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This letter, dated January 22, 1952, from United States (US) Senator William Langer to US Representative Usher L. Burdick, refers to an attached bill Langer has introduced to amend the law called "An Act to authorize the negotiation and ratification of separate settlement contracts with the Sioux Indians of Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota and of Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota and North Dakota for Indian lands and rights acquired by the United States for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir, Missouri River development, and for other related purposes," also known as Public Law 81-870. Langer's amendment would increase the amount of time allowed for negotiation and ratification from twenty-eight months to forty months. Langer explains that this amendment was prompted by a letter he received from Bismarck Attorney J. K. Murray petitioning Langer to offer such an amendment to prevent Public Law 81-870 from expiring before negotiation and ratification were completed, and Langer asks Burdick to offer a corresponding amendment in the US House of Representatives.
See also:
Draft of Bill To Amend the Act Authorizing the Negotiation and Ratification of Certain Contracts with Certain Indians of the Sioux Tribe in Order to Extend the Time for Negotiation and Approval of Such Contracts, 1952
Date of Work
1-22-1952
Keywords
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation (South Dakota), Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Wakpa Waste Oyanke, Oahe Dam
Organizations Referenced
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation (South Dakota), Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Wakpa Waste Oyanke, US Congress
People Referenced
William Langer, Usher L. Burdick, J. K. Murray
Recommended Citation
Langer, William, "Letter from US Senator William Langer to Representative Burdick Regarding Bill to Extend Expiration Date of Act Authorizing the Negotiation and Ratification of Certain Contracts with Certain Indians of the Sioux Tribe in Order to Extend the Time for Negotiation and Approval of Such Contracts, January 22, 1952" (1952). Usher Burdick Papers. 430.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/430