Box DP 14

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January-March; Cherokee claims; assistance to constituents; distribution of funds awarded to tribe; copies of documents relating to cases of the Cherokee Nation before the Indian Claims Commission; correspondents include Ed Edmondson and B. D. Timmons, Chairman of American Indian Institute at the University of Oklahoma.

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April-June; distribution of funds awarded to tribe; sanitation and water program in Adair and Delaware Counties; assistance to constituents; eligibility for veterans' pensions; attorneys' fees; correspondents include Ed Edmondson, Stewart Udall, and W. W. Keeler.

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July-December; assistance to constituents; distribution of funds awarded to tribe; eligibility for veterans' pensions; attempt of Cherokee Indian Weavers Association to obtain a loan; attorneys' fees; correspondents include Ed Edmondson, Department of the Treasury, Cherokee Executive Committee, Cherokee Indian Weavers Association, W. W. Keeler.

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Assistance to constituents.

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Attorneys' fees; Choctaw Termination Act; copy of letter from Ed Edmondson to Wayne Aspinall; copy of H.R. 12355, amending the Choctaw Termination Act; distribution of money awarded to tribe; correspondents include Harry J. W. Belvin.

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Copy of findings of fact and opinion of the Indian Claims Commission in case of Crow tribe, involving the issue of expert witnesses' fees.

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Possible establishment of Indian memorial in Oklahoma; possible establishment of American Indian Day; correspondents include Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes.

Scope and Contents January-April; assistance to constituents; Bureau of Indian Affairs personnel at Minneapolis Area Office; possible closure and use of facilities of Shawnee Indian Sanatorium; distribution of funds awarded to Seminole Nation; water and sanitation facilities in Cherokee County; various concerns of the Iowa, Mexican Kickapoo, Citizen Potawatomi, Sac and Fox, and Absentee Shawnee tribes; appropriations for Indian Health Division; facilities and parking lot for Pawnee Area Field Office; use of...

Scope and Contents May-December; leasing of Indian medical clinic space in Canton; assistance to constituents; adult education programs; assignment of Dr. Carruth Wagner as chief of Division of Indian Health; Delaware Silverlake Cemetery near Bartlesville; compensation for acquisition of land in South Dakota by the government; distribution of funds awarded to Pawnee tribe; closing of Santa Fe Indian School; use of facilities of Shawnee Indian Sanatorium; bankruptcy of restricted Indians; alcoholism,...

Scope and Contents Assistance to constituents; membership in Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribal Business Committee; appointment of delegate to represent Comanche Tribal Business Committee in Washington; request by Robert Goombi, Philemon Berry, and others that Area Director Will Pitner be transferred or removed; use of buildings and land of Kiowa Indian Agency Reserve; information on attempts of Comanche tribe to separate from Kiowa and Apache tribes; correspondents include Comanche Tribal Business...