Matthew Sniffen

Matthew K. Sniffen was an American activist. He worked for the Indian Rights Association and wrote about issues affecting Native Americans.

Biography

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

• 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

1. "United States Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. May 4, 1908 – via Google Books.
2. "Report of the ... Annual Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples". The Conference. May 4, 1911 – via Google Books.
3. "Report of the ... Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples". The Conference. May 4, 1916 – via Google Books.
4. "G.E.E. Lindquist Native American photographs". dlc.library.columbia.edu.
5. Sniffen, Matthew K. (May 4, 1883). "Florida's Obligation to the Seminole Indians: A Plea for Justice". Indian rights association – via Google Books.
6. Sniffen, Matthew K. (1906). "Observations among the Sioux". Philadelphia: Indian Rights Association.