Urgent Need for Indian Health Center in Nowata: Correspondence and Request for Add-On Appropriation, 1974-05-15

Item — Box: 36, Folder: 17

Identifier: CAC_CC_009_1_36_17_0004

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The document is a series of correspondence between various individuals regarding the need for a health center in Nowata, Oklahoma for the Indian population. The Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation, Harry J. W. Belvin, is seeking support from the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation to secure funding for the center. The General Manager of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee, H. A. Secondine, also expresses the need for the health center to reduce the number of outpatients at the Claremore Indian Hospital. The goal is to obtain an Add-On to the appropriation of Public Law 86-121 to fund the Nowata Health Center.