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Date of Work
The document is dated as received by the US Bureau of Indian Affairs on February 4, 1949.
Description
This proposal, undated in regard to its composition, but dated as received by the United States (US) Bureau of Indian Affairs on February 4, 1949, and written by Burton Wilcox, president of the Public Welfare Board of North Dakota, lays out the general features of a plan to promote the operation of family farms among the residents of the Fort Berthold Reservation who will be displaced from their homes by the rising waters of the Garrison Dam reservoir. Wilcox names the public entities that would be involved and what their roles would be, and gives his views on what levels of government would be responsible for funding the plan.
Date of Work
2-4-1949
Keywords
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, Three Affliliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (North Dakota), Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, MHA Nation, rehabilitation, Garrison Dam, inundation, taking, farming, ranching, melting pot
Organizations Referenced
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, Three Affliliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (North Dakota), Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, MHA Nation, US Bureau of Indian Affairs, Public Welfare Board of North Dakota, Farmer's Home Administration, Country Extension Service, Soil Conservation Service, Public Health Department, Department of Public Instruction, US Congress
People Referenced
Burton Wilcox
Recommended Citation
Wilcox, Burton, ""A Tentative Proposal for the Rehabilitation of the Fort Berthold Indians," February 4, 1949" (1949). William Langer Papers. 1018.
https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/1018