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Members Senate Sub Committee Indian Affairs
Dept Interior
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May 25, 1971

Grace S. Thorpe, Chairman
Nat'l Return Surplus Lands to Indian People Committee
4339 California St.
San Francisco, Calif. 94418

Senator Henry M. Jackson
Senate Sub-committee of Indian Affairs
Senate Office Bldg. 
Washington, D.C.

RE: Assistance in placing American Indian Tribes and organizations on the top priority list [[strikethrough]] of HEW [/strikethrough]] in distribution of Federal Surplus Lands.

Dear Senator Jackson:

[[margin]] Federal [[Agency?]] Airports [/margin]]

Earlier this year, on March 31, 1971, President Nixon announced plans to make available 6.8 billion dollars worth of Federal Surplus Lands. [[strikethrough]] State and local government units [/strikethrough]], wildlife refuges, conservation area, and Health, Education and Welfare are on the top priority list for these lands.

As [[a member?]] of the Nat'l Return Surplus Lands to Indian people Committee (RSLIP), I would appreciate your aid and support in placing Indian tribes and organizations on the top priority list [[strikethrough]] of Health, Education and Welfare [[/strikethrough]] for the distribution of Federal Surplus Lands.

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We would appreciate it if your [[committee?]] could furnish us with an up-to-date list of available surplus sites, and alert us to any pertinent legislative hearings on the matter. I would also like to urge you to introduce, sponsor, or support legislation to place American Indian tribes and organizations on this top priority list [[strikethrough]] of HEW [[/strikethrough]].

Members of the Nat'l RSLIP Committee have already: testified at surplus land hearings, April 15, 1970, Washington, D.C.; disseminated information to [[?]] Indian groups across the country; and helped a group of Indian educators secure a surplus site on April 2, 1971, for the building of a university (Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University).

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second [[?]] maybe "agencies"