A Bill to Provide for the Acquisition of a Site and the Erection Thereon of a Permanent Museum Building to House the Relics and Other Items of Historical Value of the Fort Berthold Indians

Authors

United States Congress
US House of Representatives

Sponsor

Usher L. Burdick

Committee

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

Congress

84th Congress, 2d Session

Files

Description

This bill, dated February 29, 1956, proposes the acquisition of a site for, and construction of, a museum in which to house "the relics, records, and other items of historical value of the Fort Berthold Indians," to be administered by the United States National Park Service, further proposes "the appropriation of such sum, not in excess of $100,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act."

Publication Date

2-29-1956

Keywords

The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Garrison Dam, Garrison Reservoir, Garrison Diversion, artifacts, antiquities, museum, records, historical value

Organizations Referenced

The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, US Congress, US House of Representatives, US Department of the Interior, US National Park Service, Fort Berthold Historical Society

People Referenced

Usher L. Burdick

Publisher

Government Printing Office

Disciplines

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