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Show Page 2 The Ute Bulletin Maxine Natchees Reporter Advisors Sponsor judy Coe Carleen Ignacio, Faje Jensen Ute Indian Tribe Lara and Order Under Fire fit General Gonncil Meeting Before a poor attendance at the annual General Council meeting on May 29, a resolution was brought to a vote to recommend the removal of certain police officers. Complaints were aired on the tribal Law & Order Department which lead to the drafting of the resolution. The Tribal Business Committee, who were all in attendance, responded to this action by stating the resolution will be considered but they have the final decision on the matter. Two years earlier, a similar resolution was drawn but after investigation was found to have no basis. Comments were made on the setting of the meeting date on Memorial Day. Questions were raised if this can be changed to another day in June or July. It was pointed out according to the Constitution and the General Council date is set for the last Monday of May. If this is to be changed it has to be done by Constitutional amendment. Due to the lack of a quorum forenoon the meeting day for this year could not be postponed as it called for General Council action. After a quorum was established, Tribal Chairman Francis Wyasket was elected as the General Council Chairman for the afternoon. Committeeman Gary was appointed as the interpreter. Other topics of discussion were Fish and Game jurisdiction, enrollment, public health, alcoholism problems, education, NUTUVEEP, Cattle Enterprise, Bottle Hollow, CAP, HIP, Senior Citizens, program, financial matters, salaries, and the six-mem- ber By-La- Poo-weg- up Letters to the Editor Dear Maxine: A short note to thank you for sending me the wonderful and newsy paper , "The Ute Bulletin". I enjoy reading the happenings back home and being on the mailing list. You and all the Ute Bulletin staff are to be congratulated for a job well done. Sincerely, Jewel K. Benson note: Mrs. Benson is the former Jewel DuShane. She lives in Salt Lake City where her husband is attending the University of Utah. Editors EDITORS NOTE: The following letter to the Todd Students who performed at Weber State College emphasizes the high standard of behavior the Ute children displayed during the trip, as well as the quality of the program presented. Dear Children: On behalf of the members of the Indian Student organizaI am extending our very warm "thanks for participating in our Indian Emphasis Week. We so much appreciated the time and effort required to produce such a beautiful program, and we appreciated your sharing it with us. We have heard many good comments about your performance. We also feel that you are an unusually group of young people, and we also want you to know how very proud we were of your behavior. We want you to know that we will always Inter-Trib- al tion, Tribal band system. Those who attended the meeting cited examples of their experiences with the tribal programs and the lack of response they received from tribal officials. The Business Committee followed each discussion with answers to the questions. The Annual Report was Issued to the heads of families at the meeting. Suggestions were made to petition for a special meeting in the fall to discuss future programs and to prepare for the annual meeting in the communities and formulate concrete ideas for discussion. A luncheon was served to those attending the meeting. COMMISSIONER BRI CE BF.ATS The drums at Whiterocks Bear Dance which was in session during the recent National Tribal Leaders Association Conference. The Commissioners and other Washington dignitaries and Tribal leaders attended the Dance Monday evening, May 22, to relax after a full day of meetings at Bottle Hollow Resort. Tribe Hosts National Tribal Chairmen Association Meeting NYC Program Begins Tribal chairmen and Bureau of Indian Affairs officials met at Bottle Hollow Resort May 3 for consultation ses- Locally Monday sions. Ute Four officers and 16 members comprise the Board of Directors which meets nearly every two months. The executive board, other than Mr. Youpee, are Lee Motah, Commanche Business Committee Chair- 22-2- Tribe Business Committee Chairman, Francis Wyasket, opened the man, nt; Nathan Soldier, Fort Berthold Tribal Business Council Chairman, Secretary; and Odrlc Baker, Lac Courte Oreilles Governing profit organizations in the Uintah Basin. The Neighborhood Youth Corps sponsors the program which finds employment for students who have reached the age of 14. The program is funded by the U. S. Department of Labor and is directed local- Other areas represented on the board were Aberdeen, Albuquerque, Anadarko, Billings, Juneau, Minneapolis, Muskogee, Navajo, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento working officials. Body Chairman, William Youpee of Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, President of NTCA, responded to Mr. Wyasket's welcome. Harrison Loesch, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Interior, spoke to the ly by Byron Gilbert with Ardean Bench group before the opening consultation NYC secretary is session. doing the counseling. The visitors were registered Sunday Marlayne Mullins, a senior at Union high evening and greeted at an informal buffet school. Mr. Gilbert has been with the program dinner hosted by the Ute Tribe. Monday three years beginning in the counseling evening guests attended the bear dance A dinner meeting was position. He is a teacher at Union high at Whiterocks. conducted Tuesday school as is Mr. Bench who is serving evening at the Resort. NTCA an is of elected organization his second year as counselor. officials and its membership Two years ago 50 students were placed tribal through the NYC program. Last summer includes 80 tribes throughout the nation. the figure reached 67 and this year 110 TRIBUTE TO OLDTIMER positions have been made available in the schools, cities, tribal Treasurer. and Washington, D. C. office. Washington officials here for the Included Mr, Loesch, Louis R. meetings of Indian Affairs; Commissioner Bruce, John O. Crow, Deputy Commissioner; Syd Freeman, Management Analyst, Office of Management and Budget; Bob Robertson, Executive Director, National Council on Indian Opportunity; Reaves Nahwooksy, Special Assistant for Indian Programs, Housing and Urban Development; and Dr. Emery Johnson, Director, Indian Health Service. offices and Bureau of Indian Affairs. Positions which will be d- Posltions which will be filled by Monday June 12, include custodial, maintainance, roads, irrigation, painting, fish hatchery, day care, dental assistant, and forest ry. Placements are being made in Myton, Fort Duchesne, Whiteijpcks, and Roosevelt. Students will be employed nine weeks for a maximum of 26 hours a week. Hourly wages will be $1.60. To qualify for NYC, the students family has to be within a certain age bracket. Centenarian Kept Fires Going at Dances, Remembered as Top Farmer, Good Friend A little boy who found his way to the Uintah Basin by following campfires became the official fireman at the Ute Sun Dances - a position which he filled longer than any one person in the of the history Ute Tribe, Billy Chapoose was among the Uncom-pahgIndians who were moved by Calvary troops from Colorado to Utah. Born in April, 1876, he had lost his mother before the move. Friends of his father made Billy a pack and helped him throughout the journey. As a young man he lived near but drifted to the Farm Creek area Ouray where he married and settled. He took Weep Harvey as his bride, but she died young and bore him no children. By his second wife, Katie Jack, Billy had three sons; one died in infancy, the other at age six leaving only Scott L. Jack, who was born in 1903 and was killed in an automobile accident in 1958, the same year his mother died. re CAP Promotes Assistant Teacher Leatha Wopsock has been named head four-year-o- ld mid-Ma- y. ed ks Inter-Trib- Little More than 100 junior high and high meeting Monday morning welcoming the school students will be earning their spen- board of directors of National Tribal for non- Chairmen's Association and Washington ding money this summer teacher of the three and class at the Fort Duchesne Day Care Center. Mrs. Wopsock, a resident of Whiterocks, was appointed to the position by the CAP personnel committee when it met in Her appointment fills a vacancy which has existed on the staff and brings the total of head teachers at the Center to three. Mrs. Wopsock has been working in the remember you as being part of the first Weber State College Indian Emphasis Head Start program for seven years. Billy's father remarried after Week. We hope you enjoyed being a part She was assistant teacher at the White-rocsettling on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation and Center before coming to Day Care of us for a day. Billy had 7 half brothers and 4 half If there is any way our Indian students approximately two years ago. sisters. His only surviving sister is Mrs can be of assistance to you in the future, Stella LaRose. please let us know. We hope you will Stella relates that come and visit us again, soon. Entries needed for 4th of July parade. gone from the home although, Billy was by the time she was Sincerely, yours Parade will be on July 4 at 5:30 p.m. born, she remembers him helping her Jerry Twltchell Prizes will be awarded for winners. father put up hay and al visiting with the Indian Student President Contact Linda Pawwlnnee or Maxine family. Natchees at the Tribal office. "He always had long braids, Stella well-behav- Vice-preside- recalls, "He was a very good and a fancy dresser. I don't ren Wm in anything but a white wnen reminiscing about Billy, M Dill man of Salt Lake City who live years in Roosevelt and worked ami Utes, said, i Continued on Page 3) |
