Elmer Manatowa, Jr., Principal Chief of the Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma, In Support of H.R. 11771, 1937-01-01

Item — Box: 67, Folder: 13

Identifier: CAC_CC_009_2_67_13_0005

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Elmer Manatowa, Jr., Principal Chief of the Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma, In Support of H.R. 11771

Elmer Manatowa, Jr., principal chief of the Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma, is in support of H.R. 11771. This bill provides for a division of a judgment recovered from the United States in proceedings before the Indian Claims Commission. The Oklahoma Sac and Fox and the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa (which will be referred to as the Iowa Sac and Fox) are the owners of the claim. On the basis of the current membership of the Oklahoma Sac and Fox and Iowa Sac and Fox, the Oklahoma Sac and Fox would receive 71.72% of the judgment funds and the Iowa Sac and Fox would receive 28.28%. The Department of the Interior recommends the enactment of a substitute bill that would provide for the division of the award based upon census rolls taken as of January 1, 1937. The Oklahoma Sac and Fox are opposed to its enactment.