90th Congress - 1967-01-03 to 1969-01-03

Scope and Contents The text contains a photocopy of the 1967 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1967, by the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on civil works activities related to rivers, harbors, flood control, beach erosion control, and related activities. It includes specific project data on the Broken Bow Reservoir in the Red River Basin, Oklahoma, detailing the existing project, local cooperation, and operations and results during the fiscal year. As of the report date, the project was 74...

Scope and Contents The document contains a pamphlet from March 1967 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, titled "Broken Bow Dam and Reservoir," a map of the Broken Bow Reservoir Public Use Areas, and a news clipping from the McCurtain Gazette. The pamphlet and map provide the project's geography, federal approval status, construction progress, description and features, information on recreation, and information on operation. The news clipping discusses challenges at the reservoir, such as...

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The House of Representatives has passed a bill for the per capita distribution of a $6 million Indian Claims Commission judgment to the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes. Each tribe member is estimated to receive approximately $400.00.

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A message is being sent regarding a contract awarded to Jess Powers Well Drilling Inc. for Indian home water wells in Oklahoma under Public Law 86-121. The message is being sent to various news outlets and political figures.

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...

Scope and Contents Congressman Carl Albert, Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, hosted a group of Indian students from Oklahoma at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. The students, ranging in age from 12 to 18, were from boarding schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. They were guests of Congressman Albert for lunch, attended a session of Congress, and toured the Capitol. The students were participating in a Youth Development Project sponsored by Southeastern State College, Durant....

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The House passed a bill to make $230,820 available to the Seminole tribe from funds currently on deposit in the treasury. The funds can be used as proposed by the Seminole General Council, pending approval from the Secretary of the Interior. The bill now goes to the Senate Interior Committee. The funds include money from a pre-statehood Seminole school fund and two Indian Claims Commission judgments related to land and lease sales in the past.

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Miss Wilma Louise Victor, a member of the Choctaw Indian tribe from McCurtain County, Oklahoma, received congratulations from her Congressman, Representative Carl Albert, for winning the Federal Woman's Award for her work in administering a program for disadvantaged Indian youth at Intermountain Indian School in Utah. She was recognized for her exceptional creative and executive ability.

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A news clipping announcing that Wilma Louie Victor, a Choctaw woman from Idabel, Oklahoma, was honored with the Federal Woman's Award for her exceptional work in administering a program for disadvantaged Native American youth at Intermountain Indian School in Utah.

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A speech given at the dedication ceremony of the PHS Indian Health Center, which highlights the contributions of Oklahoma's Native American population and discusses the importance of the newly established Public Health Service Indian Clinic.