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Show lecture-Discussion Series on Qiallenaes to Traditional Society in Southeast Utah I he Charles Kedd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University announces the first in a series of live lectures and discussions on questions or public interest to be presented in Southeastern Utah. 'resident George P. Lee of the Aruona-Holhrook Mission, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, Church of Jesus Cbiist of Latter-Day Saints, will open the series with a lecture on accommodation accommoda-tion between Anglo-American and Native-American cultures. Following the lecture. Mr. Cleal Bradford, Fxecutivc Director of the Utah Navajo Development Council and Mr. Robert Bill ic Navajo Tribal Councilman, will participate in a panel discussion on the topic. Moderator for the lecture and discussion will be Dr. Leonard J. Arrington, Di ector of the Charles Redd Center and Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Michael Hurst of the Utah Navajo Development Council has made local arrangements. The lecture-discussion will be presented at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, 1976 in the auditorium of the San Juan County High School. The public is invited and there is no charge. Currently President of the Ari.ona-Holbrook Mission, with his appointment to the newly organized First Quorum of the Seventy. President Lee. a Navajo Indian became the first Native American to be called to the General Authorities Authori-ties of the LDS Church. Born March 23. 19-1.. in Towaoe, Colorado. Dr. Lee received his Ph.D from Brig-ham Brig-ham Young University. He is formerly president of the College of Ganado, a two-year community college on the Navajo Reservation. Earlier he served as assistant to the president, dean of students, and director of Indian studies. Winner of numerous scholarships schol-arships and awards, he was designated one of the "Outstanding "Out-standing Young Men of-America." of-America." Selected as a White House Fellow, he declined the honor to accept appointment as assistant to the president of the College of Ganado. He is married to the former Kalherine Hcttich. a Comanche Coman-che Indian from Oklahoma and they have three children. Currently Executive Director Direc-tor of the Utah Navajo Development Council, Cleal Bradford of Blanding was formerly a building supervisor for the LDS Church. In addition, he has been owner and operator of a number of businesses including his own construction company and the Patio drive-in stores. He came to the Utah Navio Development Council after serving as director of the Federal Government's Title 5 program for San Juan County. The Navajo development council is governed by a nine-man board representing the Navajo people. The board establishes policy which is implemented by Mr. Bradford and his staff in areas such as health, education, building, economic development, and cultural improvement. Robert Billie of Montezuma Creek has served on the Navajo Tribal Council since 1970. Born in Aneth, he attended school there and in Anadarko. Oklahoma, before enrolling at the University of Kansas at Lawrence. Before his election to the tribal council, he had served in the army, as office manager for El Paso Natural Gas Co., and a chapter secretary for the tribal council. His current activities in public service include Chairman Chair-man of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs and a member of the board of regents of the Navajo community college. He . also serves as a member of the San Juan County School Board. His duties on the tribal council include chairman of the educational committee and a member of the budget and finance committee. He and his wife Arlene are the parents of five children. Leonard J. Arrington is Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr. Professor of Western American Ameri-can History at Brigham Young University and Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |