Public Lands and Natural Resources---Legislative Policy Area

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Correspondences and enclosed documents supporting HR 9219 and HR11890 relating to certain lands held in trust for the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and Citizen Band of Potawatomi Indians of Oklahoma

Scope and Contents The correspondence is a series of correspondence regarding a dispute within the Pawnee Indian Tribe in Oklahoma regarding the composition of the Pawnee Business Council. The Secretary of the Interior has determined the valid representatives; and there is a pending petition for amendments to the tribal constitution and bylaws. The United States District Court has ruled in favor of the United States and the valid tribal president. The text emphasizes the need for unity and cooperation among...

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Office correspondence discussing the suspension of H.R. 11894 and amending certainn laws relating to the Osage Tribe of Oklahoma. The bill would amend a series of laws regarding tribal government, U.S. trusteeship, and mineral interest of the Osage Tribe in Oklahoma.

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Correspondence from L. B. Earp offering support of the Northeast Counties of Oklahoma Economic Development Association for house bill H.R. 5057 regarding the transfer of certain government held land to the Inter-Tribal Council

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Supporting documents to re-draw the boundaries of the Gran Canyon National Park which surrounds the Havasupai Reservation

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Supporting documents concerning the 1836 Treaty of Cedars, vast acreages of its land and timber to the United States