Leasing of Salmon Trap Sites: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of and a Subcommittee of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheriers, House of Representatives 80-2, on S. 1446 and H.R. 3859..., January 26-30, 1948 |
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Page 217 - The power does not extend so far as to enable the Government "to give the tribal lands to others, or to appropriate them to its own purposes, without rendering, or assuming an obligation to render, just compensation" ; * * * for that "would not be an exercise of guardianship but an act of confiscation
Page 1 - Be it enacted 1>y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "International Health Act of 1966".
Page 195 - ... building and navigation of the largest boats made in aboriginal North America, and the carrying on of extensive trade in dried fish, furs, copper, blankets, and other articles of handicraft along the coast from Oregon to the Aleutian Islands. 8. Since 1884 the natives of Hydaburg, Klawock. and Kake have ceased to maintain exclusive occupancy of approximately 92 percent of the foregoing described areas, either by reason of voluntary abandonment of lands once claimed or by acquiescence in the superior...
Page 217 - Indians' right of occupancy has always been held to be sacred; something not to be taken from him except by his consent, and then upon such consideration as should be agreed upon.
Page 196 - W. ; from the initial point, at lowest low tide, westerly along the line of lowest low tide on the south .shore of Soda Bay to a point opposite Halibut Nose ; southeasterly along the line of lowest low tide on the north shore of North Pass and the east shore of Sukkwan Strait to Eek Point; northerly along the line of lowest low tide on the west shore of Hetta Inlet to a point...
Page 217 - Our decisions, while recognizing that the government has power to control and manage the property and affairs of its Indian wards in good faith for their welfare, show that this power is subject to constitutional limitations and does not enable the Government to give the lands of one tribe or band to another, or to deal with them as its own.
Page 196 - Island ; southerly through the waters of Shinaku and Klawock Inlets east of Wadleigh Island and west of Klawock Island to a point on shore of Prince of Wales Island south of Klawock Island; southwesterly along the line of lowest low tide on the east shore of Klawock Inlet to a point approximately midway between the towns of Craig and Klawock, in approximate latitude 55°31' N., longitude 133°03
Page 120 - That may be inserted in the record. (The memorandum referred to is as follows:) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OP THE SECRETARY, DIVISION OF TERRITORIES AND ISLAND POSSESSIONS.
Page 203 - Management, in advance, the annual rental fixed by the permit, which shall be based upon the value of the land for the use to which it is to be put.