Correspondence Regarding Heirship and Land Claims of Sam Belew
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_004_2_12_35a_0022
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Correspondence Regarding Heirship and Land Claims of Sam Belew
- Date Created:
- 1952-04-01
- EDTF:
- 1952-04-01
- Creator:
- Belcher, Page Henry, 1899-1980
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- Page H. Belcher Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/3
- Description:
- Reuben K. Sparks wrote to the Indian Agency at Muskogee seeking information about the heirs of Sam Belew, an enrolled Cherokee Indian who passed away before 1920. The Indian Agency did not have any record of Sam Belew, but there was a Sam Ballou on the rolls, who was deceased. Sparks was informed that further information would be provided once available. Congressman Page Belcher was also involved in the inquiry.
- Policy Area:
- Native Americans
- Names:
- Cherokee Nation
- Topic:
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma
- Congress:
- 83rd (1953-1955), 82nd (1951-1953)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_4_2_0000, Box 12, Folder 35a, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 7 Pages
