Matthew Sniffen
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Matthew K. Sniffen was an American activist. He worked for the Indian Rights Association and wrote about issues affecting Native Americans.
Biography
[edit]In 1908, Sniffen testified before the United States Congress about the Crow Reservation having poor conditions, and allegations of corruption and profiteering by its United States Government appointed Indian Agent.[1]
In 1911, he testified at the annual Lake Mohonk Conference.[2] In 1916, he reported on the conditions of the Seminole in Florida and their efforts to secure land from the state.[3]
Sniffen was photographed with George La Vatta in Talmaks, Idaho.[4]
Works
[edit]- Florida's Obligation to the Seminole Indians: A Plea for Justice (1883)[5]
- Observations Among the Sioux[6]
- A Man And His Opportunity (1914)
- The Indians of the Yukon and Tanana Valleys, Alaska (1914) with Thomas Spees Carrington
- A Problem Over Here (1919)
- Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians, An Orgy of Graft and Exploitation of the Five Civilized Tribes, Legalized Robbery; a report (1924) co-authored with Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa) and Charles H. Fabens
References
[edit]- ^ "United States Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. May 4, 1908 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Report of the ... Annual Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples". The Conference. May 4, 1911 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Report of the ... Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples". The Conference. May 4, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ "G.E.E Lindquist Native American Photographs".
- ^ Sniffen, Matthew K. (May 4, 1883). "Florida's Obligation to the Seminole Indians: A Plea for Justice". Indian rights association – via Google Books.
- ^ https://search.library.ucdavis.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=01UCD_V1&search_scope=alma_scope&tab=catalog_tab&docid=01UCD_ALMA21154006580003126&lang=en_US&context=L&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&isFrbr=true&query=any,contains,Native%20American%20History%20and%20Culture%20Collection,AND&sortby=rank&mode=advanced&offset=10