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Indian Department Appropriation Act of Eighteen Fifty Nine
Laws authorize appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian department and treaty obligations with various tribes for the year ending June 30, 1859. Allocations include pay for superintendents, agents, sub-agents, clerks, interpreters, and specialists, provisions for Indians, agency buildings, insurance, and transport. Specific tribes listed include Blackfoot Nation, Calapooias Malaila and Clackamas, Chasta Scoton Umpqua, Chippewas of the Superior, with annuity installments, educational and agricultural funding, health care, and infrastructure costs. Amounts vary by item, with total provisions laid out across numerous acts and treaty articles.
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Indian Department
Senate
House of Representatives
America
Congress
Indian Affairs
Eghteen
St. Louis
Mrcourt
Calfornia
Indian Triibes
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Secretary of the Interior
Blackfoot Nation
Calapooras
Malaila
Clackamas
Widtamette Valley
Chasta
Scoton
Umpqua
Table Rock
L the Superior
Erghicoo