Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Pueblo Del Taos Indians, 1967-1969

The National Committee for Restoration of the Blue Lake Lands to the Taos Indians is a group of notable individuals from various backgrounds who are committed to returning the Blue Lake lands to the Taos tribe. The group includes Mrs. Oliver La Fargo, Rev. E. Russell Carter, Mrs. John Collier, Sr., Archbishop James P. Davis, Mrs. Marshall Field IV, Rev. Lee Hobert, Paul Horgan, Peter Hurd, Rev. Dean M. Kelley, Daniel T. Kelly, William Mauldin, Mrs. William Mauldin, Mrs. Walter M. Mayer, Dr. Ward Alan Minge, Thomas V. O'Leary, Joe K. Phipps, Mrs. Rufus G. Poole, Rufus G. Poole, Jr., Eliot Porter, Mrs. Edgar L. Rossin, Mrs. John Rust, S.P. Schwartz, Howard M. Squadron, John S. Stillman, Dr.

The bill would grant trust title to 50,000 acres of federally owned land to the Pueblo de Taos Indians in New Mexico. The land was taken from the Indians without compensation, and the Indian Claims Commission has ordered that the value of the land be determined in order to make a monetary award. The Pueblo attaches great significance to the ownership of the land and urges the government to return it, rather than give the Pueblo money as compensation.

The text is about the importance of Blue Lake to the Taos Indian tribe. The lake is a sacred place where the tribe goes to pray and to learn about their heritage. The water from the lake is also used to irrigate the tribe's crops and to provide water for the people and animals.

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs reports that 1968 was a year of firsts for American Indians. For the first time, an Indian has served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, a President has sent a message to Congress exclusively about American Indians, and Indian tribal organizations have begun to take active part in state and regional economic development planning. Additionally, the education of Indian children has been given high priority, and the Indian people have begun to reestablish their cultural and historic identity.

The author is a soldier in Vietnam who is from Taos, New Mexico. He writes about the Taos Indians' fight for their land, and how he believes the government is wrong in questioning their ability to manage it. He also talks about how many of his friends from underprivileged backgrounds have died in the war, and how he feels that the people back home don't understand what is going on.

The bill before the House is designed to remove impediments that make it difficult for employees of county agricultural committees to transfer to the Federal civil service and become employees of the Department of Agriculture. The bill would allow these employees to keep their accumulated sick leave and annual leave, and would credit their prior county salary rate towards their new salary step. The Department of Agriculture supports the bill, as it would allow the department to recruit successfully from among this group of skilled, professional personnel. The Civil Service does not support the bill, nor does the Bureau of the Budget. Minority views have been filed by three Members opposing the bill. They point out that it gives special privileges to one class of non-Federal employees who are administering a federally Hundred program. Where would it stop? They also note the opposition by the Civil Service Commission and believe its solution-by making all these employees Federal employees preferable to the solution offered in the bill.

The text discusses amendments to a bill concerning the relinquishment of grazing permits on tribal trust land. Amendment 5 clarifies that the purchase of a relinquishment is not a recognition of any property right of the permittee, and Amendment 6 states that nothing in the bill will affect any vested water rights.

The Department of the Interior recommends that H.R. 471, a bill concerning the Pueblo of Taos, be enacted. The bill would give the Pueblo de Taos Indians trust title to 48,000 acres of land, to be used for traditional purposes only. The Department suggests two technical amendments to the bill.

The 91st Congress introduced a bill that would amend section 4 of the Act of May 31, 1933, which protects the watershed within the Carson National Forest for the Pueblo de Taos Indians in New Mexico. The amendment would allow the Pueblo de Taos Indians to use the lands for traditional purposes only, such as religious ceremonies, hunting and fishing, and gathering wood, timber, and other natural resources for their personal use. With the consent of the tribe, nonmembers of the tribe may be permitted to enter the lands for purposes compatible with their preservation as a wilderness. The Secretary of the Interior would be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of conservation measures for these lands.

The text describes the history of the Taos Pueblo Indians and their fight to regain control of their land. The land in question is the Blue Lake area, which is considered sacred by the tribe. The US government has been slowly taking away the tribe's land, and the tribe has been fighting to get it back. The most recent development is a bill that would give the tribe control of the Blue Lake area, but the US Forest Service is opposing the bill. The tribe believes that the entire watershed is sacred, not just specific locations, and that anything that harms the watershed hurts the tribe.

The text contains a letter from the Taos Pueblo Council to Representative John W. Happy Camp, in which the Council asks Camp to support their bill (H.R. 471) in the present Congress. The Council explains that the bill would grant the Pueblo a trust title to approximately 48,000 acres of land, and that the issue has been debated in previous Congresses without success. The Council hopes that Camp will be able to familiarize himself with the existing record on the issue and support the bill in the current Congress.

The text contains a letter expressing support for H.R. 471, a bill that would return land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. The land in question is the Blue Lake area, which is considered the Indians' church. The letter argues that the return of the land would cost the government nothing and would only serve to embarrass the government if the principles of freedom of worship are not upheld.

The Taos Pueblo Council is opposed to legislation proposed by Senator Clinton P. Anderson that would reduce the size of the Blue Lake Area set aside for wilderness preservation and religious ceremonies. The Council believes that the bill would desecrate the area and strip away the traditional rights and religious needs of the Pueblo people.

The Committee on Indian Affairs is considering a bill that would amend a 1933 law regarding the distribution of money from the sale of Indian lands. The Department of the Interior supports the bill, while the Department of Agriculture does not. The Subcommittee on Indian Affairs has reported the bill favorably with amendments, and the bill is similar to one that was passed by the House in the 90th Congress.