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Monday, December 7, continued

Recess for Dinner

8:00 p.m. GENERAL MEETING

Speeches by Arizona State Public Officials, and Reports on Indian Progress and programs
Chairman: Ed Rogers, Chippewa, First Vice-President

Honorable Howard Pyle, Governor of Arizona
Honorable Barry Goldwater, United States Senator

Reports on  Indian Progress and Programs:
Sam Gorman, Navajo, Tribal Enterprises
Eagle Seelatsee, Yakima, Timber Program
Representative from Ft. Peck, Oil Development
William Dean, Ft. Berthold, Relocation of Families
Oliver Talgo, Apache, Cattle Program
Francis McKinley, Ute, Housing Program

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Tuesday, December 8, 1953

9:00 a.m. GENERAL MEETING: "Legislation"
Chairman: Martin Cross, Gros Ventre, North Dakota

Opening Statements:
Rex Curry, Ute (Tribal Management Programs)
Charles Grounds, Seminole (Trust Periods on Five-Tribes Lands)

Maurice McCabe, Navajo (Public Law 280)
Frieda Beazely, Ft. Peck (Taxing of Income from Trust Property)

Dorsey Kahze, Mescalero (Competency Bill)
Enos Francisco, Papago (Transfer of Medical Services)
Peter Star, Arikara (Turtle Mountain Withdrawal Bill)
Hollis Chough, Pima (Competency Bill)
Martin Vigil, Pueblo (Report on New Mexico Prohibition Repeal)

Lewis Johnson, Yuma (Public Law 280)
Ernest Smith, Ft. Totten (Transfer of Medical Services)
Jess Stevens, Apache (Indian Tax Exemptions)

GENERAL DISCUSSION
12:00 Noon
LUNCHEON MEETING, Westward Ho Hotel
"How Organizations Can Work Together on Indian Legislation"
Chairman: Mrs. Ruth M. Bronson, Cherokee

[Left Margin] Mukogee Murray 29511 Francis Dr wy Thompson [/left margin]

Speech: "The Crisis in Congress", by Oliver La Farge, President, American Association on Indian Affairs

Transcription Notes:
Please check left margin - hard to decipher.