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Eviction NoticeIn Bridgeport (Mono County), 19 Paiute families have been evicted without any kind of reimbursement or land allocation.Most California Native Americans are landless today because the U.S. refused to ratify 18 treaties negotiated between 1851 and 1852 by three federal agents and the majority of the California Indians.In 1853, Congress required all Indians to register their land titles. Any who failed to register, lost their land. Most did not register because of illiteracy, according to the Whiteman's educational standards, or because they lived in remote areas.The Government said it Would not give the Paiute families a land grant because they are not a “recognized tribe. A “recognized” tribe, according to the Government, is a group of Native Americans who already own land. Who are the original landowners in the Americas?California Senator Alan Cranston is the sponsor of abill, No.S-283, which would grant the Paiute people in theBridgeport Indian colony 20 acres of unused federal land. The benefits of a federal trusteeship, (under which the land would be given to the colony), means there would be no taxes. Also, it opens the way for federal assistance to build homes.You are urged to write to Senators Alan Cranston and John Tunney, also Congres-spersons Maillard and Phillip Burton, regarding the bill (No. S-283), which is still pending. Write to them c/o San Francisco Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, S.F.Also, there is an immediate need for vitamins, aspirin, blankets, lanterns, canned foods (especially meats), rice, beans, warm clothing (especially men's clothing), and money. Bring all donations to the Native American Defense/Wounded Knee Defense Committee Office.ONE UNITY . . . ONE STRENGTHAmerican Indian Movement c/o Native American Defense/ Wounded K nee Defense Committee, 3222 - 22nd St., room 237, S.F. 94110. 415/648-7660, 648-7661.
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