INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION, NORTH DAKOTA [Authorized: NDCC
Chapter 54-36] The Indian Affairs Commission was created in 1949
with the membership consisting of the Governor, who acted as
chairman, Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor, Superintendent
of Public Instruction, the Executive Director of Public Welfare
Board (Department of Human Services), the State Health Officer,
and the chairman of the Boards of County commissioners from
Sioux, Mercer, McLean, McKenzie, Dunn, Rolette, Benson, and Eddy
counties (S. L. 1949, Ch. 324). The Commission selected a member
as secretary. Since 1949 the Indian Affairs Commission has had
numerous membership changes. In 1955 the Director of the State
Employment Service (Job Service) was added to the Commission,
and also the chairman of the Board of County Commissioners from
Mountrail County (S. L. 1955, Ch. 314) and 1959 legislation
added the Tribal Chairmen from Standing Rock, Fort Berthold,
Fort Totten and Turtle Mountain Indian Reservations (S. L. 1959,
Ch. 370). In 1961 le