. Actual government as applied under American conditions. Copy rig lit, Jnus, L. IXDIAN RESERVATIONS. [From the Map compiled hij the Commissioner of Indian Affair. §165] Status of Indians. 361 for the cession, sometimes millions of dollars. Other res-ervations are established simply by an order of the president,and may be modified by him without ceremony. In general,the Western people do not Hke to have reservations inthdir neighborhood, and constant pressure is put on thegovernment to diminish or abolish them. About 1880 effortswere made to move the Ponca tribes from their reserva-tions in Ne
. Actual government as applied under American conditions. Copy rig lit, Jnus, L. IXDIAN RESERVATIONS. [From the Map compiled hij the Commissioner of Indian Affair. §165] Status of Indians. 361 for the cession, sometimes millions of dollars. Other res-ervations are established simply by an order of the president,and may be modified by him without ceremony. In general,the Western people do not Hke to have reservations inthdir neighborhood, and constant pressure is put on thegovernment to diminish or abolish them. About 1880 effortswere made to move the Ponca tribes from their reserva-tions in Nebraska into other states, but they pined for thehomes of their birth, and went back to the lands from whichthey had been taken; and Congress finally restored their res-ervation. 165. Status of Indians. Under act of Congress, the control of the Indians is vestedin a commissioner of Indian affairs, appointed by the presidentand subordinate to the secretary of the interior. The execu-tive officers of the Indian Bureau are the Indian agents, whountil 1849 were also mihtary offic
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