RED LAKE: A RESERVATION REVOLUTION Part 1

Description

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY: On the development of Office of Economic Opportunity's Community Action Program for the Chippewa Indians tribe in Minnesotan Describes the operation of the reservation and how the Home Builders Training and Head Start programs help provide low-cost housing, job opportunities in the local saw mils and fisheries, and pre-school education for the residents. Discusses schools, churches, the police force, newspapers and small farms on the reservation. Points out that even with local government control and a growing desire for economic stability, Red Lake Indians are stilI far from being self-sustaining.

Collection

Records of the Community Services Administration

Series

Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs