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Date of Work
Likely 1952
Description
This handwritten letter, likely from 1952, from Three Affiliated Tribes member Martin Fox to United States (US) Representative Usher Burdick expresses concern about tribal members being uninformed of events occurring on the reservation and with the tribal council. The Tribal Council has gone to Washington, D.C. and Fox says that it's not clear why. Fox also references investigators who came to the reservation. Fox wanted to speak with them but was not allowed.
See also:
Letter from Representative Burdick to Martin Fox Informing of a Hearing on April 4 Regarding the Conflict Within the Three Affiliated Tribes, March 24, 1952
Keywords
Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Three Affiliated Tribes Tribal Council, Three Affiliated Tribes Tribal Business Council, conflict, transparency, investigators, money, payments, Washington, D.C.
Organizations Referenced
Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Three Affiliated Tribes Tribal Council, Three Affiliated Tribes Tribal Business Council
People Referenced
Martin Fox, Usher Burdick
Recommended Citation
Fox, Martin, "Letter from Martin Fox to Representative Burdick Expressing Concern that the Three Affiliated Tribes Tribal Council has not been Transparent with Tribal Members, Likely 1952" (2022). Usher Burdick Papers. 127.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/127
Comments
This letter makes a reference to investigators coming on March 14, 1952, so this letter was likely written around that time