Land Use Records, 1855 - 1920

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Land Use Records, 1855 - 1920

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This series contains correspondence concerning land use on reservations of the Puyallup Indian Agency and the Cushman Indian School. The earliest records are "Notification of Settlers on Unsurveyed Land" from the Surveyor General, General Land Office in Washington Territory. The notifications were for white settlers who settled on reservation land prior to the establishment of the Puyallup Indian Agency. Other records include Puyallup Reservation allotment locations; land leases on the reservations; and the schedule of damages for rights of way across allotted land.

5 linear inches

National Archives at Seattle

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National Archives at Seattle

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Cushman Indian School (Tacoma, Wash.)

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The Cushman Indian School was a boardings school located in Tacoma, Washington and served the Native American population from about 1910-1920. It drew from over 350 studnents from the Northwest and Alaska. Cushman was an industrial school and was equipped for industrial training and included a machine shop....