Barrett, S. M. Milam, Jesse Bartley [1884 - 1949] - Former owner - SOCIOLOGY Of The AMERICAN INDIANS. Illustrated from Photographs and Drawings

Kansas City, Missouri: Burton Publishing Company, 1946. 1st edition. Blue-green cloth binding, black stamped lettering to spine and front board. Yellow illustration to front board. Map illustrated endpapers. 142, [6 (blank)] pp. Frontis b/w photograph, many illustrations throughout. 8" x 5-1/2". Minimal wear to binding (light soiling to rear board). Milam's bookplate to front pastedown. A VG copy. Milam "was best known as the first Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation appointed by a U.S. president since tribal government had been dissolved before Oklahoma Statehood in 1907. He was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941, who reappointed him in 1942 and 1943; he was reappointed by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. He died while in office in 1949." [Wiki].