Interior, Indian Affairs, General, 1954
Scope and Contents
Assistance to constituents; Indian Claims Commission; Indian hospitals; financial aid for higher education; Muskogee County Indian Credit Association; statement on the hospitals and medical care programs of Bureau; adoption of Indian children; proposed transfer of Indian Service Extension Branch to Department of Agriculture; transfer of supervision of Southern Plains Indian Museum in Anadarko; meal program for Indian school children; Oklahoma Contract for Indian Education, the Johnson-O'Malley contract; charitable assistance for Navajos; proposed consolidation of Anadarko and Muskogee Area Offices; Potawatomi or Pottawatomie claim; disposition of lands of deceased allottees; dismissal of Willard Nation from Bureau; questions about Sac and Fox tribal rolls; Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation; proposal to establish Ben Dwight memorial scholarship; sale of unallotted lands; Indian Arts and Crafts Board; request for chaplain at hospital in Talihina; mineral rights; criticism of government's management of Indian affairs; trip of Indian delegation to Washington; conditions among Indians living in Watonga; correspondents include Mike Monroney.
Dates
- Creation: 1954
Creator
- From the Collection: Kerr, Robert Samuel, United States Senator from Oklahoma (1949-1963); 12th Governor of Oklahoma (1943-1947), 1896-1963 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
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The following series are stored off-site: Clippings and Invitations.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 368.29 Linear Feet (296 containers)
Repository Details
Part of the Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections Repository
