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Why Indians are now to be permitted to vote under certain conditions [manuscript] : in the land, erstwhile, of the Miamis and of the Pottawatomies letter.

Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Edgerton, Alfred Peck, 1813-1897, author.
Contributor:
Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library), owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Little Turtle, 1747?-1812.
Little Turtle.
Richardville, John Baptiste, 1761?-1841.
Richardville, John Baptiste.
Indian reservations.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Indians of North America.
Land tenure.
Miami Indians.
Potawatomi Indians.
Indiana.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, approximately 1881]
Summary:
Typescript letter with manuscript corrections prepared by A. P. Edgerton probably around 1881, the year the Miami Indians on the Meshingomesia Reserve in Indiana were granted individual allotments and citizenship by the federal government.
Notes:
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 710.
Indigenous Peoples metadata has been supplied by exonym as these are the terms most commonly used in the documents. Updates are being made to metadata to reference preferred names wherever possible. For more information on our approach to language and metadata in the resource visit the Language Statement.
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