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Belvin, Frank B., 1914-1999

 Person

Biographical:

Frank Belvin was born in 1914. He was Choctaw. His brother, Harry Belvin, was a chief of the Choctaws. Belvin’s father was a stockman and a lawyer. He attended the Goodland Indian school in 1933 and Bacone College in 1933.

Belvin was appointed to the Indian Task Force by President Lyndon Johnson and to the National Council of Indian Opportunity by President Richard Nixon. President Jimmy Carter invited him to participate in the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.

See Oral History from the Oklahoma Historical Society - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmwX62rwcL4

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