Senate Schedules Puyallup Reservation Bill for Debate
Senator Allen secures a special order to debate the bill concerning the Puyallup Indian Reservation.
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WASHINGTON CITY, July 19.—Senator Allen today secured the unanimous consent of the Senate to have the Puyallup Indian reservation bill made a special order for tomorrow at 12:30. The senator stated, in moving to call up the bill at that time, to a number of senators who were disposed to antagonize the motion, that it would take but a short time to consider the bill. The senator feels very much relieved over the fact that his bill will be considered, and is very confident that after he makes a statement of the facts in the case all opposition will disappear and the bill will be passed.
“The senator feels very much relieved over the fact that his bill will be considered, and is very confident that after he makes a statement of the facts in the case all opposition will disappear.”
This piece chronicles the legislative mechanics behind the dispossession of the Puyallup people. It highlights how federal land acts were often steamrolled through Congress under the guise of 'facts' and 'unanimous consent,' directly impacting the land rights of Indigenous communities in Washington state.
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