Show Indian Commissioner Hears Ute Grievances Phileo Nash of Washington D C US commIssioner of Indian Affairs and Wade Head of Phoenix Ariz area director visited the Uintah Ouray reservation Monday and Tuesday Monday they met with the staff of the tho Bureau of In In- In Indian dian Affairs and with the Tribal Business Committee and reservation t then en tout toured d the reserva- reserva tion THEY VISITED the nurs nurs- nursery cry ery school at the Center the new Todd Elemen Elemen- Elementary tary School the youth camp and the cattle enterprise One of the problems that the visiting officials had to solve was that the Ute Indian Tribe has been operating with with- without out an approved budget According to government regulations a budget covering the next years year's spending should be approved by the business committee and for for- forwarded warded to the Phoenix regi regi- regional onal office for approval THE HANDLING of funds has caused a great deal of dis- dis dissatisfaction dissatisfaction satisfaction among some of 01 the Ute tribal members The business committee has been using reserves to build up en en- en employ but some some of the Indians want the funds divided up so that each member can do what he wishes with his oWn funds The simmering revolt start start- started ed to come to n a head when the Utes met in a group for their annual general council during the last week in May THE DISSATISFIED group Continued on paRe page 8 Indians Continued from page 1 called d for a council appointed budget committee which would review the budget and eliminate unnecessary items The nine member group met in the council room for three days and produced a partially completed budget The business committee ex- ex expressed expressed pressed disappointment in inthe inthe the results and labeled the budget unworkable The next development oc- oc occurred occurred when Harvey ees business committee ch chair chair- chairman ir- ir irman lees man called a special meeting of the committee to approve I the 1965 1905 fiscal year budget I THE TRIBAL accountant had prepared a budget which had been discussed previous previous- previously ly After the budget had been bl n reviewed Mr asked for a motion Francis ley made a motion to accept the budget and Juanita Grov- Grov Groves Groves es seconded the motion Then Maxie Chapoose John and Howell D t Appawoo Ap- Ap Appawoo tribal business committee com com- committee members walked out of the meeting without vot- vot voting voting ing As it requires a six man full committee to approve the bud bud- budget budget get this closed the meeting without the budget being ap ap- approved proved |