Box 140: Health, Education and Welfare (1976) - Interior (1976).
F 1: Health, Education and Welfare (1976). Swine Flu.
Correspondence: re: liability protection for drug manufacturers swine flu vaccine. Correspondents include: President Gerald R. Ford.
F 2: Health, Education and Welfare (1976). Tobacco.
Report: Public Health Service: "State Legislation on Smoking and Health 1975" (December 1975). 84 pages.
F 3: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Absentee Shawnee.
Correspondence: re: Two Absentee Shawnee HUD projects.
F 4: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Atoka.
a. Correspondence: re: low-rental housing in Atoka.
b. Office notes: re: housing eligibility for Atoka housing project.
F 5: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Choctaw County: Crowder and Hugo.
Correspondence: re: Hugo Community development project; Crowder's application for community development grant.
F 6: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Cushing.
Correspondence: re: Cushing's application for community development grant.
F 7: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Durant.
Correspondence: re: problems with Federally supported housing complex; proposed rent increase for government supported housing at Durant facility; alleged mismanagement of Durant housing project.
F 8: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Federal Disaster Assistance Administration.
Correspondence: re: Availability of funds to assist Civil Defense unites in equipment purchasing; assistance need for construction of storm shelter at Vamoosa.
F 9: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Flood Insurance.
Correspondence: re: relocation of families who live on Guthrie flood plan; flood plain management for Wister.
F 10: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). General.
a. Correspondence: re: installation of solar energy systems in private homes and buildings; nation's housing and community development needs; funding for Guthrie's Community Development Block Grant; housing projects; proposed rent increases in HUD supervised apartments. Correspondents include: Carla A. Hills.
b. Federal Register: HUD Register: HUD Department: "Community Development Block Grants - Eligible Activities" (January 19, 1976).
c. Report: HUD Department: "Ninth Report to Congress on the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act" (December 23, 1976). Cover Letter signed by Carla A. Hills.
F 11: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Grant Announcements.
Twenty-eight grant announcements.
F 12: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Indian Programs (general).
a. Correspondence: re: lack of Indian housing construction in Cotton County; proposal to transfer Indian housing responsibilities for Oklahoma from Dallas to Denver Regional Office; Indian housing problems; regulations on Indian housing programs.
b. Federal Register: HUD Department: "Low Income Housing - Indian Housing" (September 19, 1975).
c. Office note: re: Mill Creek Indian Housing project.
d. Copy of clipping: re: naming of Victor Looney as Executive Director of Chickasaw Housing Authority in Ada.
F 13: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Personnel.
Correspondence: re: expenditure of public funds in Ardmore and accounting of the funds.
F 14: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Publications.
Report: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: "ACIR State Legislative Program - Housing and Community Development" (December 1975). 196 pages.
F 15: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Red Oak.
a. Correspondence: re: Red Oak's application for Community Development Block Grant.
b. Office notes: re: Red Oak water system project.
c. Report: Ammerman, Butler and Thomas, Inc.: "Preliminary Engineering Report - Water Improvements, Red Oak, Oklahoma" (January 1976). 9 pages.
F 16: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Seminole County: Lima, Sasakwa and Wewoka.
Correspondence: re: Lima's sewage project; Sasakwa`s water system problems; Sasakwa`s application for Community Development Block Grant; Wewoka's application for low rent housing subsidies. Correspondents include: Jeff Johnston (OK).
F 17: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Spiro.
Correspondence: re: disaster assistance for Spiro. Correspondents include: Robert E. Jones (AL).
F 18: Housing and Urban Development, Department of (1976). Wynnewood.
Correspondence: re: Wynnewood's application for Community Development Block Grant. Correspondents include: Carla A. Hills.
F 19: Indian Claims Commission (1976).
Various Information: re: extension of Indian Claims Commission.
F 20: Interior, Department of the (1976). Appropriations.
a. Report: Department of the Interior: "Funds Programmed in Fiscal Years 1975, 1976, the Transition Quarter and 1977 in the Third Congressional District of Oklahoma" (1976).
b. News Release: Department of the Interior: "Interior's 1977 Budget Requests Reflect Increased Funding for Park Operations, Reclamation and Energy Activities" (January 21, 1976).
F 21: Interior, Department of the (1976). Coal.
a. Correspondence: re: amendments to Mineral Leasing Act of 1920; Federal Coal lease of General Portland, Inc.
b. Copies of clippings: re: lift of moratorium on strip mining; coal leasing.
c. News Release: Bureau of Land Management: "Interior Requests Specific Nominations for Federal Coal Lease Tracts" (June 1, 1976).
d. Various rules and regulations: re: coal leasing of Federal Lands.
e. News Release: Department of the Interior: "Interior Defines Test for Federal Preference Right Lease Application" (May 7, 1976).
f. Congressional Record (January 21, 1976).
g. H. R. 6721: "To amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, and for other purposes." (Patsy Mink - Hawaii). 94th Congress, 1st Session (1975). Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
h. House Report 94-681 (H. R. 6721): "To amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1921, and for other purposes." 94th Congress, 1st Session (1975).
F 22: Interior, Department of the (1976). Energy.
a. News Release: Department of the Interior: "Private Sector Must Provide Key to Nation's Energy Solutions, Kleppe Says" (May 4, 1976).
b. Report: Department of the Interior: "Energy Perspectives II" (June 1976). 224 pages.
F 23: Interior, Department of the (1976). Fish and Wildlife Service.
a. Correspondence: re: Oklahoma's National Hunting and Fishing Day.
b. Various copies of clippings: re: National Hunting and Fishing Day.
F 24: Interior, Department of the (1976). General.
a. Correspondence: re: Economic Resources Development Association of Oklahoma; publication America 200: The Legacy of Our Lands. Correspondents include: Thomas S. Kleppe.
b. News Release: Department of the Interior: "Vignette Tracing Creation of Interior Department Published" (March 3, 1976).
c. Booklet: Department of the Interior: "Creation of the Department of the Interior, March 3, 1849" (March 3, 1976). 13 pages.
F 25: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian Affairs, Bureau of: American Indian Institute.
Newsletter: American Indian Institute: "The AII News" (April 1976).
F 26: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian Affairs, Bureau of: American Indian Policy Review Commission.
a. Correspondence: re: American Indian Policy Review Commission; public hearings of Urban and Rural Non-Reservation Task Force. Correspondents include: James Abourezk (SD).
b. Copy of clipping: re: Oklahoma Indians' status.
F 27: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Americans for Indian Opportunity.
Various AIO news briefs.
F 28: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Anadarko Agency.
Directory: BIA Anadarko Area Office: "Anadarko Area Tribal Directory" (1976).
F 29: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Arkansas Riverbed.
Correspondence: re: U.S. Supreme Court decision on possession of Arkansas Riverbed in Oklahoma. Correspondents include: Thomas S. Kleppe.
F 30: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Arts and Crafts Board.
a. Brochure: Indian Arts and Crafts Board: "Shawls and Vests by Elsie Monroe."
b. Brochure: Indian Arts and Crafts Board: "Paintings by Blackbear Bosin."
F 31: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Cherokee.
Correspondence: re: Cherokee Nation judgement funds; Cherokee tribal elections.
F 32: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Chickasaw.
a. Correspondence: re: assistance in possible weekly publication of Chickasaw news; Chickasaw tribal lands; Chickasaw's application for Indian Education assistance; Chickasaw proposal for alcoholism program; recommendation of L. M. Cass for Director of Chickasaw Indian Housing.
b. Copies of Clippings: re: Chickasaw tribal complex in Ada.
c. Newsletter: Chickasaw Nation: "The Chickasaw Times" (April - June 1976).
F 33: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Choctaw.
a. Correspondence: re: Choctaw alcoholism grant application; distribution of Choctaw tribal funds; unemployment in southeastern Oklahoma; legislation dealing with Arkansas Riverbed matter.
b. Copies of clippings: re: Choctaw personnel.
F 34: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Creek.
a. Correspondence: re: Creek Proposal for Flood control project on Deep Fork of Canadian River; Creek proposal for consumer education program.
b. Copy of clipping: re: full recognition of tribes.
F 35: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Education.
a. Correspondence: re: Proposed reorganization of BIA Central Office Education; proposed major changes in Indian education programs.
b. Memoranda: re: Indian Education Resources Center; Organization of Office of Indian Education Programs; April activity report of Indian Education Resources Center.
c. Speech: Dr. William J. Benham: "An Indian Education Resources Center."
d. Article: William J. Benham: "A Philosophy of Indian Education" (October 1975).
F 36: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Education: Oklahoma.
a. Report: BIA Anadarko Area Office: "Task Force Report on Anadarko Area Residential Schools" (February 1976).
b. Report: Oklahoma State University: "Oklahoma Indian Education Needs Assessment, Volume I - Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations" (March 1976). 68 pages.
F 37: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: General.
a. Correspondence: re: Army's attempt at historical revisionism of Wounded Knee; proposal for "open season" to Home Purchase Program; Indian paintings; revenue sharing funds; Charles Ward's campaign; legislation to establish North American Indian Day.
b. Report: American Indian Nurses' Association, Inc.: "Discrimination by the Civil Service Commission against the Nursing Profession and American Indian People." 9 pages.
c. News Release: Department of the Interior: "Indian Programs" (January 21, 1976).
d. News Release: BIA: "Calender of Indian Celebrations, Fairs Published" (May 10, 1976).
F 38: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Indian Action.
a. Correspondence: re: funding for Choctaw Indian Action Team; funding level of Indian Action Teams. Correspondents include: Sidney R. Yates (IL).
b. Report: BIA: "Indian Action Team Program" (December 1974). 10 pages.
c. Report: Blackfeet Indian Action Team: "The Economic Impact of Indian Action Teams Throughout the United States" (April 7, 1976). 16 pages.
F 39: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Indian Preference.
a. Correspondence: re: Indian preference; preference eligibility for Indians in employment of BIA; redefinition of "Indian" for purposes of Indian preference employment. Correspondents include: James Abourezk (SD); Lloyd Meeds (WA).
b. Office note: re: Rules and regulations promulgated by BIA for Indian preference.
F 40: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Kiowa-Comanche-Apache.
Correspondence: re: Judgement funds awarded to Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes. Correspondents include: Lloyd Meeds (WA).
F 41: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Muskogee Office.
Report: BIA Muskogee Area Office: "Tribal and Bureau Report" (1976). 112 pages.
F 42: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Native American Awareness Week.
a. Correspondence: re: H. J. Res. 946: establishing Native American Awareness Week.
b. H. J. Res. 946: "Authorizing the President to proclaim the week of October 10 through 16, 1976, as `Native American Awareness Week.'" 94th Congress, 2nd Session (1976).
F 43: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Oklahoma.
Copy of clippings: re: Indian return to reservation; and U.S. shunning of duty to State's Indians.
F 44: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Oklahoma Indian Rights Association.
Correspondence: re: OIRA's proposed Paralegal Training Program to Provide Legal Assistance for Oklahoma Indians.
F 45: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Osage.
Correspondence: re: expenditure of education and socioeconomic funds of Osage tribe; Osage voting eligibility; poll taken by Osage tribe; disposition of Osage judgement funds.
F 46: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Ottawa-Peoria-Modoc.
Correspondence: re: reinstatement of terminated Oklahoma tribes: Ottawa, Peoria, Modoc, and Wyandotte.
F 47: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Personnel.
Correspondence: re: H. R. 585 - dealing with personnel problems caused by Indian preference laws; early-out opportunity for employees not entitled to Indian preference; recommendation of Lafollette Butler for Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Correspondents include: David N. Henderson (NC); Thomas S. Kleppe.
F 48: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Potawatomi.
Correspondence: re: economic development loan for Potawatomi tribe; Potawatomi tribe's Indian Action Team Program.
F 49: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Reorganization.
Correspondence: re: proposed abolishment of area offices in Oklahoma; reorganized office serving Five Civilized Tribes.
F 50: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Roads.
Correspondence: re: Bengal road from Talihina North; Honobia Road project. Correspondents include: James E. Hamilton (OK).
F 51: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Sac and Fox.
a. Correspondence: re: Mary McCormick's election as Principal Chief of Sac and Fox tribe.
b. Office notes: re: distribution of Sac and Fox tribal funds.
F 52: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Seminole.
Correspondence: re: settlement of Florida land claims between Seminole Nations of Oklahoma and Florida; Seminole National Treaty Organization; Seminole leasing of federal buildings; construction of facilities for Wewoka Indian Health clinic; legal assistance from Interior Department Solicitor's Office and travel arrangements for trial attorneys. Correspondents include: Bill Dawson (OK); and Thomas S. Kleppe.
F 53: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Shawnee.
Correspondence: re: Indian Health Service clinic for Shawnee tribe. Correspondents include: David L. Boren (OK).
F 54: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: United Tribes of Western Oklahoma and Kansas.
Correspondence: re: Indian Health Service; emergency meeting of United Tribes.
F 55: Interior, Department of the (1976). Indian, Affairs, Bureau of: Wichita-Caddo-Delaware.
a. Correspondence: re: proposed park project.
b. Various documents: re: Industrial park project.
F 56: Interior, Department of the (1976). Lake Murray.
a. Correspondence: re: conveyance of oil and gas mineral leases on lands in Lake Murray State Park.
b. Memo: re: eliminating Lake Murray reversion clause (H. R. 7682).
F 57: Interior, Department of the (1976). Land Management, Bureau of.
a. Correspondence: re: information on oil and gas leases; extension of oil and gas lease drawings.
b. Payment in lieu of Taxes Act.
F 58: Interior, Department of the (1976). Mines, Bureau of.
Correspondence: re: reclamation of lands that have been strip mined.
F 59: Interior, Department of the (1976). National Park Service: Boley.
Correspondence: re: financial assistance for Boley redevelopment. Correspondents include: Hannah D. Atkins (OK).
F 60: Interior, Department of the (1976). National Park Service: Chickasaw National Recreation Area.
a. Correspondence: re: Establishment of Chickasaw National Recreation Area; passage of H. R. 4979.
b. Statement: Douglas P. Wheeler (October 31, 1975).
c. Statement: Speaker Carl Albert (October 31, 1975).
d. Copies of clippings: re: Platt National Park cutbacks.
e. Office notes: re: Chickasaw National Recreation Area Bill.
f. Senate Report 94-678 (H. R. 4979): "To establish the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes." 94th Congress, 2nd Session (1976).
g. House Report 91-803 (H. R. 4979): "To establish the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes." 94th Congress, 2nd Session (1976).
h. H. R. 4979: "To establish the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes." (Tom Steed - OK). 94th Congress, 1st Session (1975). Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
i. Copies of clippings: re: Chickasaw National Recreation Area.
j. News Release: National Park Service: "Chickasaw National Recreational Area Links Existing Areas, Recognizes Indian Heritage" (March 29, 1976).
k. P. L. 94-235: "To establish the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes." (March 17, 1976).
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