Interior, Indian Affairs, General, 1956

File — Box: DP 11, Folder: 9

Identifier: CAC_CC_31_5_11_9_0000

Staff Only

Assistance to constituents; heirship lands; removal of restrictions; mineral rights; "The Sorry Way Oklahoma Indians Are Treated," a report on conditions of William Chisholm, who was requesting his inheritance money; includes photograph and information on Creek practice of constructing a small enclosure over graves; enrollment in Indian schools; funding for Indian education; leasing of Indian lands; employment; Indian education in Oklahoma; Goodland Indian Orphanage; opposition to Wesley D'Ewart as assistant secretary of the interior; construction of road between Marble City and Stilwell; Pawnee Indian School; Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico; Muskogee County Indian Credit Association; proposal for new organization, the Order of Indian Raiders; petition concerning abolition of Bureau of Indian Affairs and other matters; refund of income tax payments of restricted Indians; allegations of abuse against the principal of Riverside Indian School; Cheyenne and Arapaho claim concerning lands in Colorado; per capita payments for Sioux Indians; controversy over tribal officials of Seneca-Cayuga tribe; copy of H.R. 9451; Delaware claims; lands held in trust or designated as a reservation for Seminoles; correspondents include John Simms, Governor of New Mexico, and Carl Albert.

Dates

1956

Language of Materials

English

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