Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

Anderson, Harry, Assistant Secretary for Public Land Management, De-
partment of the Interior, accompanied by James Officer, Associate Com-
missioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs___

Campbell, Edward G., regional director, National Archives and Records

Service, Region 3, General Services Administration; presented by

Robert Davis, Director of Legislation, General Services Administration,

accompanied by John B. Nix, chief, Indian Claims Branch

Chasing Hawk, Alex, vice chairman, Cheyenne River Tribal Council...

Flickinger, Sam J., chairman, Indian Law Committee, Federal Bar

Association..

Holy Rock, Johnson, president, Oglala Sioux Tribe..
Morigeau, E. W., member of Flathead Council__

Watkins, Hon. Arthur V., Chief Commissioner, Indian Claims Commis-
sion, accompanied by William M. Holt and T. Harold Scott,

Commissioners..

Weisl, Edwin L., Assistant Attorney General, Land and Resources Divi-
sion, Department of Justice, accompanied by J. Edward Williams, First
Assistant Director, and Ralph Barney, Chief, Indian Claims Section_-_

Wilkinson, John, treasurer and chairman of the claims committee, three

affiliated tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, New Town, N. Dak

COMMUNICATIONS

Amos, Lila, and others, Klamath Tribe of Oregon: Telegram to Hon. Henry

M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated

February 1, 1967..

Barker, Robert W., Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Washington, D.C.:
Letter to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs, dated February 13, 1967 _

Beiberle, Eva, and others, The Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon: Telegram

to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and In-

sular Affairs, dated February 2, 1967

Bettles, Precella, and others, Klamath Tribe of Oregon: Telegram to Hon.

Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,

dated February 1, 1967.-

Campagna, Donald, Klamath Tribe of Oregon: Telegram to Hon. Henry

M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated

February 4, 1967-

Clark, Hon. Ramsey, Acting Attorney General: Letter to Hon. Henry M.

Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated

February 15, 1967.

Coe, Pamelia, American Friends Service Committee: Telegram to Hon.

Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,

dated February 14, 1967..

Connor, Leo T., president, Indian Rights Association: Telegram to Hon.

Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs, dated February 13, 1967..

Cook, Dibbon, Klamath Tribe of Oregon: Telegram to Hon. Henry M.

Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated

February 4, 1967-

Cooper, Sonni, Northwestern Association of Indian Affairs: Telegram to

Hon. Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs, dated February 7, 1967...

Cox, Z. Simpson, Cox & Cox, Phoenix, Ariz.: Letter to Hon. Carl Hayden,

U.S. Senate, dated February 3, 1967-

Dillstrom, Edna, and others, Klamath Tribe of Oregon: Telegram to Hon.

Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,

dated February 10, 1967..

Douglass, Dr. Truman B., chairman, Division of Christian Life and Mis-

sion, National Council of Churches: Telegram to Hon. Henry M. Jack-

son, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated

February 14, 1967___

Gentry, Clarence, Jr., and others, Klamath Tribe of Oregon: Telegram to

Hon. Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs, dated February 1, 1967-

Harris, Robert N., Sr., Shoshone Business Council, and Miller, Jesse,

Arapaho Business Council: Telegram to Hon. Henry M. Jackson,

Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated February 1,

1967.

Henry, Leo R., Tuscarora Indian Nation: Letter to Hon. George S.

McGovern, Chairman, Indian Affairs Subcommittee, dated January 31,

1967-

Jackson, Hon. Henry M., Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs: Letters to-

Clark, Hon. Ramsey, Acting Attorney General, Department of

Justice, dated January 25, 1967-

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Knott, Hon. Lawson B., Jr., Administrator, General Services Admin-

istration, dated January 25, 1967.

Watkins, Hon. Arthur V., Chief Commissioner, Indian Claims Com-

mission, dated January 25, 1967-

Jim, Robert M., chairman, and Mennanick, Joe, secretary, The Yakima
Indian Nation: Telegram to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, Chairman, Com-
mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs___

John, Calvin, president, the Seneca Nation of Indians: Letter to Hon.

George S. McGovern, Chairman, Indian Affairs Subcommittee, dated

February 1, 1967...

Keeler, W. W., Cherokee Tribe of Oklahoma: Telegram to Hon. Henry M.

Jackson, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated

February 3, 1967-

Knott, Lawson B., Jr., Administrator, General Services Administration:
Letter to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, Chairman, Committee on Interior
and Insular Affairs, dated February 6, 1967-

Lane, Vernon A., chairman, Lummi Indian Business Council: Letter to

Hon. Henry M. Jackson, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs, dated February 2, 1967---

Lane, Vernon A., Lummi Indian Business Council: Letter to President

Johnson, dated January 24, 1967-

Lane, Vernon, Lummi Tribal Council: Telegram to Hon. Henry M. Jack-

son, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated January

31, 1967.

Lazarus, Arthur, Jr., Strasser, Spiegelberg, Fried, Frank & Kempelman,

Washington, D.C.: Letters to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, Chairman,

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated—

Merritt, Helen, and Bigby, Cynthia M., Klamath Tribe of Oregon: Tele-

gram to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, Chairman, Committee on Interior and

Insular Affairs, dated February 1, 1967..........

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Norris, Marie, and others, Klamath Tribe of Oregon; Telegram to Hon.

Henry M. Jackson, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs, dated February 1, 1967...

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Pitts, Paul, Osage Tribe of Indians: Telegram to Hon. Henry M. Jackson,
Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated February 1,
1967-

Ruppe, Hon. Philip E., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Michigan: Letter to Hon Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on

Interior and Insular Affairs, dated February 14, 1967.

Shoshone Bannock Tribe, Fort Hall, Idaho: Telegram to Hon. Henry M.

Jackson, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated

February 13, 1967.

Watkins, Hon. Arthur V., Chief Commissioner, Indian Claims Commis-

sion: Letter to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, Chairman, Committee on

Interior and Insular Affairs, dated February 14, 1967-

Williams, Melford, chairman, Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma: Telegram

to James Gamble, Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, dated

February 6, 1967-

Resolutions:

Black Hills Sioux Nation...

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION ACT AMENDMENTS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1967

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS OF THE

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 3110, New Senate Office Building, Senator George McGovern presiding.

Present: Senators McGovern, Burdick, and Hatfield.

Also present: James H. Gamble, professional staff member.

Senator McGOVERN. The purpose of the hearing this morning is to take testimony on S. 307, a bill introduced by Senators Jackson and Magnuson to amend the Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946. The bill is almost identical to S. 3068, passed by the Senate in 1966, but which failed of enactment in the last days of the session.

I should like to begin this proceeding by providing some background concerning the Claims Commission for the benefit of those who may not be familiar with it and for our new colleagues who have just recently become members of the subcommittee Senator Hansen of Wyoming and Senator Hatfield of Oregon.

The Indian Claims Commission Act, as enacted on August 13, 1946, provided for the creation of a tribunal to consider and adjudicate all claims of Indian tribes, of whatever nature, that existed from the establishment of the Republic to the date of enactment of the act. Tribes were given a period of 5 years, that is, until August 13, 1951, within which to submit their claims; and the Commission was instructed to adjudicate those claims within a 10-year period from and after April 10, 1947, the date of the Commission's first meeting. It should be noted that over 60 percent of the claims filed were submitted in the last 6 weeks of the 5-year filing period.

During the time for filing, more than 800 separate claims were submitted to the Commission, and these were consolidated into approximately 590 dockets. Toward the end of the initial 10-year life of the Commission, it was clear that all cases filed could not possibly be tried, and by the act of July 24, 1956 (Public Law 84-767), the life of the Commission was extended for an additional 5 years. Again in 1961, the Congress enacted Public Law 87-48 to provide another 5 years of life for the Commission, bringing the termination date up to April 10, 1967.

We are rapidly approaching the terminal date, and I think it is fair to say that there is not the remotest possibility of finishing the remaining work within the next month or so. Therefore, it is necessary to make additional time available so that the Commission's work may be completed. As introduced, S. 307 would extend the date to

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