Letter from Senator Langer to Glenn Emmons Regarding Payment for Lands Inundated by Garrison Dam Project, December 9, 1953

In this letter, dated December 9, 1953, from United States (US) Senator William Langer to Glenn L. Emmons, Commissioner of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, Langer makes reference to monies currently on deposit for payment to members of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation for lands inundated by the Garrison Dam project, and to a petition he has received, which he encloses with this letter, regarding the disposition of those funds. Langer asks Emmons for any information Emmons can give him regarding when tribal members can expect to receive their payments. The petition mentioned as enclosed was not found with this letter in Langer\u27s papers. See also: Letter from Senator Langer to Floyd Montclair Regarding Payment for Lands Inundated by Garrison Dam Project, December 9, 1953 Letter from Glenn Emmons to Senator Langer Regarding Payment for Lands Inundated by the Garrison Dam Project, December 28, 1953https://commons.und.edu/langer-papers/1901/thumbnail.jp