Bound mimeograph recording the session of the Navajo Tribal Council convened on March 12 and 13, 1934 to explain the Wheeler-Howard bill. Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier, Felix Cohen, and Oliver La Farge were present.
Description:
Purchased from Almagre Books on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 1999., Signed by Nal Nishi, delegate from the Leupp Jurisdiction, on front cover., and The Wheeler-Howard Act, also known as the Indian Reorganization Act, decreased federal control of Indian affairs and increased Indian self-government.
Subject (Name):
Cohen, Felix S., 1907-1953, Collier, John, 1884-1968, La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963, Navajo Tribal Council, Nishi, Nal--Autograph, and United States--Indian Reorganization Act
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Government relations, Indians of North America--Politics and government, Navajo Indians--Government relations, and Navajo Indians--Politics and government