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Chippewa twins giving salute that ends rifle drill at Indian Day Festival in Los Angeles, Calif., 1943

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Title: Chippewa twins giving salute that ends rifle drill at Indian Day Festival in Los Angeles, Calif., 1943
Date Created and/or Issued: October 4, 1943
1943-10-04
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: California Indian Day was recognized in 1968 when California Tribal Leaders and then Governor Ronald Reagan declared the fourth Friday of September to be “California Native American Indian Day”. In 1998 it became an official state holiday by the passage of California State Assembly Bill AB 1953 making the 4th Friday in September "Native American Day”.
TWIN SALUTE: Milo, left, and Merle Myers, Chippewa twins from Wilmington, give salute that ends rifle drill at fifth annual Indian event held yesterday.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3171_24293-2
ark:/21198/zz0002v3w8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Ethnic festivals--California--Los Angeles County
Indians of North America--California
Culture
California Indian Day
Events
Ojibwa women--California--Los Angeles
Powwows--California--Los Angeles County
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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