"...I thought it appropriate to write to you inquiring as to what protection the bill provides for the Wanapum band of Priest Rapids Indians."
Date
1954-05-23
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UNPUBLISHED
Abstract
"Inasmuch as the government possesses vast landholdings now on all sides of the Priest Rapids Dam site, I do not feel it impossible that provisions can be made for their future, since they are now nearly an exterminated race. There are eight of them left, maybe a few more. Lewis and Clark estimated them at 2,000 to 3,000. A short distance from their last home the Bureau of Wildlife is seeking to acquire 32,000 acres of land for a game refuge. This was on Wanapum land. Yet the same government ignores the perpetuation of a historic human being."
Description
2 sheets 8.5 x 11 inch carbon copy of original, which was sent to recipient. Typed.