Claims and Treaty Obligations

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This appropriation allows annual payments to fulfill continuing treaty requirements as follows: Treaties with the Seneca Tribe of Indians of New York - Funds are paid in equal shares to members of the Seneca Nation as provided by the Act of February 19, 1831 (4 Stat. 442). Treaties with the Six Nations of New York - The Six Nations are comprised of the Seneca, Tonawanda Band of Seneca, Tuscarora, Onondaga, Oneida, and Cayuga Tribes. The funds are allocated as follows: $2,700 to the New York Indians for the purchase of dress goods, implements of husbandry, and other utensils suited to their circumstances. The remaining of $1,800 is distributed per capita to the Oneida Indians under the jurisdiction of the Great Lakes Agency, Wisconsin, as provided by the Treaty of November 11, 1794, and the Act of February 25, 1799 (1 Stat. 618, 619). Treaties with the Pawnees of Oklahoma - This money is distributed per capita to the Pawnees as provided by the Treaty of September 24, 1857, Article 2 (11 Stat. 729).

Extracted from Bureau of Indian Affairs, p. 212. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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