Usher Burdick

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This extract, dated April 25, 1951 from the United States (US) Congressional Record of Debate, includes testimony given by US Representative Usher L. Burdick on the floor of the US House of Representatives in opposition to cuts to appropriation for the US Bureau of Indian Affairs while explaining Indians' negative view of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and mentions the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota's pending case in the Court of Claims regarding land seized by the United States government without a signed treaty.

Date of Work

4-25-1951

Keywords

Court of Claims, US Bureau of Indian Affairs, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Mikinaakwajiw-ininiwag, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ

Organizations Referenced

US Bureau of Indian Affairs, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Mikinaakwajiw-ininiwag, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ,

People Referenced

Mr. Jensen, Mr. Short,

Testimony by Representative Burdick to US Congress Regarding Cuts to Bureau of Indian Affairs Appropriations, April 25, 1951

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