Summary of the President's 1973 Indian Legislative Proposals, 1973-03-16

Item — Box: LG 67, Folder: 20

Identifier: CAC_CC_009_2_67_20_0014

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Summary of the President's 1973 Indian Legislative Proposals, 1973-03-16

The document is a summary of the President's Indian legislative proposals, which include establishing an additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior responsible for Indian Affairs, allowing Indian tribes to assume control of certain programs and services provided by the Federal Government, transferring civil service employees with the programs, implementing the Indian Financing Act to provide capital to Indian country, creating the Indian Trust Counsel Authority to protect natural resource rights, expanding contracting authority with tribes for education and social welfare programs, and giving Indians greater control over livestock trespass and traders on their reservations.