Condition of Indian affairs in Wisconsin: hearings before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, on Senate resolution no. 263
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- 1909
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Starting in 1887, tribal lands were broken up and sold to individuals under a U.S. Indian policy known as "allotment" (see the Dictionary of Wisconsin History for more details). In Wisconsin, allotment resulted in the loss of 174,785 acres of land formerly held by the tribes. In 1909, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs authorized an investigation led by Wisconsin Sen. Robert La Follette that held a series of hearings around the state in 1909 and 1910. The hearings called on Indians, Indian agents, state officials, and other concerned citizens to testify on the distribution of land and money. They offer considerable insight into conditions on Indian reservations as well as relations between Indians, the government, and white communities. They also preserve the actual words of many Wisconsin Indians as they described living conditions in the early 20th century. These hearings total more than 1,000 printed pages so they will take longer to load than most Turning Points docume
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
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- U.S. Government Publications
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- Government Printing Office
- Subjects
- Native Americans
Property
Indians of North America Government relations
Indian reservations
Crime
Race relations
Forests
Wetlands
Logging
Sawmills
Ho-Chunk
Ojibwe
Oneida
Menominee
Mohegan
Potawatomi - Location
- Washington
Ashland County; Jackson County; Menominee County; Vilas County; Forest County; Brown County; Sauk County; Sawyer County; Washburn County; Monroe County; Shawano County; Barron County; Iron County; Oneida County; Outagamie County; Polk County;
Ashland; Black River Falls; Keshena; Lac du Flambeau; Laona; Millston; Neopit; Odanah; Oneida; Reedsburg; Reserve; Shell Lake; Tomah; Wittenberg
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- text
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- English
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- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs. Condition of Indian affairs in Wisconsin: hearings before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, on Senate resolution no. 263. 1909. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/69242. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
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- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs, (1909) Condition of Indian affairs in Wisconsin: hearings before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, on Senate resolution no. 263. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/69242
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- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/69242>.