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Protests Against Crow Reservation Lease Rally in Billings
Resolutions from a November 1884 Billings mass meeting denounced a proposed lease of the Crow reservation western lands to a Denver syndicate. Stockmen warned of rights loss, potential conflicts with cattlemen, and possible exploitation of Indian lands by outsiders. The group urged Interior Secretary Teller to halt negotiations and circulated a petition to Congress and state delegates.
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Crow Reservation
Montana
Billings
Yellowstone County
Northwest Country
Denver
Colo
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Colorado
Interior Department
Yellowstone
Great Northwest
Henry M. Teller
H. J. Armstrong
Teller
Congress
Wyoming
Dawes
Logan
West
Cameron
Morgan
Lease Association of
Pueblo
Mattice and Vroman
Beattie
Land Department
Board of Commissioners
Land Office
Miles City
Helena
Henry L. Dawes
Wells Fargo and Company
S Express
Land League
Northwest