Film Date
3/23/70
Film Reference Number
KPIX 101643
Description
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."
Format
16mm newsfilm
Copyright
CBS5 KPIX-TV