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TENTATIVE
8/31/56

NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS
13th Annual Convention
Hotel Newhouse, Salt Lake City, Utah
September 24 - 28, 1956

SUNDAY, 23RD
noon -  Begin Registration
6:00 - Executive Council Meeting

MONDAY, 24th
10:00 - Opening Ceremonies
Invocation
Welcome: Governor of Utah
Mayor of Salt Lake City
Chamber of Commerce
LDS Church
Response: Alex Saluskin
Processional - Nat. Anthem
Color Guard - Salute to Flag
Introduction of tribal delegates by chairman of each tribe
President's address
2:00 - Panel "Indians & Taxes"
3:00 - Annual Reports: Treasurer & Exec. Director
ARROW-NCAI Projects
Vice Pres. Nixon
7:30 - Committee Meetings

TUESDAY, 25th
8:00 - Catholic Mass -- All delegates cordially invited. (Delegates urged to meet in lobby promptly at 7:45 AM to walk seven blocks to church)
Cathedral of the Madeleine
10:00 - Panel-"Indian Water Rights"
11:00 - Report, Credentials Committee
11:30 - Begin Tribal Delegation Presentations
2:00 - "What is Happening Under Termination"
3:00 - Tribal Delegations, cont'd.
6:30 - Indian Welcome Party

WEDNESDAY, 26th
9:00 - Announcements & Reports of Committees
9:30 - Tribal Delegations, cont'd.
11:15 - Speech "Indian Education"
Dr. Ernest Wilkinson, Pres.
Brigham Young University
1:30 - Panel - "Law and Order"
(If time permits, tribal delegation reports will be continued.)
7:30 - Panel "Public Relations"
8:30 - Announcements of Intention to run for NCAI offices, nominating speeches
Presentation of Resolutions

THURSDAY, 27th
8:00 - Protestant Services (Same suggestions as for Catholic Mass)
10:00 - Tribal Delegations Reports
2:00 - Election of Officers and Adoption of Resolutions
3:30 - Executive Council Meeting to elect:
1. Treasurer
2. Executive Director
2. Appoint Legal Counsel
7:00 - Banquet
Installation of new Officers
Presentation of Citations
"What Is the Future for Indians?" - speech
Skit: "Slago Learns to Vote"

FRIDAY, 28th
10:00 - Panel - "Indians and Politics"
Analysis of party platforms
Analysis of Indian policies
12:00 - Luncheon for Commissioner of Indian Affairs
2:00 - Unfinished Business
4:00 - Adjournment of Convention
6:00 - Executive Council Meeting