Concerned Choctaw Indians: Seeking Justice and Equality
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_001_4_111_37_0002
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Concerned Choctaw Indians: Seeking Justice and Equality
- Date Created:
- 1973-06-14
- EDTF:
- 1973-06-14
- 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:
- Katherine Monroy, a descendant of full-blood Choctaw Indians, is writing a letter expressing distress over a lawsuit that threatens her family's restricted Indian land. The lawsuit, brought by non-Indian neighbors and the Chief of the Choctaw Nation, aims to gain control of fences on her property through adverse possession. Monroy believes the lawsuit is unjust and highlights the moral implications of the Chief of the Choctaw Nation supporting a legal action that benefits white individuals at the expense of Native American land rights.
- Policy Area:
- Native Americans
- Names:
- Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Topic:
- Indians of North America--United States
- Congress:
- 93rd (1973-1975)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_001_4_0000, Box 111, Folder 37, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 Pages