Mayor of Rapid City on American Indian assimilation into white society
September 14, 1973 - Ten percent of population in Rapid City is Indian. Mayor of Rapid City, Don Barnett, talks about problems with some Indian citizens, the assimilation of Indians, the need to respect Indian culture. Talks about AIM leaders not being from South Dakota. Mayor says "It's a white society, not an Indian society". The idea of a reservation is a bad idea, it's like a cage, the concept of the reservation has failed.