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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  fETir. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  act 
  wore 
  carried 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  writers, 
  and 
  every 
  man, 
  woman, 
  anil 
  child 
  

   of 
  the 
  tribe 
  received 
  a 
  share 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  inherited 
  from 
  their 
  ancestors. 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  3, 
  1893 
  (27 
  Stat., 
  612), 
  Congress 
  amended 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  

   August 
  7, 
  1882, 
  and 
  granted 
  to 
  wives 
  SO 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  their 
  own 
  

   right 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  amount 
  to 
  children. 
  The 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  

   were 
  carried 
  out 
  in 
  1900. 
  

  

  The 
  twenty-five-year 
  "period 
  of 
  trust 
  " 
  has 
  been 
  fraught 
  with 
  many 
  

   experiences, 
  not 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  happy. 
  The 
  untaxable 
  char- 
  

   acter 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  lias 
  made 
  improvements 
  in 
  roads 
  and 
  bridges 
  slow 
  

   and 
  the 
  increasing 
  value 
  of 
  farms 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity 
  has 
  brought 
  pressure 
  

   on 
  the 
  Omaha 
  to 
  lease 
  their 
  allotments. 
  Many 
  have 
  done 
  so; 
  the 
  

  

  Fig. 
  131. 
  An 
  Omaha 
  farmer's 
  home. 
  

  

  act 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  altogether 
  evil 
  nor 
  has 
  it 
  been 
  wholly 
  good 
  for 
  the 
  

   people. 
  It 
  has 
  brought 
  the 
  Indian 
  into 
  closer 
  contact, 
  with 
  white 
  

   neighbors 
  and 
  established 
  business 
  relations 
  between 
  them. 
  While 
  the 
  

   Omaha 
  have 
  learned 
  much 
  from 
  this 
  relationship, 
  in 
  some 
  instances, 
  

   as 
  was 
  natural, 
  they 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  depend 
  on 
  the 
  income 
  derived 
  

   from 
  leasing 
  their 
  property 
  rather 
  than 
  on 
  their 
  own 
  labors, 
  to 
  secure 
  

   t 
  he 
  full 
  product 
  and 
  profit 
  from 
  their 
  lands, 
  a 
  condition 
  not 
  altogether 
  

   favorable 
  to 
  a 
  healthful 
  social 
  growth. 
  When 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  writers 
  

   was 
  last 
  among 
  the 
  tribe 
  (during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1910) 
  and 
  recalled 
  

   the 
  conditions 
  that 
  obtained 
  thirty 
  years 
  ago, 
  the 
  present 
  state 
  

   showed 
  how 
  much, 
  during 
  the 
  intervening 
  years, 
  had 
  been 
  thought 
  

   out 
  and 
  accomplished 
  by 
  the 
  people. 
  (See 
  figs. 
  130-13?.) 
  Although 
  

   she 
  missed 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  men 
  who 
  were 
  formerly 
  the 
  leaders 
  

  

  