Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - 1876

Ute

Uncompahgre

Excerpts concerning Utah from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs comments on the level of "civilization" among the Indians, the need for an increase in Indian agents' salaries, employment among American Indians, the proposed removal of Indians in western states to Indian Territory, and the question of granting U.S. citizenship to Indians. The agent from the Los Pinos Indian Agency in Colorado submits a report regarding the Uncompahgre Utes. The White River, Utah agent reports benign relations on the reservation and good health among the Indians and describes operations on a new boarding school and agricultural pursuits