# Matthew Sniffen

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'''Matthew K. Sniffen''' was an American activist. He worked for the [Indian Rights Association](/source/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](/source/Indian_Agent).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-FGAQAAIAAJ&q=matthew+k.+sniffen&pg=PA93|title=United States Congressional Serial Set|date=May 4, 1908|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}}</ref>

In 1911, he testified at the annual [Lake Mohonk Conference](/source/Lake_Mohonk_Conference).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rOA9AQAAMAAJ&q=matthew+k.+sniffen&pg=RA1-PA46|title=Report of the ... Annual Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples|date=May 4, 1911|publisher=The Conference|via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1916, he reported on the conditions of the Seminole in Florida and their efforts to secure land from the state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYESAAAAYAAJ&q=matthew+k.+sniffen&pg=PA111|title=Report of the ... Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples|date=May 4, 1916|publisher=The Conference|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Sniffen was photographed with George La Vatta in Talmaks, Idaho.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dlc.library.columbia.edu/lindquist/search|title=G.E.E. Lindquist Native American photographs|website=dlc.library.columbia.edu}}</ref>

==Works==
*''Florida's Obligation to the Seminole Indians: A Plea for Justice'' (1883)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-rOxgEACAAJ&q=matthew+k.+sniffen|title=Florida's Obligation to the Seminole Indians: A Plea for Justice|first=Matthew K.|last=Sniffen|date=May 4, 1883|publisher=Indian rights association|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''Observations Among the Sioux''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://search.library.ucdavis.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=01UCD_V1&search_scope=alma_scope&tab=catalog_tab&docid=01UCD_ALMA21154006580003126&lang=en_US&context=L&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&isFrbr=true&query=any,contains,Native%20American%20History%20and%20Culture%20Collection,AND&sortby=rank&mode=advanced&offset=10 | title=Observations among the Sioux | last=Sniffen | first=Matthew K. | year=1906 | location=Philadelphia | publisher=Indian Rights Association}}</ref>
*''A Man And His Opportunity'' (1914)
*''The Indians of the Yukon and Tanana Valleys, Alaska'' (1914) with [Thomas Spees Carrington](/source/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](/source/Gertrude_Bonnin) (Zitkala-Sa) and Charles H. Fabens

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