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what these recommendations might be until there has been discussion. Another topic that [[strikethrough]] will [[?]] for [[/strikethrough]] is expected to occupy a prominent place on the agenda is the recent enactment by Congress of legislation authorizing the sale of timber in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Indians residing in the Southeastern Alaska point out that the Tongass Forest was created subject to any prior rights existing in the area. They believe that they have such  prior rights by use of occupancy from immemorial times, rights which Supreme Court of the United States has recognized on numerous occasions, notably in the case of the Walapai Indians of Arizona as recently as 1941 and the Alcea case [[strikethrough]] in Oregon [[/strikethrough]] decided for the Oregon Coast Indians only a year ago. The Tongass Forest Act appears to recognize the rights of the Indians, but it requires that they go into court to prove that they are entitled to share in any moneys obtained by the government for the sale of timber from the lands claimed by them. 

Other topics listed in the agenda are various [[strikethrough]] other [[/strikethrough]] bills introduced in the 80th Congress which would compel the liquidation of the property of certain tribes and a distribution of the proceeds. The members of all Indian tribes would probably like to know just what rights they have to hold and manage property held in their name, if Congress at any moment can force them to dispossess themselves of it. 

The National Congress of American Indians was organized in Denver, Colorado, November 1944, and since then it has met [strikethrough] annually [[/strikethrough]] at Browning, Montana, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At each of these conventions from forty to fifty tribes have been represented. 

In addition to Judge Johnson, the officers of the [[strikethrough]] Congress [[/strikethrough]] National Congress of American Indians are Mr. Ed Rogers  vice president, a member of the Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota and attorney Cass County in that State for a number of years; Mr. J.B. Milam, treasurer, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Tribe [[strikethrough]] of Oklahoma [[/strikethrough]] and a successful banker in Claremore, Oklahoma; Mrs. Ruth