blackfe;e;t Indians at work on the:ir irrigation proje;ct 



"The great oil fields have brought wealth to those Indians so fortunate as to hold 

 allotments within the oil territory. The following cases are examples of the royalties for 

 1914 received by Indians of the Creek Nation from oil: Samuel Richard, $94,000; Jeannetta 

 Richard, $90,000; Seeley Alexander, $57,000; Lessey Yarhola, $73,000; Eastman Richard, 

 $93,000; Thomas Long, $35,000; Ella Jones, $31,000; Nancy Yarhola, $29,000; Johnston 

 Wacoche, $27,000; Miller Tiger, $23,000. Some of the Bad River Indians have received as 

 high as from $14,000 to $16,000 for the timber cut from their allotments" (see text, pp. 77-80). 



Photos from Office of Indian Affairs 



The irrigable lands belonging to the Indians form one of the principal sources of wealth 

 of these people, and also form probably the best opportunity for these people to become 

 individually self-supporting. In some sections of the country the Indians are better ac- 

 quainted with irrigation farming than the whites in the same communities, and they are 

 making great success in this line. 



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