"Miss Indian America XX", Maxine Norris, 21, Papago Indian of Casa Grande, Arizona, will visit Washington, D.C. November 10 through 16 as the guest of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Marvin L. Franklin, and Assistant to the Secretary tor Indian Affairs announced today.
"We're happy to be the host to this charming representative of all Indian people," Franklin said. "Miss Norris tells us she is looking forward to meeting with the Secretary of the Interior Rogers C.B. Morton, visiting the offices of Arizona Congressmen, National Indian Organizations, and the Federal agencies which administer Indian programs.
She will be an honored guest at the dedication of the American Indian National Bank --· unique in U.S. history -- at 2:30 p.m. November 15, 1973 at the bank offices, 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 310. She will visit the office of Indian Education and Indian Health Services, both parts of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
The American Indian Society of Washington, D.C. will be host to a dinner and reception in her honor November 14 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Restaurant. The American Indian Society of Washington, D.C. is an organization made up of Indians who live within the Greater Washington, D.C. area.
