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Lands for Indians

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Information and records about Indian lands that existed and still exist in Texas:

 

Records in the GLO Archives:

  • Treaty with Cherokee Indians: Copied 14 Sep 1841; signed by Sam Houston, John Forbes, Colonel Bowl, Big Mush, Samuel Binge, Oosoota, Corn Tassel, The Egg, John Baml, and Tunnetee. This treaty made and established between Sam Houston and John Forbes, Commissioners on the part of the provisional Government of Texas, and the Cherokees and their associate bands now residing in Texas. http://www.glo.texas.gov/history/archives/land-grants/landgrants.cfm?intID=715865

 

  • Shawnee Indians' petition for land: Contains copies of the following documents: J. Norten, in the name of the Shawnee chief, to the alcalde of Béxar asking to be granted land for the tribe on the right side of the Colorado River above the Pedernales (10/25/1824); request by Gaspar Flores, acting political chief, for a report from the ayuntamiento of Béxar on this petition (10/29/1824); report of the ayuntamiento favorable to the petition and recommending that it be passed to the Congress of the state (10/29/1824); Gaspar Flores to Governor Rafael Gonzales forwarding the petition of the Shawnee and recommending its approval (10/30/1824); Gov. Rafael Gonzales to the Congress of the state forwarding the petition of the Shawnee (11/26/1824); Antoine Denio et al. to the governor stating that the location indicated in the original petition was in error and that the land sought was, in fact, on the Red River of Nachitoches, near Pecan Point (12/17/1824); Governor Gonzales to the Congress forwarding the correction to the location requested by the Shawnee Indians (12/18/1824); Congress to the governor permitting the Indians to continue cultivating the land where they had settled, but noting that the land was within the border reserve and instructing the governor to proceed in accordance with the 1824 National Colonization Law (12/23/1824); order of the governor permitting the Shawnee to continue cultivating the lands pending the decision of the supreme executive of Mexico relative to their permanent location on this land (12/24/1824); governor to the minister of state and relations forwarding the expediente relative to the Shawnee Indians' petition (3/29/1825); Minister Alamán to the governor communicating the president's approval of the settlement of the Shawnee Indians (4/16/1825); Political Chief José Antonio Saucedo to Governor Gonzales communicating the report from the alcalde of Nacogdoches that 5,000 families of Shawnee Indians were moving to Texas and advising of a lack of troops to enforce the government's orders (2/19/1826); Governor Arizpe to the minister of state and relations communicating the contents of Saucedo's letter and requesting instructions (3/20/1826). (Expediente, copy, 8 pp.) RTEC, page 79: http://www.glo.texas.gov/history/archives/land-grants/landgrants.cfm?intID=703625

 

 

Early Statutes Regarding Indian Lands in Texas;

 

"LaNell Aston Files" on Docushare: Former GLO employee, LaNell Aston compiled information files about claims by various Indian groups against the State of Texas. http://docushare.glo.state.tx.us/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-61224 

 

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