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Empowering Indian Communities: Vocational Training and Economic Success, 1965-06-04

 Item — Box: DP 52, Folder: 33
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_4_52_33_0019
Empowering Indian Communities: Vocational Training and Economic Success, 1965-06-04
Empowering Indian Communities: Vocational Training and Economic Success, 1965-06-04

Scope and Contents

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has renewed contracts with six manufacturers to provide on-the-job training for 236 American Indians in various industrial skills. The training is part of the Employment Assistance Program to help reservation Indians find jobs. The companies involved include Harry Winston, Inc., Mitchell Furniture Industries, Inc., Northern Cedarcraft Products, Inc., Sequoyah Mills, Inc., Systems Engineering Electronics, Inc., and Venride, Inc. The total contract amount is over $150,000.

Dates

  • Creation: 1965-06-04

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

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Full Extent

2 pages

Abstract

89th (1965-1967)

Related Materials

Arapaho Tribe; Caddo Nation; Cherokee Nation; Chickasaw Nation; Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Comanche Nation; Creek Nation; Delaware Nation; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Seminole Nation; Chippewa Nation

General

Native Americans

Repository Details

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