JFK Remarks to Native American Leaders
Mar. 5, 1963 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks today to representatives of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in the...
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Mar 5, 2023
American Indians Visit White House
Mar. 5, 1963 - A band of 100 American Indians visited Chief Curly of the Crows in the White House today to shower him with gifts and...
Nov 29, 2022
Verdict Reached in California Peyote Trial
Nov. 29, 1962 - Indians cannot plead religious freedom as a ground for eating a vision-producing cactus plant banned by state law, the...
Nov 13, 2022
Peyote Trial Underway in California
Nov. 13, 1962 - An Indian’s right to eat vision-inducing cactus buds in half-Christian, half-pagan ceremonies was defended in California...
Aug 15, 2022
Aug. 15, 1962 - JFK Remarks to American Indians
Aug. 15, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today on the White House South Lawn to delegates attending the American Indian...
Jan 1, 2022
Indians No Longer Vanishing
Jan. 1, 1962 - The Indians of the United States can no longer be considered vanishing Americans, the Bureau of Indian Affairs reported...
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