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Show The Ute Bulletin Vohima Number Publication of the Ute Indian Tribe 1 Fort Ducheene, Utah. M026 Monday, January 31, 1972 Salt Lake City architect selected to draw plans for new Tribal Correction facility at Ft Duchesne The Tribal Correctional Facility has been selected. Alton Dean Jensen, Salt lake City architect , was chosen from a field of three architects by the Tribal Business Committee. Mr. Jensen has had experience in designing this type of facility. The new faciltiy will house the Tribal judicial system In an effort to provide an adequate rehabilitation service, legal processing, and dententlon of all adult offenders. CRIMINAL JUSTICE Planning Committee convene to 'plana for the correction facility to be constructed north of the Ute Research Lab. The complex will houae the court chambers, Jail and law enforcement offices. dla-cu- m Hew Superintendent believes BIA. now more aware of Indian needs The day of a superintendent coming Into a new assignment with set goals for the people Is past." In an Interview with William Streitz, new Superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Agency, his feelings and ideas were viewed. He said it Is a matter of the BIA working with the Tribe and the Tribe developing their goals with technical assistance and expertise from the BIA, If the governing body of the Tribe feels it Is needed. When asked how U & O differs from Slsseton, he explained the basic difference are the tribes, Sioux and Ute. The reservations are different In that the Sioux do not own land, which Is fractioned, or resources, and do not have tribal Income to conduct the business of the Tribal government. He noted the Sioux have not progressed as much as the Utes. cerning the BIA services tour-ba- n Indians. The BIA Is rvation-oriented and the services provided are mainly for reservation Indians. This Is caused by the limited appropriations the Bureau receives and regulations which control the programs. These policies will have to be changed on the national level to Include the urban Indians. Streitz expressed concern about the Indians who leave the reservations because in some areas once an Indian leaves his reservation he loses his franchise with the tribe. Problems of the Indian people residing In the cities have been drawn Into public attention by organizations such as AIM (American Indian Movement). The publicity has been both good' and bad. He said its like any After observing the Ute Tribe in the short time he has been here, Strletz felt there is a need for evaluation of the If it Is And, programs. needed, restructuring and updating should be done to meet the needs of the program. Continual evaluation has to be done and changes made when ther Is growth. Streitz had opinions con Streitz has been In the BIA 20 years. In these years he has seen changes in the Bureau. The biggest Is the turning around of BIA from a management to a service oriented organization. The Indian people have also changed In this period. The young peoples attitude In becoming Involved in their destiny has been more notlcable. With the majority, there was a time when Indian people tdok up the Anglo way of These people are now life. becoming more Involved in Indian business. The reorientation of the BIA In changing roles to a service organization has been slow. In his observation of the Agency here, he said, We are not dragging our feet, in relation to the Tribe. The staff Is young here and he believes this is good for new and fresh ideas but experience is also needed to complement them. He feels this Is a good opportunity for him as ther are areas here which will broaden his background and will give him an opportunity to work on a growth flow. A native of Belle Plaine, Minn., he Is a graduate of St. for an Cloud State College, Production on the Intermoun- tain School renovation job being done by Ute Fab Ltd. reached 70 completion on Jan. Work on the 765 wardrobe units, desks and beds in the $400,000 contract will be completed by Feb. 11, 1972 15,-197- , according to Richard Jones, Manager. Jones also reported forecasts Poster winners Clayton Sireech of Todd Elementary School and Evan Harrison of Whlterocks Elementary School were awarded trophies for submitting winning entries in the Ute History Poster Contest. Both are 4th grade stu- dents. Other winners were La-RAllred, first place, and Jennifer Parriette, second Both students attend place. ee pressure group. Minn. A The building will be located north of the Ute Research Lab. Construction Is projected to start in the spring of this year. Here to discuss the planning of the facility with the Tribal Business Committee and the Ute Indian Tribe Criminal Justice Planning Committee, and the architect, were representatives of the LEAA (Law Enforcement Assistance Administration) Region VIII Office In Denver, Walter Lumpkin, Corr- ectional program advisor, who Renovation project of UTEFAB nears completion report shows rese- non-Indi- architect lor the new Ute West Jr. High School. Naval veteran, he served in World War II and was recalled for the Korean Conflict. Streitz launched his BIA career in 1949 as a teacher at Cheyenne-Eag- le Butte, S. Dak. In 1952 he assumed a teaching position in Pine Ridge, S. Dak., aiid in 1958 went to Fort Yates, N. Dak., as a guidance counse- for the first quarter 1972 show a significant increase In In- come over 1971 and the trend toward more work is favorable. Ute Fab has worked two shifts since September and has maintained a payroll of over 50 employees on the Intermountain contract and other jobs for the U. S. Government. Ute Fab is presently working on a modular cabinet concept with the University of Utah and Mr. Jones Indicated the prospects for this type of cabinet are favorable according to research organizations around the is also from the Federal Bureau of Prisons; Wayne Potter, Correction Facilities Program Specialist; Bill Petite (Shoshone Bannock) Indian Desk; and two representatives from the Utah Law Enforcement Planning Agency, Morris Stlrett, Law Enforcement Planning Specialist; and Gary Webster; and Alvin James (Shoshone) Special consultant from the National Indian Justice Planning Association, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico. The facility, which Is the first priority item In the Law Enforcement Plan for the reservation, was developed by the Ute Indian Tribe Criminal Justice Planning Committee with special assistance from the National Indian Justice Planning Association, Inc. The goal of the Justice Planning Committee Is to update the judicial system of the' Tribe. And in the process of doing this It is hoped a change of attitude In the people will be realized In the change of image of policemen to one of a pub- lic servant. Members . of the Criminal Justice Planning Committee representing various community agencies are; Reynold W. Brown Chairman, Director of the Ute Tribal Alcohol Program; Wilber Cuch, Tribal Business country. Committee, Henry Upchego, Another significant event In Chief Judge; Paul C. Keller, Ute Fabs short history was the Fifth District Juvenile Judge; distribution of profits to the Ray Wardle, Chief of Police; employees of Ute Fab for the Dennis Mower, Tribal Ecofiscal year 1971. All employees nomic Development Specialist; who were eligible received a Max Peatross, Bureau of Indian share in the net profit for the Affairs; Charles Wells, Service fiscal year and hopes of a con- Unit Director, Public Health tinuing profit sharing program Service; Carl Van Tassell, Jucan provide an even greater venile Probation Officer; and incentive toward outstanding Robert Hicks, Adult Probation work by the employees. Officer; and Alvin James, Special Consultant. lor. He spent seven months in Washington, D. C. during 1961 on the Department of Interior Management Training Program from which he was assigned as Field Employment Assistance Officer in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1963 he became Administrative Manager for the BIA at Fort Yates and in 1967, superintendent of the BIA agency at Slsseton, S. Dak. He and his wife, Rosemary, have four children; Dana, 22, married and a student at Aber deen, S. Dak; Steven, 18, U. S. Navy, San Diego, Calif; Billy, 14, a ninth grader at West Junior high school; and Barbara 5, kindergarten at Todd FURNITURE MAKERS Robert Yazzie and Lonnie Nephl attend to detail on fine furniture being made for the Intermountain School at Brigham City. |
