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Show New Chairman Named For Indian Affairs Homey J. Secakuku, Ute Tribe vice chairman and administrative officer of its business committee, was elected chairman of tha State Indian Affairs Board July 13. He succeeds John S. Hoyden. Secakuku is credited in part for a 30 per cent reduction re-duction in the number of Utes receiving public assistance as-sistance during the past two years. During this period the $2.5 million Bottle Hollow motel and recreation project proj-ect and other home building build-ing and a business designing design-ing and manufacturing furniture fur-niture have been develou-ed develou-ed taking- up slack in Ute employment. Richard P. Lindsay, executive ex-ecutive director, State Social So-cial Services Department, is hopeful that the good work among the Utes may spread to other Indian tribes tri-bes within the state. He reported that the number of Utes receiving public assistance in Duchesne, Duch-esne, Uintah and Daggett counties was 411 in October, Octob-er, 19G9. This shrank to 207 in June, 1971 when 1C.5 per cent of the Indian population popu-lation cf the three counties count-ies was on relief. |