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'''Cato Sells''' (October 6, 1859 – 1948) was a commissioner at the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] from 1913 from 1921.
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| image = SELLS, CATO. COMMR., BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, INTERIOR DEPARTMENT LCCN2016865119 (cropped).jpg
| alt = Portrait photograph of Cato Sells in 1914
| caption = Cato Sells, 1914
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1859|10|06}}.
| birth_place = [[Vinton, Iowa]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1948|12|30|1859|10|06|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Fort Worth, Texas]]
| nationality = American
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| known_for = Namesake of the town of [[Sells, Arizona]]
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| office = 34th [[Commissioner of Indian Affairs]]
| president = [[Woodrow Wilson]]
| term_start = 1913
| term_end = 1921
| preceded = [[Robert G. Valentine]]
| succeeded = [[Charles H. Burke]]
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'''Cato Sells''' (October 6, 1859 &ndash; December 30, 1948) was a commissioner at the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] from 1913 to 1921.


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
He was born in [[Vinton, Iowa]], on October 6, 1859. He lost his father when he was young. He entered [[Cornell College]] in 1875. In 1878 he [[read law]] with [[Charles Alvord Bishop]] and in 1880 was admitted to [[Iowa State Bar Association]] and began practice at [[La Porte City, Iowa]].
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He was born in [[Vinton, Iowa]] on October 6, 1859. He lost his father when he was young. He entered [[Cornell College]] in 1875. In 1878 he [[read law]] with [[Charles Alvord Bishop]] and in 1880 was admitted to [[Iowa State Bar Association]] and began practice at [[La Porte City, Iowa]]. In 1889 he moved to [[Vinton, Iowa]] and served on the [[Iowa State Central Committee]]. In 1887 he was chairman of the committee and was a delegate to the [[1888 Democratic National Convention]]. He was a delegate to the [[1892 Democratic National Convention]] as secretary. In 1892 was he was elected as a trustee of the [[Iowa State College of Agriculture]]. In 1893 he was president of the Iowa Democratic State Convention.<ref name=bio/> In 1894 he was appointed by [[Grover Cleveland]] as [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=An Efficient District Attorney |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A12FB395515738DDDAA0A94DA415B8485F0D3 |quote=Cato Sells, United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa ... |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=December 23, 1894 |accessdate=2011-12-15 }}</ref><ref name=bio/> In 1899 he was again president of the Iowa Democratic State Convention and in 1900 chairman of the Iowa delegation in the [[1900 Democratic National Convention]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Preferences of Delegates |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70915FD3D5B11738DDDAA0894DF405B808CF1D3 |quote=Iowa. Cato Sells will be Chairman of the delegation ... |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=July 3, 1900 |accessdate=2011-12-15 }}</ref><ref name=bio>{{cite book |last= |first= |author= [[Benjamin F. Gue]] |coauthors= |title=History of Iowa from the earliest times to the beginning of the twentieth century |year=1903 |publisher= |quote= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-mUOAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA242&dq=%22Cato+Sells%22&client=firefox-a&output=text#c_top |isbn= }}</ref>


In 1889 he moved to [[Vinton, Iowa]], and served on the [[Iowa State Central Committee]]. In 1887 he was chairman of the committee and was a delegate to the [[1888 Democratic National Convention]]. He was a delegate to the [[1892 Democratic National Convention]] as secretary. In 1892 was he was elected as a trustee of the [[Iowa State College of Agriculture]]. In 1893 he was president of the Iowa Democratic State Convention.<ref name=bio/>
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He was a commissioner at the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] from 1913 from 1921. In 1914 he banished books that taught anything concerning the Asian origins of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas]].<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Cato Sells Banishes Books That Teach Them They Are Mongolians. |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F06E2D61438E633A2575BC2A9649D946596D6CF |quote=Cato Sells. United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has ruled that the American Indian is not a Mongolian. This is of interest to writers and composers of school books, for the Commissioner says he will eliminate from the list of books used in the Indian schools all that class the red man of this continent with the race to which the Chinese and other far Eastern people belong. ...|work=[[New York Times]] |date=December 28, 1914 |accessdate=2009-07-31 | format=PDF}}</ref>


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In 1894 he was appointed by [[Grover Cleveland]] as [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa]].<ref>{{cite news |title=An Efficient District Attorney |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1894/12/23/archives/an-efficient-district-attorney.html |quote=Cato Sells, United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 23, 1894 |access-date=2011-12-15 }}</ref><ref name=bio/> In 1899 he was again president of the Iowa Democratic State Convention and in 1900 chairman of the Iowa delegation in the [[1900 Democratic National Convention]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Preferences of Delegates |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/07/03/102603364.pdf |quote=Iowa. Cato Sells will be Chairman of the delegation ... |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 3, 1900 |access-date=2011-12-15 }}</ref><ref name=bio>{{cite book |author= Benjamin F. Gue |author-link= Benjamin F. Gue |title=History of Iowa from the earliest times to the beginning of the twentieth century |publisher=The Century history company|year=1903 | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofiowafro04gueb |page=239}} {{Source attribution}}</ref>
He died in 1948.

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He was a commissioner at the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] from 1913 from 1921. In 1914 he banished books that taught anything concerning the Asian origins of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cato Sells Banishes Books That Teach Them They Are Mongolians. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/12/28/100129533.pdf |quote=Cato Sells. United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has ruled that the American Indian is not a Mongolian. This is of interest to writers and composers of school books, for the Commissioner says he will eliminate from the list of books used in the Indian schools all that class the red man of this continent with the race to which the Chinese and other far Eastern people belong. ...|work=The New York Times |date=December 28, 1914 |access-date=2009-07-31 | format=PDF}}</ref>

He died October 30, 1948, and was buried in the Cleburne Memorial Cemetery in Cleburne, Texas.


==Legacy==
==Legacy==

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Sells is the namesake of the town of [[Sells, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=122|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=118}}</ref>
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Cato Sells
Portrait photograph of Cato Sells in 1914
Cato Sells, 1914
34th Commissioner of Indian Affairs
In office
1913–1921
PresidentWoodrow Wilson
Preceded byRobert G. Valentine
Succeeded byCharles H. Burke
Personal details
Born(1859-10-06)October 6, 1859.
Vinton, Iowa
DiedDecember 30, 1948(1948-12-30) (aged 89)
Fort Worth, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Known forNamesake of the town of Sells, Arizona

Cato Sells (October 6, 1859 – December 30, 1948) was a commissioner at the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1913 to 1921.

Life and career

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He was born in Vinton, Iowa, on October 6, 1859. He lost his father when he was young. He entered Cornell College in 1875. In 1878 he read law with Charles Alvord Bishop and in 1880 was admitted to Iowa State Bar Association and began practice at La Porte City, Iowa.

In 1889 he moved to Vinton, Iowa, and served on the Iowa State Central Committee. In 1887 he was chairman of the committee and was a delegate to the 1888 Democratic National Convention. He was a delegate to the 1892 Democratic National Convention as secretary. In 1892 was he was elected as a trustee of the Iowa State College of Agriculture. In 1893 he was president of the Iowa Democratic State Convention.[1]

In 1894 he was appointed by Grover Cleveland as United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.[2][1] In 1899 he was again president of the Iowa Democratic State Convention and in 1900 chairman of the Iowa delegation in the 1900 Democratic National Convention in Kansas City.[3][1]

He was a commissioner at the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1913 from 1921. In 1914 he banished books that taught anything concerning the Asian origins of Indigenous peoples of the Americas.[4]

He died October 30, 1948, and was buried in the Cleburne Memorial Cemetery in Cleburne, Texas.

Legacy

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Sells is the namesake of the town of Sells, Arizona.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Benjamin F. Gue (1903). History of Iowa from the earliest times to the beginning of the twentieth century. The Century history company. p. 239. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "An Efficient District Attorney". The New York Times. December 23, 1894. Retrieved 2011-12-15. Cato Sells, United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa ...
  3. ^ "Preferences of Delegates" (PDF). The New York Times. July 3, 1900. Retrieved 2011-12-15. Iowa. Cato Sells will be Chairman of the delegation ...
  4. ^ "Cato Sells Banishes Books That Teach Them They Are Mongolians" (PDF). The New York Times. December 28, 1914. Retrieved 2009-07-31. Cato Sells. United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has ruled that the American Indian is not a Mongolian. This is of interest to writers and composers of school books, for the Commissioner says he will eliminate from the list of books used in the Indian schools all that class the red man of this continent with the race to which the Chinese and other far Eastern people belong. ...
  5. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 118.
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