Toward Economic Development for Native American Communities: A Compendium of Papers Submitted to the Subcommittee on Economy in Government of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Volume 1Resource document intended to help U.S. government formulate and execute effective policies of economic development for American Indian and Alaskan native communities. |
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... River . Social and economic conditions of this tribe were poor . In Washington County , about three - fifths of the Passamaquoddy tribe lived on a State reservation similar to that in Penobscot and the remainder in two settlements in ...
... River . Social and economic conditions of this tribe were poor . In Washington County , about three - fifths of the Passamaquoddy tribe lived on a State reservation similar to that in Penobscot and the remainder in two settlements in ...
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... rivers well stocked with fish , and in season frequented by water fowl . As with the Eskimo , these sources of supply were drawn upon in season . Yet all these foods were merely supplementary , for the people pinned their faith to the ...
... rivers well stocked with fish , and in season frequented by water fowl . As with the Eskimo , these sources of supply were drawn upon in season . Yet all these foods were merely supplementary , for the people pinned their faith to the ...
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... river bank ; then as berries ripened , they shifted to the localities where they were abundant ; later they moved again for the gathering of roots ; again for hunting deer , and so on in one ceaseless round . To a less extent this ...
... river bank ; then as berries ripened , they shifted to the localities where they were abundant ; later they moved again for the gathering of roots ; again for hunting deer , and so on in one ceaseless round . To a less extent this ...
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... river below . I could now call in all sorts of wise men with their measuring instruments and their cal- culators and expect them to predict the exact course the bucket of water will take . Perhaps they would do fairly well ; they might ...
... river below . I could now call in all sorts of wise men with their measuring instruments and their cal- culators and expect them to predict the exact course the bucket of water will take . Perhaps they would do fairly well ; they might ...
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... River , there are sizeable numbers of Indians as far east as Maine and North Carolina . The Navajo Reserva- tion , in parts of Arizona , New Mexico , and Utah , is the largest in the country , with 120,000 Indians occupying an area the ...
... River , there are sizeable numbers of Indians as far east as Maine and North Carolina . The Navajo Reserva- tion , in parts of Arizona , New Mexico , and Utah , is the largest in the country , with 120,000 Indians occupying an area the ...
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Page 474 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 480 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States : Fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the United States : Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians...
Page 459 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring...
Page 466 - The power of the Government to reserve the waters and exempt them from appropriation under the State laws is not denied, and could not be.
Page 215 - That the Indians or other persons in said district shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation or now claimed by them, but the terms under which such persons may acquire title to such lands is reserved for future legislation by Congress...
Page 474 - All patents granted, or pre-emption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.
Page 479 - States do engage to guarantee to the aforesaid nation of Delawares, and their heirs, all their territorial rights in the fullest and most ample manner, as it hath been bounded by former treaties, as long as they the said Delaware nation shall abide by, and hold fast the chain of friendship now entered into.
Page 480 - States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the States — provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 211 - ... (9) pass any bill of attainder or ex post facto law ; or (10) deny to any person accused of an offense punishable by imprisonment the right, upon request, to a trial by jury of not less than six persons.
Page 474 - ... prior appropriation : and such right shall not exceed the amount of water actually appropriated, and necessarily used for the purpose of irrigation and reclamation : and all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of...