Identification of specific item; Date (if known); National Congress of American Indians Audio and Film Recordings, Box Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights
Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Scope and Contents
Day 1: June 5th, morning session.
Opening statement (0:00) : Mel Tonasket (President of the National Congress of American Indians), "The Genesis and purpose of the Meeting."
Statement (25:55): Frank Zarb (Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)), "Tribal Participation in the Federal Government."
Collection Restrictions
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Due to its fragile nature, this collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.