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Authorizing Enrolled Members Of The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, N. Dak., To Acquire Trust Interests In Tribal Lands Of The Reservation, And For Other Purposes, United States Congress, Us Senate

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This report submitted by the United States (US) Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated September 1, 1959, was written to accompany Senate Bill 1352 which proposed (with the consent of the Three Affiliated Tribes tribal council) to authorize enrolled tribal members to acquire tribal lands. Many who were relocated due to the construction of the Garrison Dam did not have adequate funds to reestablish themselves in their new location. Since it is prohibited to sell the tribal lands of an organized tribe, US Senate Bill 1528 would allow for individual tribal members to purchase tribal land to establish …

Letter From Senator Langer To Fred Seaton Regarding Petition From Peter Starr, April 22, 1959, William Langer

William Langer Papers

This letter, dated April 22 from United States (US) Senator William Langer to Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton, refers to a petition Langer has received from Peter Starr of the Fort Berthold Reservation regarding alleged violations of tribal bylaws. Langer asks Seaton to advise him on what action he plans to take on the matter.

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Letter and Copies of Petition and Resolution from Peter Starr to Senator Langer, April 14, 1959

Letter From Senator Langer to Peter Starr Regarding Petition, April 22, 1959

Letter From Senator Langer To Peter Starr Regarding Petition, April 22, 1959, William Langer

William Langer Papers

This letter, dated April 22, 1959, from United States (US) Senator William Langer to Peter Starr of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold, North Dakota, makes reference to a copy of a petition Starr has recently sent to Langer. Langer replies that he has contacted Secretary of the US Department of the Interior Fred A. Seaton and Commissioner of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs Glenn L. Emmons regarding the matter, and will advise further as soon as he has received a report from them.

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Letter and Copies of Petition and Resolution from Peter Starr to Senator …

Memorandum From The Three Affiliated Tribes Regarding Credit Programs For The Fort Berthold Reservation, February 24, 1959, Harry Malloy

William Langer Papers

This memorandum dated February 24, 1959, from the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, gives account of the history of the Tribal Credit Program imposed by the United States (US) Bureau of Indian Affairs upon the Tribes. The memorandum covers issues such the unreasonable collection of outstanding loans, the revolving credit program of US Bureau of Indian Affairs, the freezing of new loans, the inability of the Three Affiliated Tribes to receive loans from places other than the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, the practice of garnishing per capita payments, the effects of the Garrison Dam on holding …

Letter From Senator Langer To James Hall, Sr. Regarding Tribal Resolution And Land Program, February 4, 1959, William Langer

William Langer Papers

This letter dated February 4, 1959, from United States (US) Senator William Langer to Fort Berthold Tribal Chairperson James Hall, Sr., expresses Langer's thanks for Hall's recent letter and its enclosed Tribal Resolution and Land Program.

Langer goes on to say that he has gone over the material very carefully and discussed it with the US Bureau of Indian Affairs and will do everything he can to help Hall with his program.

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 19: Archeological Investigations At The Site Of Fort Stevenson (32ml1), Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota, G. Hubert Smith, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 15: Historic Sites Archeology On The Upper Missouri, Merrill J. Mattes, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 16: Historic Sites Archeology In The Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota, John E. Mills, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles, with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 20: The Archeology Of A Small Trading Post (Kipp's Post 32mn1) In The Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota, Alan R. Woolworth, Raymond Wood, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 18: Fort Pierre Ii (39st217), A Historic Trading Post In The Oahe Dam Area, South Dakota, Hubert Smith, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles, with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …