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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Morgan Aukongak, an electronics trainee from Alaska, during a visit with a group of Eskimo and Alaskan Indian electronics trainees in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. In foreground (L-R): Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall; President Kennedy; Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior, Philleo Nash; Mr. Aukongak; trainees, Joseph Pungowiyi, Russell W. Attwood (partially hidden), unidentified (back to camera), Percy Ipalook, Jr. (wearing glasses), and Herman Kitka, Jr. Also pictured (in background): Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; White House Secret Service agent, Jack Warner. Standing in the back of the audience are Mary Alice Fultz, Mary Louise Fultz, Mary Anne Fultz, and Mary Catherine Fultz, a set of quadruplets who visited the White House to meet President Kennedy. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
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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); Senator E. L. “Bob” Bartlett (Alaska); Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; intern in the White House Press Office, Mimi Beardsley; White House Secret Service agents, Mike Mastrovito and Jack Warner. Standing in the back of the audience are Mary Alice Fultz, Mary Louise Fultz, Mary Anne Fultz, and Mary Catherine Fultz, a set of quadruplets who visited the White House to meet President Kennedy. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands a pen to Navajo Tribal Council Chairman, Paul Jones, after signing a bill to authorize the Navajo Indian Irrigation and San Juan-Chama Reclamation Projects. Standing (L-R): Representative Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Representative Thomas G. Morris (New Mexico); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Chairman Jones; Navajo Tribal Council Executive Secretary, J. Maurice McCabe (in back, mostly hidden); and Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) prepares to sign a bill authorizing the Navajo Indian Irrigation and San Juan-Chama Reclamation Projects. Looking on (L-R): two unidentified (one in back, mostly hidden); Representative Wayne N. Aspinall (Colorado); unidentified (in back); Representative Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Representative Thomas G. Morris (New Mexico); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Navajo Tribal Council Chairman, Paul Jones; Navajo Tribal Council Executive Secretary, J. Maurice McCabe; and Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks at the signing of a bill to authorize the Navajo Indian Irrigation and San Juan-Chama Reclamation Projects. Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Representative Walter Rogers (Texas); Representative Wayne N. Aspinall (Colorado); unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Representative Thomas G. Morris (New Mexico); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Navajo Tribal Council Chairman, Paul Jones; Navajo Tribal Council Executive Secretary, J. Maurice McCabe; and Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) speaks with Navajo Tribal Council Chairman, Paul Jones, at the signing of a bill to authorize the Navajo Indian Irrigation and San Juan-Chama Reclamation Projects. Standing (L-R): Representative Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Representative Thomas G. Morris (New Mexico); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Chairman Jones; Navajo Tribal Council Executive Secretary, J. Maurice McCabe (in back); and Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs a bill to authorize the Navajo Indian Irrigation and San Juan-Chama Reclamation Projects. Looking on (L-R): Representative Wayne N. Aspinall (Colorado); unidentified (in back); Representative Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Representative Thomas G. Morris (New Mexico); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Navajo Tribal Council Chairman, Paul Jones; Navajo Tribal Council Executive Secretary, J. Maurice McCabe; and Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs a bill to authorize the Navajo Indian Irrigation and San Juan-Chama Reclamation Projects. Looking on (L-R): Representative Thomas G. Morris (New Mexico); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Navajo Tribal Council Chairman, Paul Jones; Navajo Tribal Council Executive Secretary, J. Maurice McCabe; and Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.