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Show THE UTE BULLETIN Maxine Natchera Editor ... Advlaor Sponsor Ute language to be taught here Judy Cole, CarIren Ignacio, Faye Jensen Ute Indian Tribe . Mrs. Doris (Daisy)Jenks has been hired by Title 1, Uintah School District, to teach classes in the Ute language at Todd Elementary and West Junior high schools to Indian students. The program was started after many requests from parents and from the Title I AdThere are 49 visory Board. students enrolled in the program and 27 students on the waiting list. This is probably the first time an unwritten language has been taught. MAN AND MACHINE are combined in the Tribal bookkeeping department for the utmost in efficency. Operating the fiscal acnew computer is Rufus Starr, clerk. counting newly-appoint- ed Computer installed by Department In June, 1971, the computer for the Tribal Accounting V, De- partment was Installed to help keep pace with the accelerating progress made by the Tribe. In six months the department has prepared all the tribal pay- rolls and checks for approxi- mately 150 employees each pay period, prepared the Ute Tribal WaterSystem bills, monthly budget reports, updated the membership roll, prepared the dividend payroll and checks to Principal operators are Bernice Warden and Lester Mack Virginia Slagle Chapoose. the machine on water billings. Bottle Hollow Resort this year On Jan. 7, the Ute Trails and Rivers Enterprise traveled to Los Angeles to attend the Sports Vacation Travel Show. While there Frank Arrowchis, Manager, and Bill Oldson, trainee, spent some time with Slim Pickens and Robert Redford; Ute Trails and Rivers are making arrangements for a late bear hunt for the two movie stars. While hunting on the Ute Reservation, Pickens and will be staying at the Bottle lodge at Florence Creek. Hollow The Uintah and Ouray Housing Authority will be featured as a series onKCPX part of news. Channel 4 TV is doing a series on housing problems in Utah. Lucky Severson and John of KCPX said in trying to define the problem a successful housing authority was chosen. They were Impressed with the pride the Ute people have in talking about the homes they were building and what they were doing. They believed the success of this project was partly because the future occupants put a lot of hard work into the construction of their homes. It is hoped community attitudes will change as a result of the series and ideas of some who think the project as another handout1' to the Indians will be clarified. The series will be broadcasted on the 5 o'clock and 11 oclock news in about two Red-fo- rd Plans Resort. are being made to start river runs Canyon ending trip at the Desolation down a four-da- newly-construct- y river ed Alaskan natives get settlements The Alaska Native claims settlement legislation which was pending in the Congress for several years was recently passed by both Houses of Congress and was signed into law by the President on Dec. 18, 1971. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is conducting an enroll- ment of Alaska Natives eligible for benefits. Inquiries concerning enrollment procedure should be directed to the following: Alaska Native Enrollment Office Pouch Anchorage, Alaska 99501 persons inquiring about enrollment are to send the enrollment office the following information: 1. Name or names of eligible persons in family. All 2. Present address. 3. Number of members in family. 4. Name of village of origin in Alaska of eligible ; i'.'is in family or of am. os ;r. 1972 plans are in the making for a new lodge to be constructed in the Lower Stillwater area of Rock Creek. This lodge will be used for winter activities, such as anowmobi-lin- g, oval racing and crosscountry runs as well as sightseeing tours and winter fishing. In Representatives of the Ute Tribe Senior Citizens Organization accompanied other state representatives to Washington, D. C, to attend the White House Conference on Aging, Nov. 1, 1971. Attending the Conference for the Tribe were Irene C. Cuch and Fred A. Conetah, Business Committee members; Frances Mt. Lion, Health Representative; Charles Wells, Chairman, Senior Citizens Board of Directors; and Mrs. Stella LaRose, President of the Ute Senior Citizens organization. Mrs. LaRose was selected by Governor as a Rampton state delegate lor Utah. 28-D- ec. Indian today. The Committee was composed of representatives of various Indian groups around the nation, including the National Council on Indian Op- portunity (NC10), the National Tribal Chairmens Association (NTCA), the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the American Indian Movement finishes course recently his training course in wvlrhi.g in Oakland, Calif., ?.iid is working as a welders for A! viiii Manbolper ufacturing Cot:.p.i"7 in San Lean- ed ference in preparation for the White House Conference. In a statement drafted in Sep- (AIM) and the Indian Advisory Committee to the Special Senate Committee on Aging. Staff members from the White House tember, the Council reported The statement mentioned that earlier lack of concern for older Indians had produced a lack of awareness its priorities. Conference on Aging, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service were also serving on the Planning Committee. The Elderly Indian, on the part of Indians, resulting in little time for preparation for the Conference. The statement cited a lack of available information, need for was on Mathew Arrive 'll?, Caf. Title I Office at The delegates were selected by state governors and by the Planning Committee, appointed by Dr. Arthur Flemming, White House Conference Director. In early October, the Special Senate Committee on Agings especially-appointIndian Adconducted Council an visory Indian policy planning con- sed issues facing the elderly ng weeks. Arrive contact the Todd School. de 10-p- art completed enrolling their children in the program next year, they are to Indian population, both on and Included in the discussion were Issues of housing, health , Income, spiritual well-beiand the legal problems of the elderly Indian. The session made recommendations that assurance be given that existing relationships between the government and Indian Tribes would be continued, an adequately staffed Indian desk be established in the Adto coordinate ministration feature project Matthew Chapoose. a four-pa- rt session that related to all facets of the nation-wi- Channel 4 TV to An-des- o NATIVE LANGUAGE Is being taught to Ute children at Todd Elementary srl West Junior High Schools by Mrs. Daisy Jenks under the Title I program. Listening to tapes with Mrs. Jenks are, from left, Robert Cuch, Jamie Cuch, Yvonne Chapoose, Carol Wyasket, David Willie and Peggy Ute Tribe representatives attend White House Conference on Aging during late fail meeting individual members, processed the W-- 2 Wage and Tax statements for all those who worked for the Tribe during the calendar year of 1971. The preparation of the fourth quarter and annual report to the Internal Revenue Service and the Utah State Tax Commission were made. Movie personalities to hunt, visit r Mrs. Jenks is excited about the progress the students are making and hopes next year all who enroll can get into the program. Each child is furnished a tape recorder and a cassette to take home on weekends to practice. If parents are Interested in Mrs. Stella LaRose White House State Delegate Present at the Conference were approximately 3,400 delegates with a host of Observers and guests which brought the total attendees to approximately 5,000. Every state in the Union as well as all races were represented. The conference was conducted over a three and a half day period which was designed for the senior citizens of this nation to express to the powers to be those areas of life they need assistance with. Policies from. Issues and recommendations were developed for submission to the President and Congress. The elderly Indian was also an area of concern. The Planning Committee for the Elderly Indian presented its views and recommendation to the Conference in an effort to include the American Indian in the formulation of a National Policy on Aging. The Cummitioi', numbering discus nearly 100 flexibility in housingprograms, Inadequate health care, problems in transportation and communication, unemployment and education as basic causes of the problems of elderly Indians today. The statement continued with other statistics relevant to these problems. Members of the Council are; Dorothy G. Baker, Shoshone-Bannoc- k, former member of the Health and Welfare Committe, Fort Hall, Idaho. Irene C. Cuch, Ute, Uintah and Ouray Tribal Business Fort Duchesne Committee, Utah. Vine Irene C. Cuch Appointed to Advisory Council. funds for the administration of elderly Indian programs, funds be allocated for TribniVy administered comprehend. i a programs for the elderly, present funds be increased, -j a study be medp of existing ,'t . islatiou and : effectiveness rrouo:'f ,,v -i Action Pro j ec t. Dorl Old Person, fcrn.cr change--;. r - Blackfrut, resident of the Congress of American -- Frtd c- needed Deloria, Sioux, Belling- ham, Washington. Frank Ducheneaux, former Chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Eagle Butte South Dakota. Steven V. Hotch, President, Alaska Native Brotherhood, Grand Camp, Klukwan, Alaska. Anna Gover, Comanche, Former Foster Grandparent, Lawton, Oklahoma. Ted James, Pyramid lake Tribal Council, Nixon, Nev. Samuel C. Kolb, Vice- - Chairman, Rincon Band of Mission Indians, Southern California. Icgc r H. Sandoval, Project Director, Arizona Affiliated 4 lCIndian Community - Na-t.v- Ml Montana. 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