Ross Swimmer

Ross Swimmer
Ross Swimmer
4th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
	In office; 1985–1989

Last updated August 24, 2025

↑ Speeches 1985
1 2 3 "Senate confirms Ross O. Swimmer to be special trustee for American Indians" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
↑ "Margaret and Ross Swimmer".
↑ Thornton, Mary. "Harmony a Distant Fourth in Cherokee Vote". washingtonpost.com.
↑ "How much Cherokee is he? | Opinion | cherokeephoenix.org". Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
1 2 "About the Nation:Ross Swimmer". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
↑ Hoyer, Katja (2023). Diesseits der Mauer: Eine neue Geschichte der DDR 1949-1990 (in German) (1st ed.). Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe. p. 477. ISBN 978-3-455-01568-3.

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Preceded by W. W. Keeler	Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation 1975–1985	Succeeded by Wilma Mankiller

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[1] Speeches 1985

[doi-2] 1 2 3 "Senate confirms Ross O. Swimmer to be special trustee for American Indians" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

[3] "Margaret and Ross Swimmer".

[4] Thornton, Mary. "Harmony a Distant Fourth in Cherokee Vote". washingtonpost.com.

[5] "How much Cherokee is he? | Opinion | cherokeephoenix.org". Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2025-08-23.

[cherokee.org-6] 1 2 "About the Nation:Ross Swimmer". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-08-01.

[7] Hoyer, Katja (2023). Diesseits der Mauer: Eine neue Geschichte der DDR 1949-1990 (in German) (1st ed.). Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe. p. 477. ISBN 978-3-455-01568-3.

Ross Swimmer


4th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
In office 1985–1989