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Corporate Charter Of The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Ratified April 24, 1937., Harold Ickes Aug 1937

Corporate Charter Of The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Ratified April 24, 1937., Harold Ickes

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This Corporate Charter, submitted April 1, 1937 by United States (US) Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes to the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation for ratification, lays out the corporate and economic rights of the Tribes as an autonomous group.

The charter was ratification by the Tribes on August 7, 1937 and certified by tribal chairman Arthur Mandan and superintendent in charge of the reservation W. R. Beyer.


Letter From Charles West Providing A Report On Us House Resolution 203, May 25, 1937, Charles West May 1937

Letter From Charles West Providing A Report On Us House Resolution 203, May 25, 1937, Charles West

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This letter dated May 25, 1937 from acting Secretary of the United States (US) Interior Charles West to Will Rogers, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the US House of Representatives, provides a report on US House Resolution 203 (H. R. 203) which is summarized here as "for relief of the Indians of the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota."

See also:

Agreement at Fort Berthold, 1866 and Addenda

Treaty of Fort Laramie with the Sioux, ETC., 1851