James H. Hyde, Superintendent of Crow Creek Agency in South Dakota, sent a valuable Indian War Club to Elmer Thomas, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. The club will be placed in the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs as part of a growing collection of Indian goods, wares, and trophies. The Indians from the Big Bend district of the reservation donated the war club for use in the Senate Public Committee rooms.

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Correspondence Regarding the Donation of an Indian War Club to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Identifier:
CAC_CC_053_12_10_4_0004
Contributing Institution:
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Title:
Correspondence Regarding the Donation of an Indian War Club to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Date Created:
1935-07-20
EDTF:
1935-07-20
Creator:
Thomas, Elmer, 1876-1965
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Language:
eng
Record Type:
correspondence
Collection:
John William "Elmer" Thomas Collection
Collection Finding Aid:
https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/47
Description:
James H. Hyde, Superintendent of Crow Creek Agency in South Dakota, sent a valuable Indian War Club to Elmer Thomas, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. The club will be placed in the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs as part of a growing collection of Indian goods, wares, and trophies. The Indians from the Big Bend district of the reservation donated the war club for use in the Senate Public Committee rooms.
Names:
Creek Nation
Topic:
Indians of North America--Oklahoma
Congress:
74th (1935-1937)
Physical Location:
CAC_CC_053_12_10_4_0000, Box 4, Folder 4, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
Location Represented:
United States (nation), Oklahoma (state)
Type:
Text
Extent:
2 Pages