John raised his son like any other native Cherokee boy and saw to it that he started his education in a local Presbyterian mission school.
After his discharge, he worked briefly for the Osage Indian Agency legal department, then returned to Claremore where he was appointed Assistant District Attorney for Rogers County, Oklahoma.
He returned to Oklahoma, where he passed the bar exam and became a licensed attorney, then went to work in the legal department of the Osage Agency, before moving back to Claremore.
[1] Consistent with his political party affiliation, Johnson actively supported Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal Program in the early 1930s.
His level of education, knowledge of the American legal system and how to work within it, status as a judge and his natural skills as a leader impressed attendees who had not previously known him.
The delegates then created ten permanent committees and elected an executive council, consisting of four officers and eight councilmen.
By November 18, the council had passed 18 resolutions that concerned three main topics: (1) sovereignty, (2) civil rights and (3) political recognition for all Indians.
[3] By 1952, Johnson was hearing warnings that many members felt that his approach was ineffective in combating the political leaders who continued to press for termination of Federal benefits to Indians.
Some members even claimed that NCAI was controlled by "...a small clique of its present officers," and "stooges of the Indian Bureau."
[1] On December 9, 1964, former Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice, N. S. Corn, then 80 years old and serving an 18-month sentence in a federal prison for income tax evasion, gave a sworn statement to the government detailing his involvement in the crime of bribery.
The document named two other Supreme Court justices, Napoleon B. Johnson and Earl Welch, plus several other people as also participating in the scheme.
[e] So many powerful politicians believed that they had greatly benefitted from the status quo, that many people expected serious retribution against Blankenship.
Governor Henry Bellmon ordered the State Board of Investigation to sweep the legislator's house for electronic eavesdropping devices, thinking that the opposition would likely try to destroy his credibility.
He was also warned to go straight home every night after work - no stops for drinks or dinner at bars and restaurants for the same reason.
[5] On March 9, 1965, Supreme Court Justice Johnson took a lie detector examination concerning the allegation that he received $7,500 in return for a favorable ruling.
The Oklahoma State Senate convicted him in an impeachment trial, automatically removing him from office and ending his judicial career.