Title: Request for Congressional Appropriation for Pawnee Indian Land Claim
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_047_1_5_51_0002
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Title: Request for Congressional Appropriation for Pawnee Indian Land Claim
- Date Created:
- 1946-01-01
- EDTF:
- 1946-01-01
- Creator:
- unknown
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- George B. Schwabe Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/37
- Description:
- The document is a correspondence regarding claims and funds owed to the Pawnee Indians. The amount due to the Pawnees is $6079.50, which could be settled through a Congressional appropriation. The Pawnee Tribe currently has a balance of $1114.42 in the Treasury. A resolution has been sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting a bill be presented in Congress to appropriate funds for the land described in the resolution. The value of the land is set at $25000.00.
- Policy Area:
- Native Americans
- Names:
- Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, Creek Nation, Cherokee Nation
- Topic:
- Land use--Planning, Indians of North America--Claims
- Congress:
- 79th (1945-1947)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_47_1_0000, Box 5, Folder 51, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 Pages
