Attorney Contracts with Indian Tribes

Authors

United States Congress
US Senate

Sponsor

Clinton P. Anderson

Committee

US Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

Congress

83d Congress, 1st Session

Files

Description

This report, dated January 16, 1953, from the United States (US) Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs provides the findings from an investigation of attorney contracts and other contracts with Indigenous nations in the US. One section of the report addresses the actions of James E. Curry who had dealings with the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation when they were seeking representation over the construction of the Garrison Dam.

Publication Date

1-16-1953

Keywords

Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Garrison Dam, Garrison Reservoir, James E. Curry, Ralph Case, legal counsel, legal representation, contract, investigation

Organizations Referenced

Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, US Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

People Referenced

Clinton P. Anderson, Russell B. Long, Arthur V. Watkins, Joseph O’Mahoney, James E. Curry, Felix S. Cohen, Ralph Case, Carl Whitman, Ruth Bronson

Publisher

Government Printing Office

Disciplines

American Politics | Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Indigenous Studies | Law and Politics | Native American Studies | United States History

Recommended Citation

United States Congress, Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Attorney Contracts with Indian Tribes. 83rd Cong., 1st sess., S. Rep. 8. January 16, 1953. https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/151/.