Box 11: Immigration (1948) -- Indian Affairs (1952).
F 1: Immigration (1948-1949).
Manual on the Immigration Laws of the United States by Abram Orlow; Americanizing Our Immigration Laws by American Jewish Committee; correspondence concerning displaced people. Correspondents include: American Hungarian Federation; Council of Free Czechoslovakia.
F 2: Immigration (1950-1951).
Correspondence especially concerning legislation for displaced persons, particularly the Kilgore Bill; copy of S. 1858: To permit the admission of alien spouses and minor children of citizen members of the United States Armed Forces (1950); Public Law 81-717; copy of H.R. 4567: To amend the Displaced Persons Act of 1948 (1950); Public Law 81-555; copy of H.R. 9780: To provide the privilege of becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States to all aliens having a legal right to permanent residence (1950); House Report on H.R. 9780; copy of S. 552: To amend Public Law 717 of the Eighty-first Congress to permit the admission of alien spouses and minor children of citizen members of the United States Armed Forces (1951); Senate Report on S. 552; copy of S. 728: To amend section 174.1, Chapter 1, Title 8, of the Code of Federal Regulations, relating to control pursuant to the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, of persons entering the United States (1951); Senate Report on S. 728; copy of S. 748: To permit Chinese students to remain in this country for a period of three years (1951); copy of H.R. 1090: To extend the period for the admission of alien spouses and minor children of citizen members of the United States Armed Forces (1950); Public Law 82-6; copy of H.R. 2339: To clarify the immigration status of certain aliens (1950); Public Law 82-14; copy of H.R. 3576: To amend the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, as amended (1951); Public Law 82-60; Administration of section 22 of the Internal Security Act of 1950 as printed by the Committee on the Judiciary; progress report on subversive and illegal aliens in the United States; In Search of Haven: The Story of Czechoslovak Refugees by the Council of Free Czechoslovakia.
F 3: Immigration, Correspondence (1952).
Correspondence concerning passage of the McCarran-Walter or Humphrey-Lehman bills. Correspondents include: American Friends Service Committee; Pat McCarran; Samuel A. Boosting; Hubert H. Humphrey; Ernest W. McFarlane; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution; Julian Rothbaum.
F 4: Immigration, Legislation (1952).
Copy of S. Con. Res. 72: To record congressional approval in accordance with Public Law 863 of the Eightieth Congress of suspension of deportation in certain cases in which the Attorney General had suspended deportation for more than 6 months; Senate Report on S. Con. Res. 72; copy of S. 1851: An act to assist in preventing aliens form entering or remaining in the United States illegally; House Conference Report on S. 1851; copy of S. 2549: To provide relief for the sheep-raising industry by making special quota immigration visas available to certain alien sheepherders; Public Law 82-307; copy of S. 2550: To revise the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and nationality; Senate Report on S. 2550; copy of H.R. 401: To amend the Nationality Act of 1940; copy of H.R. 5678: To revise the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and nationality; House Report on H.R. 5678; Public Law 82-414.
F 5: Immigration (1953-1955).
Public Law 83-162, created from H.J. Res. 228: To permit the entry of five hundred eligible orphans under ten years of age, adopted abroad or to be adopted in the United States by citizens serving abroad in the United State Armed Forces or employed abroad by the United States Government (1953); Public Law 83-86, created from H.R. 4233: To provide for the naturalization of persons serving in the Armed Forces of the United States after June 24, 1950 (1953); Public Law 83-203, created from H.R. 6481: For the relief of certain refugees and orphans (1953); copy of S. 3005: To amend the Refugee Act of 1953 (1954); copy of S. Con. Res. 61: Favoring the suspension of deportation of certain aliens (1954); copy of S. 519: To make certain changes in the Immigration and Nationality Act (1955); copy of S. 2113: To amend the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as amended (1955); copy of S. 2149: To amend the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 so as to relax certain requirements of qualifying under such Act (1955); first and second semiannual reports of the administrator of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953; Refugee Relief Act of 1953 with amendments of August 1954; correspondence concerning immigration legislation, especially the McCarran Act. Correspondents include: William Langer.
F 6: Immigration (1956-1959).
Copy of H.J. Res. 616: For the relief of certain aliens (1956); message from Dwight D. Eisenhower; Private Law 84-785; copy of S. 2792: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act (1957); Senate Report on S. 2792; Public Law 85-316; copy of S. Con. Res. 67: Favoring the suspension of deportation in the cases of certain aliens (1958); House Report on S. Con. Res. 67; Senate Report on H.R. 11874: To record the lawful admission for permanent residence of certain aliens who entered the United States prior to June 28, 1940 (1958); copy of H.R. 5896: To provide for the entry of certain relatives of United States citizens and lawfully resident aliens (1959); Senate Report on H.R. 5896; Public Law 86-363; correspondence especially concerning the McCarran-Walter Act and the adoption of international orphans.
F 7: Immigration (1960-1962).
Correspondence concerning denial of passports to communists and subversives; correspondence concerning S. 3225 re: liberalization of the quota system; Orphans Bill.
F 8: Indian Affairs (1948).
Correspondence concerning H.R. 5491 re: tribal affairs of Osage Indians; Public Law 80-754, created from S.J. Res. 203: Providing for the ratification by Congress of a contract for the purchase of certain lands and mineral deposits by the United States from the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians. Correspondents include: W. G. Stigler.
F 9: Indian Affairs (1949).
Statement by Yakima tribe in support of Yakima Trust Fund Bill; fractionated Indian heirship lands; museum at Klukwan, Alaska; sale of land on Standing Pine Reservation; Seneca tribal affairs; Indian health; tribal funds; copy of S. 187: Providing for the settlement of certain obligations of the United States to the Indians of the Six Nations of New York; Senate Report on S. 187; copy of S. 192: To confer jurisdiction on the courts of the State of New York with respect to civil actions between Indians or to which Indians are parties; copy of S. 806: Authorizing the erection of a monument to Sacajawea; copy of S. 929: To provide for disposition and use of funds held in trust for Indian Tribes; copy of S. 1383: To promote the rehabilitation of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of Indians and better utilization of the resources of the Sisseton Reservation; copy of S. 1564: To transfer control over Indian tribal funds to Indian tribes; copy of S. 1633: To transfer control over Indian tribal funds to the Indian tribes; copy of S. 1682: To promote the economic recovery of the Blackfeet Indians and better utilization of the resources of the Blackfeet Reservation; copy of S. 1690: To promote the rehabilitation of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation and the better utilization of the resources of the Rocky Boy's Reservation; copy of S. 1691: To promote the Rehabilitation of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of Indians and the better utilization of the resources of the Fort Belknap Reservation; copy of S. 1830: To provide for a determination of the assistance needed for the economic rehabilitation of the Crow Indian Tribe; copy of S. 2404: Authorizing an appropriation for the construction, extension, and improvement of a county hospital at Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide facilities for the treatment of Indians; copy of H.R. 1755: To authorize a $100 per capita payment to members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the Red Lake Reservation; copy of H.R. 3659: To authorize the President to proclaim the Wyandotte Indian Cemetery at Kansas City, Kansas, the Wyandotte National Monument; copy of H.R. 3974: To promote the rehabilitation of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of Indians and better utilization of the resources of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation; copy of H.R. 4353: To amend section 2 of the act of January 29, 1942 (56 stat. 21), relating to the refund of taxes illegally paid by Indian citizens; House Report on H.R. 4353; copy of H.R. 5936: Authorizing an appropriation for the construction, extension, and improvement of a county hospital at Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide facilities for the treatment of Indians. Correspondents include: Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Oliver LaFarge of the Association on American Indian Affairs; William Langer; National Congress of American Indians.
F 10: Indian Affairs, California (1949).
Copy of S. 2152: To confer jurisdiction on the state of California over the lands and residents of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in said state; copy of H.R. 554 re: improvement and construction of school buildings in Hoopa, California; mission Indians; Agua Caliente Reservation; claims. Correspondents include: Joseph C. O'Mahoney.
F 11: Indian Affairs, Competency (1949).
Menominee Indians; Caddo Indians of Oklahoma. Correspondents include: Oliver LaFarge of the Association on American Indian Affairs.
F 12: Indian Affairs, Land (1949).
Copy of S. 477: To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue to Winfred DeCoteau a patent in fee to certain land; copy of S. 1021: Restoring to tribal ownership certain lands upon the Colville Indian Reservation, Washington; copy of S. 2141: To authorize the United States to purchase restricted lands of individual Indians; copy of S. 2329: To grant to the Ute Indians the right to retain certain tribal property rights taken by the Act of June 28, 1938; copy of H.R. 1892: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to certain Indian Lands in Lake County, Montana; study by the Department of the Interior on H.R. 1892; copy of H.R. 1976: To authorize the sale of certain allotted inherited land on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana; study by the Department of the Interior on H.R. 1976; copy of H.R. 2432: Restoring to tribal ownership certain lands upon the Colville Indian Reservation, Washington; House Report on H.R. 2432; copy of H.R. 3396: To amend the law relating to timber operations on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin; study by the Department of the Interior on H.R. 3396; copy of H.R. 3616: Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to lands allotted to Lulu Two Spears Iron Bird to 157 acres of land on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Senate Report on H.R. 3616; Copy of H.R. 4942: To regulate the collection and disbursement of moneys realized from leases made by the Seneca Nation of Indians of New York; House Report on H.R. 4942; copy of H.R. 5099: To authorize the United States to purchase restricted land of individual Indians. Correspondents include: Indian Rights Association; Confederated Tribes of Colville Reservation; Chan Gurney; New Mexico Association on Indian Affairs.
F 13: Indian Affairs, Navajo and Hopi (1949).
Remarks by Antonio M. Fernandez; report on relief efforts of Red Cross on Navajo and Hopi reservations; petition on behalf of Indians of New Mexico and Arizona from Association on American Indian Affairs; Senate Report on S. 1407: To promote the rehabilitation of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes of Indians and the better utilization of the resources of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations; copy of H.R. 5208: To promote the rehabilitation of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes of Indians and the better utilization of the resources of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations; House Report on H.R. 5208. Correspondents include: National Congress of American Indians; Association on American Indian Affairs; John Collier; American Civil Liberties Union; Indian Rights Association; Harold L. Ickes; Antonio M. Fernandez; Bureau of Indian Affairs.
F 14: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma (1949).
Land of Fort Sill Indian School; Quapaw Agency; copy of H.R. 4877: To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma of proceedings to condemn certain real property title to which is in the United States, same being held in trust by the United States for the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian Tribes in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Correspondents include: Real Indian Society; N. B. Johnson; Jasper Saunkeah of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribal Council; Albert Attocknie.
F 15: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Cheyenne and Arapaho (1949).
Fort Reno land; transfer of Fort Reno land from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Justice; copy of H.R. 6114: To set aside certain lands in Oklahoma, formerly a part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation, and known as the Fort Reno Military Reservation, for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma; House and Senate Reports on H.R. 6114; part two of Report 2246 (minority views on H.R. 6114). Correspondents include: Kish Hawkins (chief of the Cheyenne).
F 16: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Five Civilized Tribes (1949).
Eufaula Boarding School; poverty; restrictions on inherited land; rehabilitation of tribes; copy of S. 2593: To authorize the commutation of the annual appropriation for fulfilling various treaties with the Choctaw Nation of Indians in Oklahoma; copy of H.R. 6189: To authorize the commutation of the annual appropriation for fulfilling various treaties with the Choctaw Nation of Indians in Oklahoma; copy of H.R. 6515: To provide for the rehabilitation of the Five Civilized Tribes of eastern Oklahoma; coal and asphalt land of Choctaws and Chickasaws. Correspondents include: W. G. Stigler; Floyd E. Maytubby; and Harry J. W. Belvin.
F 17: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Osage (1949).
Land; tribal rolls; copy of S. 1719: To amend section 3 of the Act of Congress approved June 28, 1906, relating to the Osage Indians of Oklahoma; copy of S. 2423: To amend section 7 of the Act of February 27, 1925 (43 stat. 1008), relating to the Osage Indians of Oklahoma; Public Law 81-745; copy of H.R. 5914: To provide for the leasing of lands and real estate of members of the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma who do not have certificates of competency. Correspondents include: Fred Lookout; Osage Tribal Council; United Osages of Southern California; Julius Krug (secretary of the interior).
F 18: Indian Affairs, Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation (1949).
Land; statement by James E. Curry (attorney for Paiutes) opposing S. 17 on transferring Paiute land to private individuals. Correspondents include: Paiute Tribal Council; Association on American Indian Affairs; Indian Rights Association; National Congress of American Indians; General Federation of Women's Clubs; Choctaw-Chickasaw Federation; Roly Canard (chief of the Creek Nation); Harry J. W. Belvin (chief of the Choctaw Nation); George H. Roberts (president of Pawnee Business Council); Council of Peoria Indians.
F 19: Indian Affairs (1950).
Seneca Indians; copy of H.J. Res. 490: To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the respective tribes, bands, and groups of Indians under his jurisdiction to determine their qualifications to manage their own affairs without supervision and control by the federal government; House and Senate Reports on H.J. Res. 490. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Department of Health; Native American Church; Indians of California, Inc.
F 20: Indian Affairs, Land (1950).
Paiute Indians; restricted lands; Palm Springs Indians; copy of S. 2086: Transferring management of certain public lands from the Agriculture Department to the Fort Sill Indian School in Oklahoma for agriculture uses; Public Law 81-612; copy of S. 3303: To amend the Act of October 29, 1949, Public Law 437, Eighty-First Congress, entitled "An Act to vest title to certain lands of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, in the United States, and to provide compensation therefor," and to add to said Act certain supplemental provisions; copy of H.R. 5098: To authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases; Senate Report on H.R. 5098; copy of H.R. 6640: To amend an act entitled "An Act relating to the disposition of public lands of the United States situated in the state of Oklahoma between the Cimarron base line and the north boundary of the State of Texas," approved August 7, 1946; House Report on H.R. 6640 Correspondents include: National Congress of American Indians; Oklahoma State Society.
F 21: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Cheyenne and Arapaho (1950).
Transfer of Fort Reno lands to Cheyenne and Arapaho; copy of H.R. 6114: To set aside certain lands in Oklahoma, formerly a part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation, and known as the Fort Reno Military Reservation, for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma; Senate Report on H.R. 6114; minority views on H.R. 6114. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Farm Bureau; Jess Rowlodge of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
F 22: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Five Civilized Tribes (1950).
Copy of H.R. 6209: To authorize the commutation of the annual appropriation for fulfilling various treaties with the Choctaw Nation of Indians in Oklahoma; House Report on H.R. 6209; Public Law 81-747; copy of H.R. 9219: To promote the rehabilitation of the Five Civilized Tribes and other Indians of eastern Oklahoma. Correspondents include: Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Harry J. W. Belvin (chief of the Choctaw Nation); Floyd E. Maytubby (governor of the Chickasaw Nation).
F 23: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Osage (1950).
Inheritance; resolution of Osage Tribal Council re: termination; copy of S. 2423: To amend section 7 of the Act of February 27, 1925 (43 stat. 1008), relating to the Osage Indians of Oklahoma; Public Law 81-745. Correspondents include: United Osage Indians of California.
F 24: Indian Affairs (1951).
Sale of alcoholic beverages to Indians; aid to Navajo; tribal enrollment; copy of H.J. Res. 8: To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the respective tribes, bands, and groups of Indians under his jurisdiction to determine their qualifications to manage their own affairs without supervision and control by the federal government; copy of H.J. Res. 210: To provide a one-year extension of the five-year limitation on the time for presenting Indian claims to the Indian Claims Commission. Resolution; copy of H.R. 1043: To provide for medical services to non-Indians in Indian hospitals; House Report on H.R. 1043; copy of H.R. 1632: To authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases. Correspondents include: W. G. Stigler; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.
F 25: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma (1951).
Osage Indians; resolution from Oklahoma Legislature regarding filing of claims before Indian Claims Commission; Otoe and Missouria claim and request for tribal incorporation; allotments; copy of H.R. 1631: To set aside certain lands in Oklahoma, formerly a part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation, and known as the Fort Reno Military Reservation, for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma; copy of H.R. 2137: Authorizing the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma, through its business committee, to sell and convey, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Wyandotte Indian public burial ground in Kansas City, Kansas.
F 26: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Five Civilized Tribes (1951).
Leased District fund for Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations; Cherokee tribal affairs; election of Floyd E. Maytubby as governor of Chickasaw Nation; election of Choctaw chief; copy of H.R. 1788: To authorize the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole Tribes of Indians to make contracts with approval of the Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized representative, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe; House Report on H.R. 1788; Appeals Docket Number 7 before the Indian Claims Commission in the United States Court of Claims. Correspondents include: Choctaw-Chickasaw Confederation; Harry J. W. Belvin (chief of Choctaw Nation); W. O. Roberts.
F 27: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Muskogee Office (1951).
Correspondence concerning reduction in personnel (probate attorneys and farm management supervisors) at Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Muskogee. Correspondents include: Raymond Gary; Reuel Little; Harry J. W. Belvin (chief of Choctaw Nation).
F 28: Indian Affairs (1952).
Ponca tribal government; American Indian Exposition; Jim Thorpe; pamphlet on leasing tribal lands for mining; selection of Seminole chief. Correspondents include: Robert Goombi; Governors' Interstate Indian Council.
F 29: Indian Affairs, Claims (1952).
F 30: Indian Affairs, Education (1952).
Jones Academy; vocational training for adult Indians; copy of H.R. 8145 re: Indian children and Public Laws 81-874 and 81-815; Johnson-O'Malley. Correspondents include: Governors' Interstate Indian Council; Oklahoma State Department of Public Instruction.
F 31: Indian Affairs, Health (1952).
Care of Indian patients in Oklahoma mental health facilities; administration of Indian health service; copy of S. 2780: To transfer the administration of health services for Indians and the operation of Indian hospitals to the United States Public Health Service; copy of H.R. 1043: To provide for medical services to non-Indians in Indian hospitals; Public Law 82-291. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Board of Public Affairs; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Robert Goombi as general counsel for Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache.
F 32: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Five Civilized Tribes, Choctaw Chief (Jan. - May 1952).
Selection of Choctaw chief by ballot or appointment. Correspondents include: Floyd E. Maytubby (chief of Chickasaw Nation); Harry J. W. Belvin (chief of Choctaw Nation); H. E. Choc Wilkes.
F 33: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Five Civilized Tribes, Choctaw Chief (June - Nov. 1952).
Selection of Choctaw chief by ballot or appointment. Correspondents include: Association on American Indian Affairs; Harry J. W. Belvin (chief of Choctaw Nation); H. E. Choc Wilkes; Choctaw-Chickasaw Confederation.
F 34: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Five Civilized Tribes, Claims (1952).
Correspondence concerning claims from all the tribes including several letters on coal and asphalt payments and Leased District fund. Correspondents include: Choctaw-Chickasaw Confederation; W. E. "Dode" McIntosh.
F 35: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Land (1952).
Restricted land; inheritance issues; annexation of Osage land. Correspondents include: Paul Pitts (chief of the Osage).
F 36: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Land, Cheyenne and Arapaho (1952).
Issue of lands of Fort Reno; H.R. 1631: To set aside certain lands in Oklahoma, formerly a part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation, and known as the Fort Reno Military Reservation, for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma; House Report on H.R. 1631; hearings on H.R. 1631. Correspondents include: El Reno Chamber of Commerce.
F 37: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Land, Five Civilized Tribes (1952).
Kenwood Indian Reservation; restricted land.
F 38: Indian Affairs, Probate Attorney's Office (1952).
Moving probate office from Ardmore, Oklahoma, to Durant, Oklahoma.
F 39: Indian Affairs, Tribal Attorney Bill and Trusteeship over Indian Affairs (1952).
Resolution of Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma; statement by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Dillon S. Myer regarding testimony of Felix S. Cohen on H.R. 6035 re: law enforcement on Indian land; statement by Kerr on H.R. 1788 re: employment of attorneys by Five Civilized Tribes; Osage termination; National Congress of American Indians. Correspondents include: Paul Pitts (chief of the Osage); Clinton P. Anderson; W. G. Stigler.
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