Reappointment of Waldo E. McIntosh, Tulsa, Okla., as principal chief of the Creek Indian Tribe of Oklahoma for a two-year term starting October 6, 1963, was announced today by the Department of the Interior.
A former lumber dealer and descendant of a long line of prominent Creek leaders, Mr. McIntosh has been principal chief the past two years. His reappointment was recommended by a recent unanimous vote of the Creek Indian Council.
As principal chief, he will receive no salary but will be reimbursed from tribal funds for travel expenses incurred while performing the duties of his office.
Authority to appoint a principal chief of the Oklahoma Creeks was vested in the President by a 1906 law and was delegated to the Secretary of the Interior in 1951 by Executive Order.
