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Box 2

 Container

Contains 31 Collections and/or Records:

The Impact of Federal Recognition on Tribal Sovereignty

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_5_2_14_0027
Scope and Contents The author is discussing the fact that the Oklahoma government has not been willing to share food stamp benefits with other tribes in the past. They argue that this is because Oklahoma does not have the same level of sovereignty as other tribes. The author suggests that the Oklahoma constitution needs to be rewritten in order to give the Oklahoma government more authority.

Oklahoma Indian participation in food stamps commodities program

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_5_2_14_0026
Scope and Contents The text contains a letter from Representative James R. Jones to Chairman Frederick Richmond, in which he requests that the Chairman look into the situation of Oklahoma Indians being excluded from the Food Stamps Commodities program. He argues that it was not the intent of Congress to exclude them from the program simply because they are located in Oklahoma, and asks for suggestions on how to amend the law so that this intent will be clear at the Department of Agriculture.

The 1981 Food Stamp Program on Indian Reservations

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_5_2_14_0007
Scope and Contents The text describes the programs available for food assistance on Indian reservations, as well as the distances to certification and issuance centers. The Committee agreed to extend the permission for Indian reservations to continue on the commodity distribution program and not shift over to the food stamp program. The Secretary would be empowered to pay whatever agency administered commodity distribution on all or part of a reservation, be it a state welfare agency or its local counterpart or a...