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address by Hubert H. Humphrey, a Democratic Senator (later
Vice President) from Minnesota. Humphrey assured his
audience of Natives and non-Natives that Indians would be
"prime targets" in the administration's program because
poverty disproportionately affected Native Americans and
because of the federal trust responsibility. Robert Burnette
(Rosebud Sioux), Executive Director of the NCAI from 1961-
1964, spoke that same night on Indian poverty. 80
The next day, Sunday, May 10, delegates attended a
church service dedicated to American Indians at Washington
Cathedral and led by Archdeacon Vine V. Deloria Sr. (Standing
Rock Sioux). That afternoon, during another service at the
Cathedral, a pan-tribal processional of Native Americans
dressed in traditional fashion and carrying symbols of their
respective nations took place. Interior Secretary Udall, in
his statement to those in attendance, gave assurances that
the administration would address Native Americans' economic
problems.
Affairs 11/23/64-2/29/64," box 1, WHCF, SF, IN, LBJL;
"American Indian Capital Conference on Poverty: Findings,"
9-12 May 1964, "American Indian Capital Conference on
Poverty," box 32, Peterson Papers; "NCAI Eminent Objectives:
Target--A New Dimension in Indian Affairs," The National
Congress of American Indians (pamphlet), n.d., "NCAI
Portland, Oregon, 10/2-6/67," box 1522, RG 75, BIA, NAPNWR;
Clarkin, Federal Indian Policy, 113-117.
80 Humphrey's speech is reprinted in Sheldon E. Engelmayer
and Robert J. Wagman, Hubert Humphrey: The Man and His Dream
(New York: Methuen, 1978), 272-277; Burnette, Tortured
Americans, 88.
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