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This letter dated July 18, 1949, from Mrs. W. J. Chapin of Hankinson, North Dakota to United States (US) Senator William Langer, explains that Mrs. Chapin has been asked by Reverend H. W. Case of the Fort Berthold Mission to write to Langer regarding US House of Representatives Joint Resolution 33 and US Senate Joint Resolution 11, hoping Langer will vote for them. Chapin explains she is president of the congregation's Ladies Aid and that the members were asked by Case to to what they could to help support the mission at Elbowoods.
See also:
Letter from Senator Langer to Mrs. W. J. Chapin Regarding US House Joint Resolution 33 and US Senate Joint Resolution 11, August 8, 1949
Hearings before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Public Lands House of Representatives Eighty-First Congress First Session on H.J. Res. 33
Providing for the Ratification by Congress of the Contract to Purchase Indian Lands by the United States from the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold, North Dakota
An Act to Vest Title to Certain Lands of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, in the United States, and to Provide Compensation Therefor
Date of Work
7-18-1949
Keywords
The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Garrison Dam, Garrison Reservoir, Garrison Diversion, US House Resolution 33, US Public Law 437, US Public Law 81-437, Taking Act, Takings Act, House Joint Resolution 33, land taking, land seizure, taking
Organizations Referenced
The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, US House of Representatives, Fort Berthold Mission
People Referenced
W. J. Chapin, William Langer, H. W. Case
Recommended Citation
Chapin, W. J., "Letter from Mrs. W. J. Chapin to Senator Langer Regarding US House Joint Resolution 33 and US Senate Joint Resolution 11, July 18, 1949" (1949). William Langer Papers. 919.
https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/919