Item: Thomas R. Wessel Indian Claims Commission Research Papers, 1855-1979
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Finding Aid Title: Thomas R. Wessel Indian Claims Commission Research Papers, 1855-1979
Finding Aid Collection Number: 2059
Date Range of Collection: 1855-1979
Creator of Materials: Wessel, Thomas R.
Content Description: The collection includes reports of the General Accounting Office (GAO) and General Service Administration (GSA). Many of these reports were created for Docket 279-C (The Blackfeet and Gros Ventre Tribes of Indians, residing upon the Blackfeet and Fort Belknap Reservations in the State of Montana, Plaintiffs vs. The United States of America, Defendant) and Docket 250-A (The Fort Belknap Indian Community sometimes referred to as the Gros Ventre Tribe and Assiniboine Tribe of Fort Belknap Indians vs. The United States of America, Defendant). Many have handwritten margin notes and arguments or points of view. The documents collected for Docket 279-C carried over as necessary to the Blackfeet Docket 279-D. Docket 279-C and 250-A and Docket 279-D photocopies of testimony, exhibits, briefs, finding of facts and other legal papers before the Indian Claims Commission complete the collection.
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09436
Keywords: native americans, montana forts, fort belknap (montana), gros ventre indians, assiniboine indians, indian claims commission, blackfeet indians, legal actions and lawsuits, thomas r. wessel
Subjects: Montana Native Americans
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