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This agenda dated August 4, 1944, signed by Carl Sylvester, Chairperson of the Tribal Business Council of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, lists twenty-six goals of the Tribal Business Council on topics including the restoration of alien land within the tribal boundary to tribal ownership, consolidation of fractional holdings to larger usable units, disavowal of forced fee patents by federal agents, establishing of Tribal authority over wildlife conservation, law enforcement, determination of blood quantum, and a variety of other issues.
The back side of the last page of the agenda contains several signatures and additional information or comments from those signing.
Date of Work
8-4-1944
Keywords
The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, enrollment, law enforcement, per capita payment
Organizations Referenced
The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish
People Referenced
Carl Sylvester, Clarence Perkins, Joe Packineau, Harry Sears, Guy Packineau, George Grinnell,
Recommended Citation
Sylvester, Carl, ""Agenda for the Fort Berthold Reservation" by Carl Sylvester, August 4, 1944" (1944). William Langer Papers. 835.
https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/835