Update on Choctaw and Chickasaw Land Payments
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_001_4_6_66_0007
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Update on Choctaw and Chickasaw Land Payments
- Date Created:
- 1949-06-04
- EDTF:
- 1949-06-04
- 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. and Mrs. Rockman wrote a letter to Congressman Carl Albert inquiring about the appropriation for payment of Choctaw and Chickasaw segregated coal and asphalt lands. Congressman Albert responded, informing them that Congress passed a bill including $8,500,000 for payment of these lands on a per capita basis to enrolled members of the tribes. He assured them that the payments would be made as soon as possible and offered his assistance in the future.
- 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_66_0000, Box, 6, 66, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 Pages