Becker, Bernard P., ca.1939-1991.
Biographical notes:
Bernard Becker was born in New York City and earned his law degree at the University of Minnesota in 1965, after which he served with legal aid societies in New York City and Minneapolis. In Minneapolis he became chief counsel handling cases involving Indian treaty rights and government benefit claims and cases involving juveniles. In 1986 he was appointed part-time magistrate serving U.S. district courts in Minnesota. Becker also taught classes at the William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul (1973-1991), and at the University of Minnesota Law School (1986-1991), specializing in Indian law and child welfare and abuse. In 1975 and 1976 he was chief counsel and staff director of the Minnesota Legislature's Joint House-Senate Committee investigating problems at the Minnesota State Correctional Facility at Stillwater. He died in 1991.
From the guide to the Bernard P. Becker papers., 1900-1991., (Minnesota Historical Society)
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Subjects:
- Dakota Indians
- Indian reservations
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Juvenile justice, Administration of
- Juvenile justice, Administration of
- Ojibwa Indians
- Ojibwa Indians
- Prisons
- Prisons
- Wild rice industry
- Wild rice industry
Occupations:
- Lawyers
- Lawyers
Places:
- Mille Lacs Indian Reservation (Minn.) (as recorded)
- Red Lake Reservation (Minn.) (as recorded)
- Grand Portage Reservation (Minn.). (as recorded)
- Red Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.). (as recorded)
- Fond du Lac Indian Reservation (Minn.). (as recorded)
- White Earth Indian Reservation (Minn.). (as recorded)
- Grand Portage Reservation (Minn.) (as recorded)
- Leech Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.). (as recorded)
- Fond du Lac Indian Reservation (Minn.) (as recorded)
- White Earth Indian Reservation (Minn.) (as recorded)
- Leech Lake Reservation (Minn.) (as recorded)
- Mille Lacs Indian Reservation (Minn.). (as recorded)
- Minnesota (as recorded)
