Joe Simon, on behalf of the Pottawatomie Indian tribe of Mayetta, Kansas, is filing claims for treaties made between the tribe and the United States government. He alleges that deceptive methods were used to obtain a majority vote to commutate perpetual annuities, resulting in a loss of approximately twenty four thousand dollars per annum. The commutation was sponsored by F.C. Campbell, who was far removed from the affected tribe.

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Filing of Treaty Claims for the Pottawatomie Indian Tribe: A Letter to the Secretary of Interior, 1936

Identifier:
CAC_CC_053_12_10_53_0019
Contributing Institution:
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Title:
Filing of Treaty Claims for the Pottawatomie Indian Tribe: A Letter to the Secretary of Interior, 1936
Date Created:
1935-01-01
EDTF:
1935-01-01
Creator:
unknown
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Language:
eng
Record Type:
correspondence
Collection:
John William "Elmer" Thomas Collection
Collection Finding Aid:
https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/47
Description:
Joe Simon, on behalf of the Pottawatomie Indian tribe of Mayetta, Kansas, is filing claims for treaties made between the tribe and the United States government. He alleges that deceptive methods were used to obtain a majority vote to commutate perpetual annuities, resulting in a loss of approximately twenty four thousand dollars per annum. The commutation was sponsored by F.C. Campbell, who was far removed from the affected tribe.
Topic:
Indians of North America--Oklahoma
Congress:
74th (1935-1937)
Physical Location:
CAC_CC_053_12_10_53_0000, Box 53, Folder 19, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
Location Represented:
Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
Type:
Text
Extent:
1 Page