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Tribal Business Committee Returns From Washington

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Identifier: CAC_CC_009_2_67_13_0001
Tribal Business Committee Returns From Washington
Tribal Business Committee Returns From Washington

Dates

  • 6-Aug-70
  • 91st Congress (1969-1971)

Scope and Contents

The Sac and Fox Tribal Business Committee recently returned from a trip to Washington, D.C., where they testified before a subcommittee of the Interior and Insular Affairs on the division of a tribal claim. The group received high compliments from their congressional delegation and other delegations as one of the best Indian presentations that had ever come before a subcommittee. The Business Committee is composed of Peggy Acoya, National Congress of American Indians secretary; Mary McCormick, Sac and Fox tribal secretary; Dora S. Ortega, councilwoman; Lee Bass Jr., second chief of the Sac and Fox tribe; Lloyd Tiger, councilman; Elmer Manatowa, chief of the tribe; George Pietsch, tribal claims attorney; and Dan Jennings, executive director of the tribe.

Extent

3 pages

Policy Area

Native Americans; Housing and Community Development

Creator unknown

Congress 91st Congress (1969-1971)

Tribal Affiliation Ponca Indians; Sac and Fox Indians; Shawnee Indians
  • TypeDeliverableUnit

Repository Details

Part of the Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections Repository

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