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Tribe Leaders Check in for Indian Parley

The descendants of Indian tribes which once ruled America assembled Sunday in Salt Lake City.

On Monday, they'll convene on the 13th annual National Congress of American Indians.

Delegates checking in Sunday at Newhouse Hotel represented a cross-section of modern society's tribal leaders. Most have achieved success in the worlds of business, ranching, the arts. Three of the delegates are men of the cloth.

Held Top Posts

D'Arcy McNickle, a Flathead Indian from Denver, studied at Oxford University in England and for many years held top posts in the federal government's Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Mrs. Arthur Manning, Owyhee, Nev., has just completed work for a master's degree in social work at the University of Chicago. Of Piute and Shoshone descent, she is a direct descendant of Chief Winnemucca, for whom the Nevada town was named. Her husband is a successful rancher.

Francis McKinley, Duchesne, holds a master's in business administration and is now director of community services for the Ute tribe.

Manages Affairs

Clarence Wesley, for seven years chairman of his San Carlos Apache tribe, now manages the tribal enterprises, including a million-dollar cattle empire, tribal stores, timber interests and a fast-growing tourist business.

Where their ancestors formed federations to make war on the encroachment of the white man, their descendants have banded the tribes together in the NCAI to fight for their rights by lobbying in the halls of Congress.

Many of them have anglized their names, but have succeded in preserving their cultural heritage. 

"We are citizens, as well as tribal members," explains Mrs. Helen L. Peterson, an Ogalala Sioux from South Dakota, who is executive director of the congress. 

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