Indian Claims Commission Records 1951-1965 [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center.

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Indian Claims Commission Records 1951-1965 [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center.

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A majority of the collection consists of copies of legal documents brought before the Indian Claims Commission. Commission documents include petitions, reports, findings of facts, amendments, opinions, orders, and appeals. Also included are policies, draft reports, O'Marr correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and copies of historic acts and treaties. Series II deals predominately with California Indian groups, however, there is a small portion that pertains to groups in Nevada.

2 linear feet (2 boxes)

The Autry Museum of the American West, Autry Library and Braun Research Library

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The Autry Museum of the American West, Autry Library and Braun Research Library

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O'Marr, Louis J.

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Louis J. O'Marr was a judge appointed to the Indian Claims Commission. A former grocer and a small-town Wyoming lawyer, he was elected state attorney general in 1943. Although not possessing any special expertise in Indian affairs, he was appointed as an assistant Commissioner to the Indian Claims Commission, created on August 13, 1946, and sworn in on April 10, 1946 by President Harry S. Truman. From the description of Indian Claims Commission Records 1951-1965 [manuscript materials...

United States. Indian Claims Commission

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Zitkala is the Indian name for Gertrude Bonnin, 1876-1938. From the guide to the National Council of American Indians records, 1926-1938, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Historical note: The Indian Claims Commission rendered a settlement between the United States Government and the San Carlos Apache Tribe, the White Mountain Apache Tribe, and the Yavapai-Apache Indian Community of Fort McDowell. The settlement involved the title transfer of two tracts of land outside the ...