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Book/Printed Material Indian land for sale : get a home of your own, easy payments. Perfect title. Possession within thirty days. Fine lands in the West

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Title

  • Indian land for sale : get a home of your own, easy payments. Perfect title. Possession within thirty days. Fine lands in the West

Summary

  • Broadside advertises upcoming land sale by sealed bid allotted by the United States Department of the Interior in 1911. Average sales amount per acre and number of acres sold in 1910 are listed for Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Interested parties are requested to write for booklet "Indian Lands for Sale" to the Superintendent U.S. Indian School at a number of places within listed states. Signed at end by Walter L. Fisher, Secretary of the Interior and Robert G. Valentine, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Illustrated with a half front portrait of Padani-Kokipa-Sni (Not Afraid of Pawnee) of the Yankton Indian tribe in native dress wearing a two eagle feather hair charm. Image is also reproduced from a photograph taken by De Lancey Gill.

Names

  • Fisher, Walter L. (Walter Lowrie), 1862-1935
  • Valentine, Robert G. (Robert Grosvenor), 1872-1916
  • United States. Department of the Interior, issuing body
  • Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [United States] [Publisher not identified], [1911]

Headings

  • -  Indians of North America--Land tenure
  • -  Public lands--West (U.S.)--History--Sources
  • -  Padani-Kokipa-Sni--Portraits

Genre

  • Broadsides--1910-1920

Notes

  • -  Title from caption from item.
  • -  "For the year 1911 it is estimated that 350,000 acres will be offered for sale".
  • -  Image published in: Montana: Stories of the Land / written by Krys Holmes, with Sue Dailey, teacher consultant; and Dave Walter, historian (Helena : Montana Historical Society Press, 2008), page 220.
  • -  LC second copy not examined he11 2018-07-19
  • -  LAC nsk 2021-08-23 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 1 broadside : 1 illustration ; 62 x 49 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Broadside portfolio 240 no. 24

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015657622

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Fisher, Walter L, Robert G Valentine, Issuing Body United States Department Of The Interior, and Printed Ephemera Collection. Indian land for sale: get a home of your own, easy payments. Perfect title. Possession within thirty days. Fine lands in the West. [United States Publisher not identified, 1911] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015657622/.

APA citation style:

Fisher, W. L., Valentine, R. G., United States Department Of The Interior, I. B. & Printed Ephemera Collection. (1911) Indian land for sale: get a home of your own, easy payments. Perfect title. Possession within thirty days. Fine lands in the West. [United States Publisher not identified] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015657622/.

MLA citation style:

Fisher, Walter L, et al. Indian land for sale: get a home of your own, easy payments. Perfect title. Possession within thirty days. Fine lands in the West. [United States Publisher not identified, 1911] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015657622/>.