...Said original contract of March 20, 1937, was duly executed in behalf of plaintiffs by a committee chosen by them under the direction and approval of...Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and duly approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Assistant Secretary of the Interior....

...principal chief thereof, or, if there be no governor or principal chief, by a committee chosen by the tribe under the direction and approval of the Commissioner...Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, however, That the attorney or attorneys employed as herein provided may be assisted by the...

...642, arising under or growing out of any subsequent act of Congress relating to Indian affairs; that official letters, papers, documents, and records,...certified copies thereof, may be used in evidence ; that the court shall also hear, examine, consider, and adjudicate any claims which the United States...

...written contract was ever entered into by the parties for such services either with or without the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. Said services terminated on March 4, 1907, and were of a fair and reasonable value of $8,770, which...

...temporary additions tty Executive Orders to permanent reservation. — Where, upon the recommendations of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, the President of the United States by four Executive Orders withdrew from settlement and sale certain...

...thus considered the facts and features for and against the case, it seems clear that, in the language of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, in approval of the Senate bill and ropoit, " the amount allowed the said Pottawatomiee is equitably...

...having homesteads. The bill has been submitted to the Intei im- 1 )epartment, and receives the sanction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. The committee, therefore, recommend its passage, with a single amendment to the last section, which...

...agreement, or derive any benefit to arise therefrom. ARTICLE 12. That this agreement is made snbject to the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. In witness whereof, the nndersigned have herennto snbscribed their names and aflixed their seals the...

...eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, shall then be reported to Congress, with the opinions and conclusions of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior upon all material facts, and all the evidence and papers pertaining thereto. » * • * * • • Approved...

...eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, shall then be reported to Congress, with the opinions and conclusions of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior upon all material facts, and all the evidence and papers pertaining thereto. FOB SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS....