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This letter, dated February 29, 1940, from Floyd Montclair on behalf of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation to United States (US) Representative Usher Burdick regarding US Senate bill 414 and payment of claims. The letter states that it will provide Burdick with a statement to be read at the bill's hearings. This statement lists reasons why the bill should be passed early and that the suggest amount in the bill, $400,000 should be paid to tribal members. The reasons listed include the Treaty of 1866, after which tribal lands were wrongfully taken. The letter concludes by asking permission to go before the US Court of Claims.
Date of Work
2-29-1940
Keywords
US Court of Claims, US S Bill 414, US House Indian Affairs Committee, US Congress, Indian Problems, Treaty of 1866, US Department of the Interior, US Office of Indian Affairs, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish
Organizations Referenced
US Court of Claims, US S Bill 414, US House Indian Affairs Committee, US Congress, Indian Problems, Treaty of 1866, US Department of the Interior, US Office of Indian Affairs, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish
People Referenced
Floyd Montclair, Usher Burdick
Recommended Citation
Montclair, Floyd, "Letter from Floyd Montclair to Representative Burdick Regarding US Senate Bill 414 and Payment of Claims, February 29, 1940" (1940). Usher Burdick Papers. 210.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/210