37 - Sections permit other states to impose on Indian tribes within their borders, the criminal and civil jurisdiction of the state, removing the Indians from Federal jurisdiction, and, in some instances, effective self-government. The failure to include in these provisions a requirement of full consultation in order to ascertain the wishes and desires of the Indians and of final Federal approval, was unfortunate.
Page 20 - That where restricted Indians are in possession or control of live stock purchased for or issued to them by the Government, or the increase therefrom, such stock shall not be sold, transferred, mortgaged, or otherwise disposed of, except with the consent in writing of the superintendent or other officer in charge of the tribe to which the owner or possessor of the live stock belongs, and all transactions in violation of this provision shall be void. All...
Page 18 - The Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (HR...
Page 107 - The right of the individual Indian to hold or to part with his land, as under existing law, shall not be abrogated by anything contained in this constitution, but the owner of restricted land may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, voluntarily convey his land to the Tulalip Tribes either in exchange for a money payment or in exchange for an assignment covering the same land or other land, as hereinafter provided.
Page 17 - Be it enacted 6j/ the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States .of America in Congress assembled, That sections 467 and 2136 of the Revised Statutes (25 USC, sec. 266) and section 2135 of the Revised Statutes (25 USC, sec. 265), all of the said laws being laws which forbid the sale, purchase, or possession by Indians of personal property which may be sold, purchased, or possessed by non-Indians, are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. (a) Section 1157 of title 18 of the United States Code, as...
Page 4 - If Congress should decide to segregate the coal-fields from the reservation, it should provide for the sale, of the lands thus...

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