Request for Demonstration Project for Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity

The letter is from James R. Jones, a Member of Congress, to Tola Hayden, the Executive Director of Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity. Jones is expressing his support for the organization and their work in diversifying the Indian business community in Oklahoma. He has written to the Minority Business Development Agency and the Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the organization, requesting a demonstration grant to continue their important work. Jones assures Hayden that he will contact her as soon as he receives a response from the Department of Commerce and offers his assistance in any way he can. The letter also mentions that Jones has been contacted by Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity about obtaining a demonstration project from the Department of Commerce, and he asks the Director of the Minority Business Development Agency to give immediate attention to the request. Lastly, the letter is copied to the Honorable Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce, and includes a letter from two U.S. Senators expressing their support for Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity and