Urgent Need for Indian Health Center in Nowata: Correspondence and Request for Add-On Appropriation
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_009_1_36_17_0004
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Urgent Need for Indian Health Center in Nowata: Correspondence and Request for Add-On Appropriation
- Date Created:
- 1974-06-17
- EDTF:
- 1974-06-17
- Creator:
- Belvin, Harry J.W., 1900-1986
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- John N. "Happy" Camp Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/261
- Description:
- The document is a series of correspondence between various individuals regarding the need for a health center in Nowata, Oklahoma for the Indian population. The Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation, Harry J. W. Belvin, is seeking support from the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation to secure funding for the center. The General Manager of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee, H. A. Secondine, also expresses the need for the health center to reduce the number of outpatients at the Claremore Indian Hospital. The goal is to obtain an Add-On to the appropriation of Public Law 86-121 to fund the Nowata Health Center.
- Policy Area:
- Native Americans
- Names:
- Delaware Tribe of Indians, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Osage Tribe, Oklahoma
- Topic:
- Indians of North America--United States
- Congress:
- 93rd (1973-1975)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_9_1_0000, Box 36, Folder 17, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- United States (nation), Oklahoma (state)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 8 Pages
