Chester A. Arthur

Executive Order—Restoring Chippewa Indian Land to Public Domain

June 03, 1884

Executive Mansion, June 3, 1884. 

The Executive order dated March 29, 1884, whereby certain lands in the Territory of Dakota previously set apart for the use and occupancy of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians were, with the exception of townships 162 and 163 north, range 71 west, restored to the mass of the public domain, is hereby amended so as to substitute township 162 north, range 70 west, for township 163 north, range 71 west, the purpose and effect of such amendment being to withdraw from sale and settlement and set apart for the use and occupancy of said Indians said township 162 north, range 70 west, in lieu of township 163 north, range 71 west, which last-mentioned township is thereby restored to the mass of the public domain. 

Chester A. Arthur.

Source: Kappler, Indian Affairs, Laws And Treaties, US GPO, 1904, P 885 

Chester A. Arthur, Executive Order—Restoring Chippewa Indian Land to Public Domain Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/372249

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