Documents pertaining to the Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act

Collection — huntington box: 26

Identifier: 9182

Scope and content

Collection contains transcripts and proceedings of testimony and hearings, meeting minutes, copies of bills, and a letter to Frederick A. Blossom from Will Rogers, chairman of the Committee. Contents include: Readjustment of Indian affairs, Hearings before the Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives, 73d Congress, 9 parts; Bills H. R. 7902 and S.2755; The purpose and operation of the Wheeler-Howard Indian rights bill; Amendments to Wheeler-Howard bill; Testimony taken at Hayward, Wisconsin to discuss the Wheeler-Howard bill of Indian rights; Minutes of meeting held at Miami, Oklahoma; Proceedings of the conference at Chemawa, Oregon; Minutes of All-Pueblo Council, Santo Domingo Pueblo, March 15, 1934; Meeting of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Anadarko, Oklahoma; Proceedings of the Conference for the Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma; Proceedings of the Conference for the Indians of California; and Minutes of the Navajo Tribal Council. Minutes include testimony by the representatives of many Indian tribes regarding the bill as well as the feedback from members of the Committee. Some of the items are from the United States Government Printing Office.