John T. Vance

John T. Vance attended law school in Washington D.C. and upon completion established a practice in Montana. He was a Democrat and later served on the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. Vance served as a Commissioner for the Indian Claims Commission from 1968 to 1978. He expressed his frustrations that the Indian Claims Commission had become a court of law in which lawyers and law procedures lead to the dismissal of Native claims.