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Order Number	00119225
Title	Indian arts show slated for weekend
Photographer	Curtis, Rolland J.
Collection ID	Rolland J. Curtis Collection
Location/Accession	RC_0020.01
Date	1968
Physical Description	1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Rolland Joseph 'Speedy' Curtis was born in Louisiana in 1922. After serving three years in the Marines during World War II, he and his wife, Gloria, relocated from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 1946. Curtis served four years with the Los Angeles Police Department, but resigned from the force in order to pursue both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from USC. He later became involved in city politics, as an associate of Sam Yorty, and later a field deputy to City Council members Billy Mills and Tom Bradley. He was briefly director of the Model Cities program in 1973. Rolland J. Curtis died in his home in 1979, the victim of a homicide. An affordable housing complex on Exposition Blvd. near Vermont Ave. was named in his honor in 1981, along with a nearby street and park.; Elected in 1963, Billy G. Mills (1929-) was the third African American to serve on the Los Angeles City Council, a seat he held until 1974 when he became a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. He was the first African American chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee, winning over fellow Councilman Tom Bradley by just three votes.; Born on March 14, 1926, George Pierre was a war veteran, author, politician, businessman, and television and movie screenplay writer. At the age of 16 he volunteered and enlisted in the armed forces as a PFC in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and became the recipient of the Purple Heart. After getting out of the military, he earned many degrees including a Bachelor of Science in Biology, Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts in Political Science, Associate in Arts in Social Sciences, Master of Arts in Political Science and doctoral candidate in Political Science. In 1955, George Pierre was nominated to the Judgeship of Colville Court in Washington State and in 1960, he was a candidate for the US Commissioner of Indian Affairs; in 1963, he was the installed Chief of the Colville Confederated Tribes after his father's death; in 1964, Pierre was elected and served one term in the House of Representatives for Washington State. As a businessman in the 1960's, George Pierre organized the "All American Indian Week" at the Los Angeles fairgrounds, an annual powwow and Indian arts and crafts market. Chief George Pierre died on September 16, 2011 and is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
Description	Photograph caption dated November 22, 1968 reads, "The second annual All American Indian Week show, featuring arts and crafts demonstrations, Indian lore displays, war dance contests, a horse show and an authentic teepee village, will be held tonight and all day Saturday and Sunday in Wrigley Field, 41st St. and Avalon Blvd." Pictured (left to right) are: Council member Gilbert Lindsay, Chief George Pierre, Council member Billy Mills and Don "Chief Rolling Thunder" Fisher. They are at a press conference for the All American Indian Week in Los Angeles, CA. George Pierre is Chief of the Nez Perce tribe. Don "Chief Rolling Thunder" Fisher is the recipient of an award for his participation as co-producer and program chairman of the All American Indian Week Show. Fisher was born to a Shoshone father and Cherokee mother on a Cherokee reservation in Sweetwater, Texas. By succession he is a Cherokee war chief. See images 00119225 through 00119237 and 00119239 through 00119249 for additional photos in this series.
Subject	Lindsay, Gilbert. Mills, Billy G. Pierre, George. Fisher, Don. African American politicians. African American men. City council members. Native Americans. Native Americans--Clothing. Headdresses. Feathers. Reporters and reporting. Press conferences. Microphones. Banners. Children. Women. Men. Los Angeles (Calif.).
Coverage	1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969
Format	Photographic safety negatives
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Rights	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Internal Notes	Additional photographic print : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. See Folder Record PH-RC-0020_01-0022_17 for upload information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection