How Tejon Reservation (or Sebastian Reservation) was established
Tejon Records and Maps
March 3, 1853: President authorized to make five reservations
September 1853: Map. Beale establishes reserve, Washburn surveys
1877: Map. Shows Tejon Reservation and another Indian Settlement
Thirty-second Congress, Session II. Approved March 3, 1853.
President authorized to make five reservations having a 25,000 acre maximum (page 238 American Memory site)
Thirty-second Congress, Session II. Approved March 3, 1853.
Appropriations shall in every case by paid directly to the tribe to whom it shall be due...and...Indian tribes are denied representation by an attorney when pursuing claims against Departments of the Government (page 239 American Memory site)
