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Date of Work
October 22, 1940
Description
This letter dated October 22, 1940 by United States (US) Representative Usher L. Burdick to John Yellow Wolf acknowledges receipt of a petition regarding US House of Representatives Resolution 3219, which would seek to exempt North Dakota tribes from the Wheeler-Howard Act.
Burdick writes that, inasmuch as he introduced this legislation, Yellow Wolf may rely on his enthusiastic support for its passage.
Date of Work
10-22-1940
Keywords
HR 3219, North Dakota Indians, Wheeler-Howard Act, Elbowoods, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish
Organizations Referenced
North Dakota Indians, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish
People Referenced
Usher L. Burdick, John Yellow Wolf
Recommended Citation
Burdick, Usher L., "Letter from Representative Burdick to John Yellow Wolf Regarding US House of Representatives Resolution 3219, October 22, 1940" (1940). Usher Burdick Papers. 505.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/505