Seminole Nation

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This document contains correspondence regarding the report of Mr. W. A. Ames, Executive Director of the Muskogee Area Arts and Crafts Program for the calendar year of 1972 and budget request for fiscal year 1974.

Scope and Contents This Department of the Interior News Release announced that ninety Native American children from boarding schools in Arizona and Oklahoma would visit Washington, D.C. as part of a program funded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Navajo children would be performing traditional and modern American choral music and dances, while the Oklahoma students, members of the Five Civilized Tribes, would participate in a Youth Development Project. The goal of the program was to...

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The document contains a letter written by Senator James Abourezk and Congressman Lloyd Meeds to Congressman Carl Albert, news clippings, and a memorandum of call by Vivian Vahlberg regarding the proposal to amend the Bureau of Indian Affairs' preference regulations.

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A letter from the Secretary of the Interior to Congressman Carl Albert suggesting solutions to the issue of Indian preference employment, offering a three-year period for members of closed tribes such as the Five Civilized Tribes and the Osage Tribe to be eligible for preference if they have at least one-quarter ancestry.

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A letter from the secretary of the Interior to Congressman Carl Albert addressing the issue of Indian preference employment and the requirement of a half-blood standard for certain tribes.

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The document contains a marked-up copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Interior to Chairman Robert E. Hampton of the United States Civil Service Commission requesting a modification in the definition of "Indian" for the purpose of implementing a preference in employment of "Indians."

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A memorandum from Reid Peyton Chambers, Associate Solicitor of Indian Affairs, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding the proposed definition change for "Indian" for the purpose of employment preference and highlighting the ambiguity of phrasing regarding descendants and members.

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A note from S.S. stating that Governor Overton James of the Chickasaw Nation called regarding the Bureau of Indian Affairs requirement that the Five Civilized Tribes show proof of 1/2 blood while all other tribes only require 1/4 blood for preference in employment.

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82nd (1951-1953)

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This folder contains press releases about legislation H. R. 6515, relating to the rehabilitation of the Five Civilized Tribes, and H. R. 6209, relating to commutation of treaty obligations to per capita payments for the Choctaw Tribe.