Choctaw Nation

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.

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.

The document contains a letter from concerned Choctaw citizens from Bryan County to Representative Clem McSpadden regarding concerns about the welfare of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harp of Bennington, Oklahoma, who were being sued by the Principal Chief of the Choctaws Mr. J. H. Belvin and Mr. James Monroe Harrelson. A postscript adds that it had been six weeks since the judge was to pronounce a verdict but the Harps had not been informed.

The document contains a letter from concerned Choctaw citizens from Bryan County to Representative David Towell regarding concerns about the welfare of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harp of Bennington, Oklahoma, who were being sued by the Principal Chief of the Choctaws Mr. J. H. Belvin and Mr. James Monroe Harrelson. A postscript adds that it had been six weeks since the judge was to pronounce a verdict but the Harps had not been informed.

The document contains a letter from concerned Choctaw citizens from Bryan County to Representative Yvonne Burke regarding concerns about the welfare of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harp of Bennington, Oklahoma, who were being sued by the Principal Chief of the Choctaws Mr. J. H. Belvin and Mr. James Monroe Harrelson. A postscript adds that it had been six weeks since the judge was to pronounce a verdict but the Harps had not been informed.

The document contains a note from SS and a letter from Acting Director John A. Deering of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration stating that the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism recommended approval of the Choctaw alcoholism grant application however the funds for fiscal year 1976 had not been apportioned yet but were expected by the end of February.

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.

Audio recording of the life of Ellis Carnes, Choctaw elder of Bentley, Oklahoma, in her own words.

Transcription of an audio recording of the life of Ellis Carnes, Choctaw elder of Bentley, Oklahoma, in her own words. Translated by Dorothy Gibson-Van Horn.