Per Capita Payments for Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes: A Promise of Support from Carl Albert, M.C.
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_001_4_6_58_0006
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Per Capita Payments for Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes: A Promise of Support from Carl Albert, M.C.
- Date Created:
- 1949-01-24
- EDTF:
- 1949-01-24
- Creator:
- Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000
- 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:
- Mr. McClure wrote a letter to Congressman Carl Albert regarding the per capita payments to members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes for the sale of their coal and asphalt lands. Congressman Albert reassured Mr. McClure that he would work to secure the full amount of $8,500,000 for these payments in a supplemental appropriation bill during the current session of Congress. Mr. McClure expressed his gratitude and hoped that Congressman Albert would act in the best interest of the tribes.
- Policy Area:
- Native Americans, Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Names:
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Chickasaw Nation
- Topic:
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma
- Congress:
- 81st (1949-1951)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_1_4_6_58_0000, Box, 6, 58, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 Pages
