Matter of Stakel

The circumstances of this case compel an inference that a written permit was granted pursuant to the provision which is now section 9 of the Indian Law to Jemima Williams, the mother of respondent, at or about the time when she was married to respondent’s father on the Tonawanda Reservation in 1882, or during the many years while they lived there afterward as husband and wife. The determination of the Appellate Division that respondent is not an “ intruder ” on the Tonawanda Reservation, is interpreted as a finding of fact to the effect that her presence on the reservation is pursuant to such…