President Truman was presented a pipe said to
President Truman was presented a pipe said to have once been smoked by Sitting Bull. He had just signed the Indian Claims Commission Act. Aug. 13, 1946. The purpose of the Act was to settle every claim Indian tribes could possibly have against the U.S. within five years of it's passage. L-R: Ish-Ti-Opi, (Choctaw), Caddo, OK; Reginald Curpy, (Uncompahgre Ute), Ft. Duchesne, UT; Julius Murray (Uintah Ute), Ft. Duchesne, UT; President Truman. - (BSLOC_2014_15_74)
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