Revolution On The Reservation Describes Indian Shift To Modern Life
A three part AP series outlines how American Indians move away from tribal ghettos toward integration. It details off reservation relocation, termination of reservations, and opening land to business, highlighting Navajo and Sioux cases, BIA jobs, tribal enterprises, and tourism potential as native communities balance identity with modernization.
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Tha Hogan
Sid Moody
Associated Press
United States
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Compa- Bia
Haskell Institute
Denver
Bobby
Emil Red
Ishone
Alfish
sub-Wright
Laguna Pueblos
New Mexico
Electronics Comany
BIA
Phoenix
Harry Winston
New York
Monument Valley
Warm Springs
Oregon
Pool
Kah-Ap
Indians face termination trials threaten tribes and lands
A 1950s policy of termination threatens the Klamath, Menominee, and Colville tribes, risking loss of land and identity. The Menominees face taxation and poverty after transfer to county control, while Colville seeks timber sales to fund tribe needs. Tribes debate staying vs ending federal status and the future of Indian culture.
Labor Hearing Slated Tuesday On Estes Plant Vote
National Labor Relations Board to hold a hearing Tuesday on union objections to the May 13 Estes plant election of J. P. Stevens & Co. workers at Piedmont who voted 292 to 132 against Textile Workers Union of America. Union challenged 15 ballots and filed 22 objections alleging company coercion and interference. AFLCIO Industrial Union Department backs TWUA seeking new election.
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National Labor Relations Boar
Estes
J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc
Piedmont
Textile Workers Union of America
Industrial Union Department of the
Afi-Cio
TWUA
Indian policy shift seeks inclusion in American life
Navajo and other tribes face a clash between preserving culture and embracing modernization as the BIA pushes greater aid to reservations. Leaders debate whether losing identity is good or bad while embracing television, medicine, and integration. Indians express a mix of pride and desire for basic security and opportunity, highlighting tensions between tradition and national assimilation.
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Bobby
San Francisco Bay Area
Nordwails
Wilson Harrison
San Lorenzo
Harrison
Montgomery Ward
Nordwalls
BIA
Los Angeles
Wright & McGill Co
George Schmidt
Schmidt
Raymond Nakai
America
Lloyd House
Korea
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