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Title
All American Indian Week at Wrigley Field
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Curtis, Rolland J
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1968
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Rolland Joseph 'Speedy' Curtis was born in Louisiana in 1922. After serving three years in the Marines during World War II, he and his wife, Gloria, relocated from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 1946. Curtis served four years with the Los Angeles Police Department, but resigned from the force in order to pursue both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from USC. He later became involved in city politics, as an associate of Sam Yorty, and later a field deputy to City Council members Billy Mills and Tom Bradley. He was briefly director of the Model Cities program in 1973. Rolland J. Curtis died in his home in 1979, the victim of a homicide. An affordable housing complex on Exposition Blvd. near Vermont Ave. was named in his honor in 1981, along with a nearby street and park.; Born on March 14, 1926, George Pierre was a war veteran, author, politician, businessman, and television and movie screenplay writer. At the age of 16 he volunteered and enlisted in the armed forces as a PFC in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and became the recipient of the Purple Heart. After getting out of the military, he earned many degrees including a Bachelor of Science in Biology, Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts in Political Science, Associate in Arts in Social Sciences, Master of Arts in Political Science and doctoral candidate in Political Science. In 1955, George Pierre was nominated to the Judgeship of Colville Court in Washington State and in 1960, he was a candidate for the US Commissioner of Indian Affairs; in 1963, he was the installed Chief of the Colville Confederated Tribes after his father's death; in 1964, Pierre was elected and served one term in the House of Representatives for Washington State. As a businessman in the 1960's, George Pierre organized the "All American Indian Week" at the Los Angeles fairgrounds, an annual powwow and Indian arts and crafts market. Chief George Pierre died on September 16, 2011 and is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
At left is Chief George Pierre (wearing a hat), who is a member of the Colville Indian Reservation and is Chief of the Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington, with an unidentified man standing next to him. Both are helping a group of women in what appears to be a jewelry purchase, as a pegboard with numerous necklaces is visible directly behind the two men. Pierre was part of the second annual All American Indian Week show, which featured many arts and crafts demonstrations, Indian lore displays, war dance contests, a horse show and an authentic teepee village, to name a few. The festival was slated for the week of November 22nd and was held at Wrigley Field located on 4th St. and Avalon Blvd. All proceeds from the show were given to various Indian social and educational programs. Photograph dated November 22, 1968. See images 00119207 through 00119223 and 00138006 through 00138012 for additional photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00119211
Rolland J. Curtis Collection
RC 0017.05
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/136275
Subject
Pierre, George
Wrigley Field (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Native Americans--Clothing
Exhibit booths
Handicraft
Jewelry trade
Jewelry
Women
Men
Lost architecture
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Time Period
1960-1969

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