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Date of Work
04/08/1954
Description
This newspaper article published on April 8, 1954 in the Mountrail County Reporter (Parshall, ND), reports on a speech delivered by Glenn L. Emmons, Commissioner of Indian Affairs before the Indian Rights Association. Addressing the New Town, ND community, the article states that he discussed the BIA’s Agency Placement and Relocation Program, which aims to assist Native American families in finding employment off reservations, as well as the development of greater economic opportunities in and around reservations.
Date of Work
Spring 4-8-1954
Keywords
Relocation Program, Unemployment, Reservation Lands, Living Conditions, Garrison Dam, Native American Poverty, Economic Development, Native American Families, North Dakota, Tribal Rights, Tribal Sovereignty
Organizations Referenced
Indian Rights Association, Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, BIA, New Town Kiwanis Club, Mountrail County
People Referenced
Glenn L. Emmons
Disciplines
American Politics | Arts and Humanities | History | Indigenous Studies | Law | Native American Studies | Political Science
Recommended Citation
Unknown, "Indian Commissioner Tells of Bureau Economic Program, April 8, 1954." (1954). Usher Burdick Papers. 557.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/557
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