Box 6
Contains 152 Results:
H. R. 2005: "To amend the Act of April 21, 1932 (47 Stat. 88), entitled 'An act to provide for the leasing of the segregated coal and asphalt deposits of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, in Oklahoma, and for an extension of time within which purchasers of such deposits may complete payments" (WGS). Eightieth Congress; First Session, 1947
Committee on Public Lands. Bureau of Indian Affairs draft. Introduced print. House Reported print (Union Calendar 229). Senate Reported print (Calendar 443).
Public Law 80-295 (H. R. 2005).
Correspondence re additional administrative funding; re dead claim payment procedure; correspondence and resolutions re expediting payment of dead claims; correspondence and instructions for per capita payments; re Mississippi Choctaws owing money to Choctaw Nation; and re number of enrolled members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations who died outside the State of Oklahoma. Correspondents include Carl Albert, Harry J. W. Belvin, Mike Monroney, Toby Morris, Tom Steed, and Elmer Thomas. Correspondence includes letters from government officials and Indian organizations.
Statement: U. S. Indian Service: "Statement with Respect to the Need for Additional Funds to Defray the Expense of Distributing to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians the Sum of $8,359,000 Arising from the Sale of Certain Lands to the United States."
Newspaper clippings: "76 Indian Oil and Gas Leases on Sale." Muskogee Phoenix (November 12, 1950); "Two Indian Tribes Sign Over Deeds, Coal, Asphalt to U. S." Okmulgee Times (November 30, 1950); "Deeds Signed by Tribal leaders Here Wednesday." Muskogee Phoenix (?) (n.d.).
Report: J. H. Belvin (Bryan County Superintendent): "Negotiations for the Sale of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Coal and Asphalt Lands." Accompanying correspondence.
Resolutions passed by group of Choctaws and Chickasaws in Oklahoma re call for new tribal leadership because of alleged incompetence of leadership in sale matters.
Choctaw/Chickasaw Land Sale - Coal trustee, 1945-1947
Correspondence re continuing the funding for the position of coal trustee. Correspondents include W. A. Durant.
Choctaw/Chickasaw Land Sale - Correspondence (A - B), 1944-1949
Correspondence with government officials and Indian organizations and constituents, re land sale in general and purchase price, balloting, and legislation and hearings in particular. Includes clippings. Correspondents include Carl Albert.
Choctaw/Chickasaw Land Sale - Correspondence (C), 1944-1949
Correspondence with government officials and Indian organizations and constituents, re land sale in general and purchase price, balloting, and legislation and hearings in particular. Includes clipping. Correspondence includes copy of Oscar Chapman letter to Arthur Vandenberg.