Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22998
President John F. Kennedy addresses a group of Eskimo and Alaskan Indian electronics trainees, including: Russell W. Attwood, Margie Aukongak, Morgan Aukongak, Percy Ipalook, Jr., Harry Kito, Sam Kito, Jr., Herman Kitka, Jr., Arthur H. Peterson, Joseph Pungowiyi, Peter J. Tocktoo, and Gordon Upicksoun. Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall; Senator Ernest Gruening (Alaska); Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior, Philleo Nash; President of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Institutes, George F. Maedel; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Secret Service agents, Mike Mastrovito and Jack Warner. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]