HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 83- American Indian Day May 13 1983
PRO C LAM A T ION
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AMERICAN INDIAN DAY. 1983
May 13. 1983
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WHEREAS. the Congress of the United States. by House Joint Resolution 459
(P.L. 97-445) has authorized and requested that May 13. 1983 be
designated as American Indian Day. 1983; and
WHEREAS. President Ronald Reagan has proclaimed May 13. 1983 as American
Indian Day. 1983; and
WHEREAS. American Indians represent 5 percent of Montana's total population
and her largest minority population; and
WHEREAS. Article X. Section 1 (2) of the Constitution of the State of Montana
provides that lithe State recognizes the distinct and unique
cultural heritage of the American Indians;" and
WHEREAS, this State's Indian population has contributed to its art and culture.
its strength and spirit, its sense of history. and its sense of
purpose; and
WHEREAS. the history of the City of Bozeman has been richly enhanced by its
co-existence with Indian people; and
WHEREAS. Montana State University, the Center for Native American Studies and
the MSU Indian Club, has dedicated the Eighth Annual Indian Club
Pow Wow and Celebration to be held May 13 and 14. 1983 at the Brick
Breeden Fieldhouse in honor of the survival of Indian culture and
heritage;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Alfred M. Stiff, Mayor of the City of Bozeman, do hereby
proclaim the day of May 13, 1983, as
AMERICAN INDIAN DAY. 1983
and do urge and invite the citizens of Bozeman to join with her Indian neighbors
in celebration to reaffirm their dedication to the ideals to which our first
Americans subscribed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the great seal of the
SEAL City of Bozeman. in the State of Montana.
to be affixed at Bozeman, Montana. this
9th day of May. in the year of our Lord,
One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty-Three.
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