Payment Dispute over Native American Lands: A Letter to Mr. Roy Powell
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_001_4_6_77_0011
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Payment Dispute over Native American Lands: A Letter to Mr. Roy Powell
- Date Created:
- 1949-07-05
- EDTF:
- 1949-07-05
- 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 letter is from Carl Albert, a congressman, to Roy Powell regarding the delayed payments to the Choctaws and Chickasaws for coal and asphalt lands they sold to the government. Albert assures Powell that payments will be made soon, and expresses frustration with the Indian Service for their slow progress. Powell expresses his eagerness to receive the payment and urges Albert to hurry the process along.
- Names:
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Chickasaw Nation
- Topic:
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma, Indians of North America--Claims
- Congress:
- 81st (1949-1951)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_1_4_6_77_0000, Box, 6, 77, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- United States (nation), Oklahoma (state)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 Pages