Testimony regarding the Siletz Reservation Act (H.R. 7267) before the Committee on the Interior · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_419
Title: Testimony regarding the Siletz Reservation Act (H.R. 7267) before the Committee on the Interior
Description: Testimony of U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin regarding the Siletz Reservation Act (H.R. 7267 of the 96th Congress) before the Committee on the Interior, given on May 29, 1980. In his testimony, Congressman AuCoin advocated for H.R. 7267, which aimed to re-create a reservation for the Siletz Indians, who had become the first Oregon tribe and the second nationally to have their their federal tribal status re-established in 1977. The bill, which was officially titled "A bill to establish a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon," eventually became public law. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date: Year(s): 1980
Date: Display: May 29, 1980
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon
Place: Siletz Reservation, Oregon; United States
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text