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Oral History Interview: Kern County Indians, 1952-71 Henry C. Mack, Interviewee

Henry C. Mack was an attorney for the Friends of American Indians in 1952. Mack relates the history of the Paiute Indian controversy in which Indian land in Kern County was sold by the federal government to a private party without first notifying the Indians. Mack describes the process and problems involved with purchasing the land back for the Indians, and how the land was used afterwards.