Commissioner Emmons to Visit Indian Areas of Wisconsin and Minnesota

Media Contact: Nedra Darling, OPA-IA Phone: 202-219-4152
For Immediate Release: September 2, 1953

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Glenn L. Emmons will visit the major Indian areas of Wisconsin and Minnesota the week of September 14, immediately following his trip through Oklahoma.

On the 14th he will meet with the Menominee Indians in general council at Keshena, Wisconsin, and will also inspect the tribal garment factory and the tribal forest. In the afternoon he will leave for the Lac du Flambeau Reservation passing through the Stockbridge and Crandan Reservations en route,

On the morning of September 15, he will inspect the Simpson Electric Company plants at Lac du Flambeau and will meet in the public school auditorium with members of all Indian tribal groups in Wisconsin except the Menominee. Members of tribal groups from Michigan have also been invited to attend this meeting.

On the 16th Mr. Emmons will travel through the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin, and the Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota, en route from Ashland, Wisconsin, to Bemidji, Minnesota.

September 17 will be spent on the Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota. The schedule includes a meeting with the Red Lake Council of Chiefs and inspection tours of the hospital, old day school, sawmill, fisheries, and forest properties.

Commissioner Emmons, will spend September 18 at the Consolidated Chippewa Agency, Cass Lake, Minn. He will meet with members of six Chippewa tribal groups in the armory auditorium and will also inspect the agency hospital. He will return to Washington on September 19.

Mr. Emmons will be accompanied on his trip by Leon V. Langan, Gallup, N. Mex., consultant and by Don C. Foster, area director for the Bureau at Minneapolis.