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These meeting notes dated April 3, 1944 and signed by Jackson Dancing Bull and Rufus Stevenson of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation of North Dakota, with no addressee listed, concern property laws. The notes list the major principles agreed upon in the meeting including a desire to be excluded from the United States (US) Wand H Act, a desire to be excluded from the land tax, and opposition to a 3 percent tax funding US government control of the Reservation. The notes also mention that the group has sent a delegation to US Congress about being excluded from the US Wheeler-Howard Act. This letter summarizes the formal letter sent to US Representative Usher Burdick by Three Affiliated Tribes member Adlai Stevenson.

See also:

Letter from Bear et al to Representative Burdick Regarding Property Laws, Undated

Letter from Adlai Stevenson to Representative Burdick Regarding Property Taxes, April 3, 1944

Date of Work

4-3-1944

Keywords

Property laws, US Wheeler-Howard Act, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish

Organizations Referenced

Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish,

People Referenced

Jackson Dancing Bull Rufus Stevenson

Meeting notes from Jackson Dancing Bull Regarding Property Laws, April 3, 1944

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