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This petition dated June 25, 1953, from residents of Elbowoods, North Dakota to United States (US) Senator William Langer, requests immediate payment for their lost homes after having agreed to sell their homes to the US Corps of Engineers to make way for the creation of the Garrison Reservoir, and having waited more than two years to be paid.
The second and third pages are a list of allotments/identification numbers and the corresponding parties in interest.
See also:
Letter from Senator Langer to Congressman Usher Burdick Regarding Petition from Elbowoods, July 13, 1953
United States of America vs. Certain Lands and Improvements in McLean, Dunn, McKenzie and Mercer Counties, North Dakota; Rufus B. Stevenson et al., and Unknown Owners, Civil 2386, July 17, 1953
Date of Work
6-25-1953
Keywords
Elbowoods, petition, Elbowoods Petition, taking area, Garrison Dam, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, land taking, land seizure, taking
Organizations Referenced
US Army Corp of Engineers, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish
People Referenced
William Langer, Floyd Montclair, Willis Two Crow, Joseph Packineau Jr., John Bears Tail, Mary F. Goudreau, Vincent Malnouri, Clara N. Perkins, Clarence Perkins Sr., August Newman, Perpetua Grinnell, Regina Grinnell, Rita Grinnell, Richard Grinnell, Maggie Old Dog Grinnell, Edward H. Hall, Anna Hall, Emma Lockwood Jones, Adele F. Young Bear, Anna K. Bracklin McGrady, McRoy Starr, Carlyle Sylvester Page, Nathan Little Soldier, Theodore Gillette, Mary Fox, Rose Nagle Fourneir, Margaret F. Brugh, Philip Atkins, May Smith, Laura Irwin, Bendict Heart, Amelia Spotted Wolf, Elsie Spotted Wolf, Elsie Foote, Eugene Jimmie Brugh, Margaret Harney, Mary Birds Bill Fox, Charles Fredericks
Disciplines
Political History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Montclair, Floyd; Two Crow, Willis; Packineau, Joseph Jr.; Bears Tail, John; Goudreau, Mary F.; Malnouri, Vincent; Perkins, Clara N.; Perkins, Clarence Sr.; and Newman, August, "Petition from Elbowoods Residents to Senator Langer Requesting Payment for Taken Properties, June 25, 1953" (1953). William Langer Papers. 479.
https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/479