Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Volume 1State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1906 - Indians of North America Vols. 1-4 include the annual report for 1906-[1910/12] |
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Page 238 - The United States hereby agrees and stipulates that the country north of the North Platte River and east of the summits of the Big Horn Mountains shall be held and considered to be unceded Indian territory, and also stipulates and agrees that no white person or persons shall be permitted to settle upon or occupy any portion of the same; or without the consent of the Indians first had and obtained, to pass through...
Page 9 - Society, heretofore organized under the incorporation laws of the state, shall be the trustee of the state, and as such shall faithfully expend and apply all money received from the state to the uses and purposes directed by law, and shall hold all its present and future collections and property for the state...
Page 462 - It was also ordained that the sack should contain four species of medicines, of wakan qualities, which should represent fowls, medicinal herbs, medicinal trees, and quadrupeds. The down of the female swan represents the first and may be seen at the time of the dance, inserted in the nose of the sack. Grass roots represent the second, bark from the root of trees the third, and hair from the back or head of a buffalo, the fourth. These are carefully preserved in the sack. From this combination proceeds...
Page 264 - No treaty for the cession of any portion or part of the reservation herein described which may be held in common shall be of any validity or force as against the said Indians, unless executed and signed by at least three-fourths of all the adult male Indians, occupying or interested in the same...
Page 238 - Indian territory, and also stipulates and agrees that no white person or persons shall be permitted to settle upon or occupy any portion of the same; or without the consent of the Indians first had and obtained, to pass through the same...
Page 59 - We intend to be an active, not a passive, literary body ; not to lie waiting, like a bed of oysters, for the tide of communication to flow in upon us, but to seek and find, to preserve and communicate, literary intelligence, especially in the historical way.
Page 9 - There shall continue to be a board of directors of said Society, to consist of as many members as the Society shall determine, and who shall have the same powers as the present board of directors.
Page 238 - ... the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons except those herein designated and authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents, and employes of the government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this article...
Page 65 - ... friend, to the worship of his God, to the enlargement of his knowledge, to the serving of his country, to the indulgence of his sentiment; and he is now what is called a rich man — the menial and runner of his riches. Hence it happens that the whole interest of history lies in the fortunes of the poor.
Page 10 - To prepare biennially for publication a report of its collections, and such other matters relating to the transactions of the society as may be useful to the public.
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| Title | Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Volume 1 Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, State Historical Society of North Dakota |
| Author | State Historical Society of North Dakota |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1906 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Feb 2, 2008 |
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