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Klamath Indians -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Boyd J. Jackson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 055
Abstract

Boyd J. Jackson was secretary of the business committee of the Klamath Tribal Council and a tribal delegate. The collection consists of correspondence and documents relating to the affairs of the Klamath Native Americans and the Klamath Reservation, Oregon.

Dates: 1941-1950

Klamath Tribal Council records

 Collection
Identifier: Bx 051
Abstract This collection documents the Klamath tribal government, which was established at the request of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and represented the Klamath people and its 860,000 acres of land. The Klamath government comprised two main bodies, the General Council and the Executive Council. Subgroups of the Executive Council included the Tribal Loan Board and the Enrollment Committee. The collection consists of minutes of the Executive Council, 1950-1957; minutes of the General Council,...
Dates: 1933-1958

Margaret Szasz Collection on the Klamath Indian Tribe

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 314
Abstract

This collection contains materials primarily relating to the operations and affairs of the Klamath Indian Tribes’ tribal government, most notably those of the General Council, Executive Committee, Restoration Committee, and Economic Self-Sufficiency Planning and Management Committees. The majority of materials in the collection date from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, though certain materials pertain to U.S. government policies and tribal operations dating from the 1950s to the 1990s.

Dates: 1943-1992