Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6790-B
President John F. Kennedy announces the first public housing planning grant for an Indian (Native American) reservation, Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. President Kennedy congratulates the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and the Oglala Sioux Housing Authority. (L-R) Deputy Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency Jack T. Conway; President Kennedy; Public Housing Commissioner Marie McGuire; Chief Johnson Holy Rock of the Oglala Sioux Tribe; Attorney for the Oglala Sioux Tribe Richard Schifter; Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs for the Housing and Home Finance Agency Fred Forbes.