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Date of Work
04/28/1951
Description
This newspaper article, published in Watertown on April 28, 1951, reports the statements of Mrs. Josephine Kelly of Fort Yates, North Dakota, a mother of three sons serving in the armed forces and called "a chieftain of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe" by the reporter. Kelly protested "the old military-style governance and line system" that Indian Commissioner Dillon S. Myer was attempting to "install." The article also details a dispute involving "the Standing Rock Sioux and 13 associated tribes of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana," who sought to hire attorney James E. Curry to negotiate federal compensation for lands flooded by the construction of the Oahe Dam on the Missouri River.
Date of Work
4-28-1951
Keywords
American Indians, Indigenous, Indigenous Peoples, Native Americans, Congress, House of Representatives, legislation, legislative process, Native American rights, Standing Rock Sioux, tribal sovereignty, Oahe Dam, Missouri River flooding, land compensation, tribal legal representation, federal Indian policy, 1950s Indian affairs, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota
Organizations Referenced
Indian Bureau, Bureau of Indian Affairs, BIA, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, U.S. Department of the Interior, Standing Rock Delegation
People Referenced
Dillon S. Myer, James E. Curry, Josephine Kelly, Oscar Chapman, Harold L. Ickes
Disciplines
American Politics | Arts and Humanities | History | Indigenous Studies | Law | Native American Studies | Political Science
Recommended Citation
Unknown, "Chieftain Says Indians Under Dictatorship, April 28, 1951." (1951). Usher Burdick Papers. 562.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/562
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