Times Independent | 1969-06-26 | Page 4 | Indian Children Involved in School Program

Indian Children Involved m School Pre ?i ram Some 400 Indian children will be able to take advantage advan-tage of a special summer Head Start program, according accord-ing to Rep. Laurence J. Burton. Bur-ton. "The two month program will take place on the Navajo Nava-jo Reservation in San Juan County," Rep. Burton said. "It will be a complete child development program with emphasis on health, education educa-tion and nutritional concepts." con-cepts." Federal funds from the office of-fice of Economic Opportunity Opportun-ity will total $99,994, and will be forwarded to Peter Mac-Donald, Mac-Donald, director of the Navajo Na-vajo OEO program at Fort Defiance, Ariz. Besides San Juan County, Navajo children child-ren in three Arizona counties will take part in the program.