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- Date:
3/23/1970
- Reference Number:
- KPIX 101643
- Format:
- 16mm newsfilm
- Description/Summary:
- KPIX news report opening with a brief glimpse of American Indians - including Richard Oakes - meeting with representatives at the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), on March 23rd 1970. KPIX's Jay Newburn interviews activist Harvey Wells who claims that they represent a united Indian nation, who want recognition as one "nationalistic body," so they may govern their own affairs. He goes on to declare: "We want to industrialize the reservations and have our people pushed into professional careers and management positions ... so that economically we can rise as individuals also."
- Availability:
- Mp4 video file streaming online in DIVA:
- https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/187800
- Collection/Copyright Holder:
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Further Details:
- Contact resident Film Archivist Alex Cherian (Email: acherian@sfsu.edu)