Enhancing Housing Opportunities for Native Americans: A Report from the Farmers Home Administration
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_003_2_33_6_0002
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Enhancing Housing Opportunities for Native Americans: A Report from the Farmers Home Administration
- Date Created:
- 1970-07-08
- EDTF:
- 1970-07-08
- Creator:
- Abourezk, James G., 1931-2023
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- Dewey F. Bartlett Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/2
- Description:
- Joseph R. Hanson, Deputy Administrator of Operations for the Farmers Home Administration, discussed the agency's efforts to improve services for Native Americans, including loan and grant programs specifically for Indians. The agency took actions to strengthen outreach programs, improve communication, and provide training for staff to better serve Indian populations. Examples were given of loans made to tribes and individual Indians for housing and water system projects. Overall, there has been significant growth in benefits received by Indians from FmHA programs in recent years.
- Policy Area:
- Native Americans
- Names:
- Navajo Nation, Creek Nation, Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, Caddo Nation
- Topic:
- Indians of North America--United States
- Congress:
- 91st (1969-1971)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_3_2_33_6_0000, Box, 33, 6, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 34 Pages
