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RESOLUTION NO. 52
     
WHEREAS the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, Whatcom County, Washington has on its Reservation a tract of land comprising approximately 130 acres, which was formerly a restricted Indian allotment and which is now unrestricted and taxable; and
     
WHEREAS the said property has historical value for the Lummi Tribe in that it was the original site of the tribe where it was protected against marauding tribes of Indians, prior to 1821, and 
     
WHEREAS the said acreage was legally alloted to a Lummi warrior, whose name appears on the first restricted title as C. H. Allawick Washington, and 
     
WHEREAS for many years the Lummi Indian Tribe has staged its celebrations on this area, attracting local and tourist interest as well as Indians of other tribes, and 
     
WHEREAS the present owners have offered said property for sale and whereas the Lummi Business Council has applied to the Area Office of the Indian Service, Portland, Oregon, for financial assistance in the acquisition of the property for the Lummi Tribe; 
     
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that NCAI, at its Seventh Annual Convention at Bellingham, Washington, go on record in favor of the sentiment of the Lummi Tribe, which is a member tribe, and pledge itself to follow the developments of this Lummi Project to a successful consummation. 

RESOLUTION NO. 53
     
WHEREAS by act of Congress, the War Department transferred 7-1/4 acres of land to the Department of the Interior; and 
     
WHEREAS, thirty-four (34) acres were purchased by the Government to be added to the above 7-1/4 acres, to be used as a campsite at Celilo Falls Oregon, in accordance with stipulations providing that Indians may erect camps on their old and accustomed fishing grounds (Yakima Treaty 1855, Article 3); and 
     
WHEREAS members of Yakima, Warm Springs, Umatilla and Mid-Columbia Tribesmen were induced to allow their homes to be destroyed with the understanding that new homes would be built at the above mentioned campsites, in lieu of the homes which were destroyed; and 
     
WHEREAS each occupant at the campsite was required to sign an agreement which they have since learned can be used to deprive them of their right of occupancy; 
     
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that NCAI request the Indian Bureau to obtain an interpretation of the aforesaid regulations in order to quiet the fears in the minds of the above mentioned Indians; and 
     
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that inasmuch as the original homes of these Indians were destroyed so they have no place else to go in the event of eviction, the regulations should be so worded that these Indians may be assured of their homes somewhere. 

RESOLUTION NO. 54
     
BE IT RESOLVED that the NCAI remain firm in the conviction that the rights of Indians should be protected when the government acquires land for campsites, irrigation, or removal of timber.  We recommend that in all condemnation proceedings a local representative shall represent the Indians or that the Indians shall have Indian consideration to protect their rights. 

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