Request for Government Compensation to Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes1946-01-01unknownhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_053_12_11_14A_0025The letter is from William A. Smark to Wesley L. Robertson regarding a request made in January 1945 to pay each enrolled Choctaw and Chickasaw tribe member $20 from funds in the U.S. treasury. There is also mention of a moral judgement against the government for $8.5 million and a disagreement on the value of coal and asphalt resources. Meetings have been held to try and resolve these issues.