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Letter From Senator Langer To Floyd Montlcair Regarding Per Capita Payments To The Fort Berthold Indians, September 11, 1946, William Langer
Letter From Senator Langer To Floyd Montlcair Regarding Per Capita Payments To The Fort Berthold Indians, September 11, 1946, William Langer
William Langer Papers
This letter dated September 11, 1946, from United States (US) Senator William Langer to Floyd Montclair of the National American Indian Association, marks the receipt of Montclair’s letter from August 27, 1946. Langer calls Montclair’s attention to the distribution of “the four hundred thousand dollars awarded to the Fort Berthold Indians” by citing the Interior Appropriation Bill (US Public Law 478) along with the provision of HR 1095 (US Public Law 467), along with how this money will be distributed through the US Treasury. Langer says there “is no provision by law” that would distribute this money per capita, although …
Letter From Floyd Montclair To Senator Langer And William Brophy Regarding Per Capita Payments To Fort Berthold Indians, August 27, 1946, Floyd Montclair
Letter From Floyd Montclair To Senator Langer And William Brophy Regarding Per Capita Payments To Fort Berthold Indians, August 27, 1946, Floyd Montclair
William Langer Papers
This letter dated August 27, 1946, from Floyd Montclair of the National American Indian Association to United States (US) Senator William Langer and US Commissioner of Indian Affairs William Brophy, draws attention to Langer and Brophy to the “per capita payment to each individual Indian entitled thereto,” as called forth by the US Congress and introduced by US Congressperson Usher Burdick. The payment is a $400,000 award. Montclair proposes this money could be drawn from the US Treasury or the First National Bank for remittance to the Fort Berthold Indians along with how a Tribal Council represents the will of …