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This letter, dated May 19, 1952, from United States (US) Senator William Langer to Dillon S. Myer, Commissioner of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, makes reference to an enclosed letter Langer received from Ruby Fox of Billings, Montana regarding, in Langers words, "the refusal of the Tribal Business Council of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation to to enroll her three other children although her oldest child, Gwendolyn Dorine Fox was accepted and enrolled."
Langer asks that Myer look into the matter and advise him on it, including any recommendations he may wish to offer.
The letter Langer mentions as enclosed was not found with this letter in the Langer papers.
See also:
Letter from Dorothy Gwinn for Senator Langer to Ruby Fox Regarding Enrollment Issue, May 19, 1952
Date of Work
5-19-1952
Keywords
The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Garrison Dam, Garrison Reservoir, Garrison Diversion, enrollment, per capita payments, per capita allocation
Organizations Referenced
The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Standing Rock Sioux, Standing Rock Nation, Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ, The Seven Council Fires, Oceti Ŝakowiŋ, Eastern Santee, Eastern Dakota, Santee, Santee Dakota, Dakota, Dakotah, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux, Isanti, People of the Fish Village(s), Sisseton, Sissetonwan, Sisitoŋwaŋ, People Dwelling Among the Leaves, Wahpeton, Wahpetonwan, Waĥpetoŋwaŋ, Wahpetoŋwaŋ, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Mikinaakwajiwing, Mikinaakwajiw-ininiwag, Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Métis, Métis People, Metis, Metis/Cree, Cree, Otipemisuak, Public Law 71, Fort Berthold Indian Agency, US Bureau of Indian Affairs
People Referenced
Fred Burr, William Langer, Dillon S. Myer, Ruby Fox
Recommended Citation
Langer, William, "Letter from Senator Langer to Dillon S. Myer Regarding Ruby Fox Enrollment Issue, May 19, 1952" (1952). William Langer Papers. 862.
https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/862