In a speech before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs and Public Lands of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, Congressman Les AuCoin advocates for his proposed bill, House Resolution 7259 of the 95th Congress (1977-1978), the Siletz Indian Tribe Restoration Act, which re-established federal tribal status to the Siletz Indians. AuCoin explained how the bill would not affect fishing and hunting rights, but would instead grant humanitarian aid eligibility and federally recognize the Siletz Indians as an entity. 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).
In a text written for publication in the Portland newspaper The Oregonian, Congressman Les AuCoin advocates for House Resolution 7259 of the 95th Congress (1977-1978), the Siletz Indian Tribe Restoration Act, which re-established federal tribal status for the Siletz Indians. AuCoin explained how the bill would not affect fishing and hunting rights, but would grant humanitarian aid eligibility. This is apparently the original typescript of an editorial that AuCoin submitted to The Oregonian, which may have been published in June 1977. 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).
A ceremonial copy of S. 2055, the Siletz Indian Reservation Act. The act restored a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, which lost its reservation and tribal status in the Western Oregon Indian Termination Act of 1954. In 1977, after much lobbying to Congress, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz became the second tribe in the U.S. to have its federal status restored. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. See also PUA_MS147_67 for a letter from President Jimmy Carter to Representative Les AuCoin about the bill.
A brief letter written by President Jimmy Carter to Representative Les AuCoin on November 17th, 1980, marking the signing of S. 2055, the Siletz Indian Reservation Act. The act restored a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, which lost its reservation and tribal status in the Western Oregon Indian Termination Act of 1954. In 1977, after much lobbying to Congress, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz became the second tribe in the U.S. to have its federal status restored. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. See also PUA_MS147_68 for the ceremonial copy of S. 2055 mentioned in the letter.
