[Indian Claims Commission]: [Idaho]: [Nez Perce Reservation]:

[Map and Collection of Aerial Photographs Detailing Disputed Lands on the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho].

[Washington, D.C. Homer Hoyt Associates, 1956]. Folding map, 18 x 22.75 inches, plus forty-eight black-and-white aerial photographs, each 8.5 x 11 inches, photographs spiral bound between plain maroon limp cloth covers, map folded into a pocket at front labeled, "Map Showing Locations of Aerial Photographs of Nez Perce Lands in Docket 175-B." Minor wear. Library of Congress duplicate stamp on front pocket. Additional stamp reading, "Defendant's Exhibit No. 2A. Indian Claims Commission: Docket No. 175B." Very good. Item #4325

A collection of aerial photographs and related map of the Nez Perce Reservation and surrounding area in Idaho intended for use during the tribe's Indian Claims Commission case in the early 1960s. The photographs feature various areas across the Nez Perce Reservation, mostly focused along waterways, as land use, particularly related to water and fishing rights, was a continuous point of contention between the Nez Perce and the federal government. The folding map of the reservation is keyed with manuscript annotations to the printed numbers on the photographs, indicating the location each photograph pictures.

According to the website of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs: "The Indian Claims Commission, an independent agency, was established by the Congress in 1946 to hear and determine the claims of tribes and other identifiable groups of American Indians living in the United States. These claims represent attempts by Indian tribes to obtain redress for any failure of the Government to complete payments for lands ceded under treaty, for the acquisition of land at an unconscionably low price or for other failure to comply with a treaty or legislative action regarding Indian lands that grew out of the westward expansion of the United States."

The Nez Perce case before the ICC began in 1958 and was argued over the course of the next decade, with the commission awarding the tribe around $9 million for Docket 175, 175A, and 175B by 1972. The present map and collection of photographs provide primary source evidence of the continued conflict between Native Americans and the United States government.

Price: $650