Correspondence Regarding the Sale of Choctaw-Chickasaw Tribal Timber Lands in 1937
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_053_12_10_63_0020
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Correspondence Regarding the Sale of Choctaw-Chickasaw Tribal Timber Lands in 1937
- Date Created:
- 1937-07-05
- EDTF:
- 1937-07-05
- 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:
- Senator Elmer Thomas received a letter from William Zimmerman, Jr. of the Office of Indian Affairs in response to a protest by Walter Colbert regarding the sale of Choctaw-Chickasaw tribal timber lands. Zimmerman explains that due to the impracticality of properly administering the scattered lands, it is in the tribes' best interest to sell them to the highest bidder. Senator Thomas had requested information on the reasons for the sale, and Zimmerman provided a detailed explanation.
- Names:
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Chickasaw Nation
- Topic:
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma
- Congress:
- 75th (1937-1939)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_053_12_10_63_0000, Box 63, Folder 20, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- United States (nation), Oklahoma (state)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 5 Pages
