The document is a series of two telegrams from the Tribal Chairman of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to the Honorable Henry M. Jackson regarding the Indian Self-Determination and Educational Reform Act. The Chairman stresses the importance of passing the Indian Self-Determination Act in its present form and developing a stronger bill for Indian education. He requests that the bill be separated into two parts and that a hearing be scheduled for representatives from Indian tribes to testify on the merits of the bill.

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Choctaw Self-Determination: Response to S. 1017

Identifier:
CAC_CC_003_2_33_10_0018
Contributing Institution:
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Title:
Choctaw Self-Determination: Response to S. 1017
Date Created:
1978-05-03
EDTF:
1978-05-03
Creator:
unknown
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Language:
eng
Record Type:
correspondence
Collection:
Dewey F. Bartlett Collection
Collection Finding Aid:
https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/2
Description:
The document is a series of two telegrams from the Tribal Chairman of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to the Honorable Henry M. Jackson regarding the Indian Self-Determination and Educational Reform Act. The Chairman stresses the importance of passing the Indian Self-Determination Act in its present form and developing a stronger bill for Indian education. He requests that the bill be separated into two parts and that a hearing be scheduled for representatives from Indian tribes to testify on the merits of the bill.
Policy Area:
Native Americans
Names:
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Topic:
Indians of North America--United States
Congress:
95th (1977-1979)
Physical Location:
CAC_CC_3_2_33_10_0000, Box, 33, 10, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
Location Represented:
Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
Type:
Text
Extent:
2 Pages