/CAC_CC_001_4_100_24_0000%20--%20Interior%20-%20Bureau%20of%20Indian%20Affairs%20-%20Arkansas%20Riverbed,%201972/Thumbnails/CAC_CC_001_4_100_24_0007_thumbnail.jpg "The Choctaw-Chickasaw-Cherokee Boundary Dispute Act")
The Choctaw-Chickasaw-Cherokee Boundary Dispute Act
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_001_4_100_24_0007
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- The Choctaw-Chickasaw-Cherokee Boundary Dispute Act
- Date Created:
- 1972-08-01
- EDTF:
- 1972-08-01
- Creator:
- unknown
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- Carl Albert Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/146
- Description:
- The document is an Act that determines the rights and interests of the Choctaw Nation, Chickasaw Nation, and Cherokee Nation in the bed of the Arkansas River and lands in Oklahoma. The Act allows the tribes to bring suit against each other to determine beneficial title, with the United States consenting to the litigation. The Secretary of the Interior will administer the land according to the judicial determination. The Act also allows for appeals to the Supreme Court and for settlement agreements to be made between the parties. It is declared that the Act does not determine the merits of conflicting claims to the land.
- Names:
- Chickasaw Nation, Cherokee Nation, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Topic:
- Indians of North America--United States
- Congress:
- 92nd (1971-1973)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_001_4_100_24_7, Box 100, Folder 24, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- United States (nation), Oklahoma (state)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 3 Pages
