Chief Calvin McGhee with other Creek descendants at a meeting held in Atmore, Alabama, to decide whether to appeal a recent ruling by the Indian Claims Commission.
The Commission ordered the federal government to pay $4 million for lands taken from Native American tribes, an amount considered insufficient by Creek descendants and their legal counsel. Left to right: Dave Presley, J. V. Phillips, Leola Manac, Mel McGhee, Chief Calvin McGhee, Arthur Reed, Bertha...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/139310 |
| Summary: | The Commission ordered the federal government to pay $4 million for lands taken from Native American tribes, an amount considered insufficient by Creek descendants and their legal counsel. Left to right: Dave Presley, J. V. Phillips, Leola Manac, Mel McGhee, Chief Calvin McGhee, Arthur Reed, Bertha Dickenson, and Perloca Linton. |
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