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| Collection Name | Wickersham State Historic Site. Manuscripts, 1884-1970s. ASL-MS-107 |
| Identifier | ASL-MS-0107-38-001-01 |
| Title | pg1 PROCEEDINGS OF A COUNCIL |
| Description | Physical description: 01 of 33p. |
| Subject.Local | Alaska Natives--Interior Alaska--Athabascan |
| Location | Fairbanks (Alaska) |
| Region | Interior Alaska |
| Time Period | 1913 to 1939 |
| Date.original | July 5, 1915 |
| Type | Text |
| Ordering & Use | http://library.state.ak.us/vilda_rights.html |
| Holding Institution |
Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571 |
| Transcript |
Fairbanks, Alaska, July 5th, 1915. PROCEEDINGS OF A COUNCIL Held in the library room at Fairbanks, Alaska, on July 5th, 1915, between the Chiefs and headmen of the bands of Indians living along the Tanana River and Delegate James Wickersham, Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Re- ceiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska. The following Indians were present at the said council: Na-da-tuts, or Chief Joe, of Salchakat, Thla-den-no-duch, or Chief John, of Chena, Be-yats, or Chief Thomas, of Nenana, Do-no-hra-da-da, or Julius Pilot, of Nenana Yo-kah, or Chief Charley, or Minto, Sits-tsu-dau-tuna, or Chief Alexander, of Tolovana, Klewk-doo-aw, or Titus Alexander, of Tolovana, Kruz-ah, or Chief Ivan of Crossjacket, Yit-su-dad-a-kwot, or Alexander Williams, of Ft Gibbon, Sut-nal-nich, or William, of Fort Gibbon, Nan-no-juk-thlit-lu-kwah, or Albert, of Ft Gibbon, Ba-cha-ta-naw-da-talth, or Jacob Starr, of Ft Gibbon, Johnny Folger of Ft Gibbon, and Paul Williams, of Fort Gibbon, Interpreter. There were also present; James Wickersham, Delegate to Congress, Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Guy H. Madara, Episcopal Minister, and G. F. Cramer, Special Disbursing Agent, Alaskan Engineering Commission. Rev Guy H. Madara first addressed those assembled, saying that the Chiefs and headmen of the Indians present represented the Indians from Salchakat down the Tanana River to Fort Gibbon, probably 1200 to 1500 Indians. He said these men had come to Fairbanks to discuss some matters of interest to their people and that he desired that they be given a hearing. |
