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rels. A small producing oil well was reported during 

 the past year within the Ute Mountain Reservation 

 in southeastern Colorado, the first indication of oil 

 on that reservation. The gross production from all 

 Indian oil and gas leases for the year was approxi- 

 mately 41,000,000 barrels." 



The Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes did 

 not reserve minerals to the tribe when allotments 

 were made, so that some individuals received great 

 sums in royalties from oil found on their lands, 

 while others possessed only agricultural values. A 

 Creek Indian named Jackson Barnett, who refused 

 to pick an allotment and had one arbitrarily assigned 

 to him later received more than $3,000,000 from oil 

 royalties. Oil has also been discovered in the Paw- 

 nee, Otoe and Kiowa Reservations of Oklahoma and 

 the Crow Reservation in Montana. 



With these statistics let us compare Indian 

 wealth in states without oil and mineral deposits. 

 The 23,107 Indians in South Dakota share wealth 

 principally in lands of the value of $51,643,953, an 

 average of $2,235 each. The 6,667 Indians of Ore- 

 gon share wealth principally in lands and timber of 

 the value of $50,344,487, an average of $7,763 each. 

 The 46,235 Indians in Arizona share wealth princi- 

 pally in lands and live stock of the value of $50,067,- 

 742, an average of $1,089. The 12,900 Indians 

 of Washington share wealth principally in lands and 

 timber of the value of $49,263,133, an average of 

 $3,811 each. 



