Senator's Wife Encourages Young Native Americans to Engage in Politics
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_026_3_282_19_0043
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Senator's Wife Encourages Young Native Americans to Engage in Politics
- Date Created:
- 1967-01-01
- EDTF:
- 1967-01-01
- Creator:
- unknown
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- Fred R. Harris Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/57
- Description:
- Senator's wife, LaDonna Harris, encourages young Indians to participate in politics and take an active interest in political campaigns. She discusses the importance of Indians being involved in shaping their own future and highlights the influence they can have in elections. LaDonna Harris also promotes the idea of young Indians becoming Peace Corps representatives and emphasizes the cultural changes happening globally. The group she spoke to plans for Indian Achievement Week and to send out college scholarship applications.
- Topic:
- Foreign relations, Education--United States, Indians of North America--Oklahoma
- Congress:
- 90th (1967-1969)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_26_3_282_19_0000, Box, 282, 19, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 1 Page
