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Teddy Roosevelt: “The use and occupancy of the land in question be subject to such right, title, and interest as the Indians have in and…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 1906
The use and occupancy of the land in question be subject to such right, title, and interest as the Indians have in and to the same, and that it be vacated whenever the interest of the Indians shall require it, upon notice to that effect to the Secretary of War.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Executive Order—Modification of Executive Order of May 21, 1887

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