Uncle Sam’s Vast Land Deals 1790 1900s Examined
The interior map shows 95 percent of public domain came from 66 Indian tribes via 389 treaties and acts. It notes total land over 2.6 million square miles costing about 800 million dollars and discusses Ickes defense of fair prices, with critique of Sioux Nez Perces Modocs and Powhas losses and the Wounded Knee era.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Wester
Union
Department of the Interior
Uncle Sam
Sam
George S. Hyde
Black Hills
Powder River
Bighorn Country
Congress
United States
Laramie Plains
Platte
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Standing Rock
Stanley Vestal
Sitting Bull
Washington
Vestal
Great Sioux
Wounded Knee
Jekes
Forty Tribes Celebrate Festival at Gallup
Indian drums echo in Gallup New Mexico as about 7000 people from nearly 40 tribes attend the Inter Tribal Indian Ceremonial. The four day event features dances chants sports and unusual rites drawing capacity crowds. Native craftsmen display and sell Indian handicrafts in the Exhibit Hall.
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Gallup
N. M
America
Great White Father and the Little Big Horn Horses Plan
The narrative recalls the aftermath of Custer’s defeat at the Little Big Horn and a proposed Army tactic to deprive Sioux fighters of their mounts. It notes the plan’s defects and references Sitting Bull and his followers as the central figures in the event.
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Fort Laramie
Sherman
Northern Pacific
Sitting Bull
George A. Custer
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn
U.S
Cavalry Seizes Ponies From Sioux After Delayed Payment
In 1876 soldiers took 8,567 ponies from Sioux allies at Camp Robinson Nebraska and Dakota agencies. The U S government paid about 250000 in damages to Sioux and allies but 2298 horses remained unpaid.
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Canada
Camp Robinson
Neb
U.S
Sioux Claims Paid in Full after Long Time Fight
Time notes Congress approved payment of Sioux claims for ponies and property losses from the Little Big Horn era. By 1928 an investigation was authorized, and last week the President signed a bill granting $101,620, including $91,920 for ponies and $9,710 for property lost.
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Little Big Horn
Congress
Time Magazine
Hollywood War Era Stars Face Realities and Projects
On the M Gallon MGM lot Virginia Yale Obert Walker Kee nan Wynn and others discuss film plans for What Next Corporal Har grove Bob Walker notes his army service while Van Johnson and Keenan Wynn share uniform histories and accidents. Tommy Dorsey stars in a musical for United Artists while Kenny Gardner earns a Bronze Star and leads in Patton's Third Army. Jane Russell headlines beach wardrobe work for Young Widow as Shirley Temple tours army hospitals. Lori Day collects 16mm film amid Bollywood ties and government agencies feed Wow It Can Be Told. Eileen Farrell eyeing South America tour. Ralph Bell shifts from Crime Doctor to Prof Broadway. Trudy Erwin flaunts diamond earrings. Dick Powell crafts a hotel mystery scenario for a future film.
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Obert Walker
Keenan Wynn
Corporal Hargrove
Wynn
Walker
Bob
van Johnson
Lfe
Eileen Farrell
South America
Ralph Bell
Broadway
Battram
Trudy Erwin
Atr
Dick Powell
Marriage plans clash with kinship in Marjorie’s letter
A bride, only months into marriage, writes of moving to Philadelphia with her wealthy fiancé Bill. She fears losing independence and family ties as relatives plan house—and tea—enterprises, while a mentor counsels patience and adaptability. The piece contrasts San Diego life with old eastern customs and hints at soap making via coconuts for glycerine.
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Oday
Marjorie
Bill
Philadelphia
Phil
Grandpa
Emma
Anc
Mother
Gran
San Diego
Wealthy Family Pins Her Down
Marjorie, married to Bill, enjoys a dream life provided by a rich Philadelphia clan. The couple return from two years of service to a rigid family code. she dislikes the paternalistic social mold and resists fitting into the expected role.
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Marjorie
Bill
Philadelphia
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Indian Bureau
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Gibbon
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Patton
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Pacific Northwest
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Lou Castello
Alice Faye
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