Show REDSKINS RIGHT PIMA INDIANS RECOGNIZED AS CITIZENS OF ARIZONA AVere Declared Subjects ot Spain HnndrcilH ol Years Ago By Royal Edict and Have Never Lost That Right PHOENIX Arts Dec 3Dy a ruling rul-ing of Judge Baker in the United States cour Pima Indians were recognized as citizens of the United States The tribesmen nearly a hundred years ago were declared subjects of the king of Spain by royal edict and the rights of citizens have been guaranteed them by treaties wherein Arizona was ceded to the United States The point was raised In a case wherein a prisoner was Charged with selling liquor to a Pima Indian The court instructed the jury to acquit If it was found defendants transaction was with a Plma Indian The matter will finally be passed upon by the supreme court In January The decision affects many thousands of Arizona Ar-izona Indians |