National Museum of the American Indian

Logie Family Yakama (Yakima) Land Grants

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.123
Creators:
United States. General Land Office
Dates:
1897
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.1 Linear feet
Repository:
This collection includes five land grants given to the Logie family on the Yakama (Yakima) reservation and signed by President McKinley in 1897.

Content Description

Content Description
This collection consists of five land grants given to the Logie family on the Yakama (Yakima) reservation and signed by President McKinley in 1897. This includes grants issued to James Logie, Mary Logie, Alvin Logie, Jessie Logie and Susan Hox-Li, all members of the Yakama (Yakima) tribe.

Biographical Note

Biographical Note
The Logie family (Yakama) was living on the Yakima Indian reservation in Washington State when they were allotted their land in 1897. The family consisted of James Logie, his wife Mary Logie (nee Stones), their son Alvin Logie and daughter Jessie Logie. Alvin and Jessie were young children at the time. Mary's mother Susan Hox-li also appeared to be living with the family at the time. Each member of the family was given a land grant. Alvin Logie married Hattie Logie (later Hattie Logie Duke) sometime in the early 1920's which is how she came to possess the Logie family land grants.

Historical Note

Historical Note
Land grants were issued by the General Land office from the commissioner of Indian Affairs, in the department of the Interior. These land grants, or allotments, were issued as a result of the Dawes Act of 1887 also known as the "General Allotment Act" or the "Dawes Severalty Act." The Dawes act was enacted as a method to assimilate Native American individuals into what was considered mainstream American society in an effort to abolish communal rights and tribal sovereignty. Individual land allotments were granted to Native American families and held in trust by the United States government for 25 years. If the family did not succeed at farming on the allotment, the land reverted back to the federal government for sale, often to non-native settlers. Land allotment was not ended until 1934 under President Roosevelt.

Administration

Author
Rachel Menyuk
Processing Information
Processed by Rachel Menyuk, Processing Archivist, in 2018.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Hattie Logie Duke by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation in 1969.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Logie Family Yakama (Yakima) land grants; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Related Materials
Copies of these land grants can be found at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the General Land Office Records.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Yakama (Yakima) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Land grants -- Washington (State) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
United States. General Allotment Act (1887) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Duke, Hattie Logie Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
McKinley, William, 1843-1901 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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