Plea for Payment: Choc-Chic Coal and Asphalt Lands
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_001_4_6_58_0014
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Plea for Payment: Choc-Chic Coal and Asphalt Lands
- Date Created:
- 1949-02-19
- EDTF:
- 1949-02-19
- 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:
- The document is a series of letters regarding the payment of money to Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes for the sale of coal and asphalt lands to the government. The documents discuss the process of appropriation and distribution of the funds, as well as a petition from enrolled members of the tribes requesting full payment. Congressman Carl Albert is involved in advocating for the tribes' interests in these matters.
- Policy Area:
- Native Americans, Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Names:
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Chickasaw Nation
- Topic:
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma
- Congress:
- 80th (1947-1949)
- 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:
- United States (nation), Oklahoma (state)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 10 Pages
