...raising the degree of blood from one-fourth to one-half, so as to conform to the declaration of policy of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. The CHAIRMAN. Well, is that proposed legislation in this bill now! Mr. MERITT. No, sir; it is suggested...

...delegates would not have been in Washington had it not been for the direct, clear, and positive opposition of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior as to this Court of Claims bill. We are so sure that nothing short of a day in court would be satisfactory...

...Revised Statutes requiring that contracts shall be submitted in a certain way and that they shall be approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior before the attorneys have any rights whatever. Mr. ROACH. Do those special contracts with attorneys,...

...resolution is enacted into law by the Congress of the United States, or by rules and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. That ah1 of the rights and privileges of these petitioners and other restricted Osage Indians should...

...principal chief of the Choctaw Nation and the governor of the Chickasaw Nation, respectively, and to be approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and that the attorneys so employed may be assisted by the regular tribal attorneys employed under existing...

...of a petition by the attorney or attorneys employed under contract with the Miami Indians of Indiana approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. The proceeds of any judgment recovered in any suit brought by the Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana...

...leases extending over a period of 10 years, with the privilege of renewal for 10 additional years upon approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, the royalty to be paid the Indians being one-tenth of all crude petroleum mined, delivered free in...

...Two contracts purporting to employ the protestant were negotiated at Burns, Oreg., but neither was approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior as required by law (sec. 81, title 25, USC). The protestant is not an attorney at law. Accordingly,...

...Two contracts purporting to employ the protestant were negotiated at Burns, Oreg., but neither was approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior as required by law (sec. 81, title 25, USC). The protestant is not an attorney at law. Accordingly,...

...diversion, or retrogression, and how the forest is affected ; how much the Indians are harmed. I am sure the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and the Congress of the United States and the President of the United States wants to know about the serious...