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Show American Indians Plan Convention For Sept. 24 to 28 The 13th annual convention of the National Congress of American Ameri-can Indians will convene at the Newhouse Hotel, Salt Lake City, from September 24-28. Official hosts for this all Indian meeting which draws some 350 delegates representing approximately 100 tribes from United States and Alaska are the Ute Indian Tribe and the Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Fort Duchesne, Utah. Leading a team of hard working work-ing Utes handling the program, public relations, publicity and the other preparations are Mrs. Lorena Iorg and Henry Cuch, members of the Executive Committee ' of the N.C.A.I. Joseph Garry of Plummer, Ida., and a member of the Couer D' Alene Tribe, who is the president of the American Indian's own' national na-tional organization, announced that Governor J. Bracken Lee will proclaim Sept. 24-28 as American Indian week in the State of Utah. Governor Lee is also slated to welcome the delegates during the first business session on Monday, Sept. 24, along with city fathers of Salt Lake City. Wilkinson To Speak Convention business sessions will be highlighted by an address on Indian Education Wednesday morning, Sept. 26, by Ernest Wilkinson, Wil-kinson, president of the Brigham Young University. John S. Boyden attorney for the Ute Tribes, will also address the gathering. The aims and purposes of the National Congress of American Indians are to secure to Indians and their descendents the rights the rights and benefits to which they are entitled under the laws of the United States and to enlighten en-lighten the public toward a better understanding of the Indian race, its culture and traditions. It also seeks to secure and preserve rights under Indian treaties with the United States and to bring about early settlement of Indian claims. In recent years the National Indian organization has been instrumental in-strumental in getting the voting franchise for the Indians in states where they were denied this privilege pri-vilege and has aided in the ab-lishment ab-lishment and repeal of many dis-crimintory dis-crimintory laws.. In line with its policies the ' annual meeting will feature reports by Executive Director Di-rector Mrs. Helen L. Peterson and other officers of the organization, discussions of Indian claims, water rights and Federal policy. Com missioner of Indian Affairs Glenn L. Emmons and other officials of the Indian Bureau have been invited in-vited to attend. |