Meeting with Commissioner Robert L. Bennett

file type icon Colville Board Meeting with Robert L. Bennet - Covington Testimony
Summary: 
Lucy Covington presents an anti-termination argument to Robert L. Bennett and tribal members. Article in the Omak Chronicle, 3/17/67.
Description: 

In a Board Meeting at Nespelem Grade School, Robert L. Bennett discusses with the chairmen of the Colville Tribes Business Council the necessary compromise needing to be made among pro-termination and anti-termination tribal members. Lucy Covington greets the Commissioner and his guests traditionally, brings them beaded necklaces as gifts, and speaks her mind about termination and its risks to both her generation and the following generations. Covington insists that liquidationists are in it for money, while blind to their rights and privileges that they currently have.

People: 
Covington, Lucy
Protocol: 
Eastern Washington University Public Access
Community: 
Eastern Washington University
Category: 
Life of Lucy Covington, Government
Keywords: 
Covington, Lucy, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, meetings, testimony, Nespelem, legislation, sovereignty
Original Date Description: 
March 17, 1967
Original Date: 
1967 March 17th
Creator: 
Covington, Lucy
Rights: 
The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle owns the rights to this article. Contact the publisher if you have questions regarding use or republication.
Publisher: 
John Ross papers, Eastern Washington University Archives and Special Collections