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Show Floral Centerpiece Donated As a token of appreciation for fundi and time, the Ladies group of the Ute Tribe Alcoholism Program presented the Tribal Business Committee with a large floral centerpiece in a pedestal vase. The arrangement is of orange, rust and yellow to accent the new Tribal Chambers in the Uintah Basin Community Building the centerpiece will be added to the decor. The Ladies Group cultivated their ar- - tistic talents at eight classes sponsored by Did Sanders of the Roosevelt FloraL The lasses taught design of feather, straw and fur flowers as well as arrangement and color balance. Christmas arrange- menu designed by the group were sold at the Deemnber Market Day and also at the Tribal Christmas Party where they cente-red the tables. A Christmas arrangement was the door prise at the party. Diana Wall Tribal Counselor, said, the ladies took great pride in their accom- - OEO pliahments at the daises which did cause wine inconvenience to their families since 7 were conducted in the evening. Mrs. Wall helped arrange transportation to the classes and also attended them. With four main goals: to have fun; to codalize and spend free time without drinking; to help each other solve e lems and answer personal questions; and to talk and deal with feelings; the ladies have made shawls and beadwork to sell along with the floral arrangements. They are also sewing the numbers on the bas-- c ketball jerseys for the Tribal recreation prob-wher- Many new activities are planned for the future, according to Mrs. Walk including a trip to the coast with funds realised from their sales. Anyone interested in' joining the group may contact Mrs. Wall at the Center (Next to the BIA Agency office building) or by gelling Ext 42. GRATEFUL DONORS Listed on the card aw psnyhg a Sard arrangement il Trihs Uti are read by nsnnnlttBB members frnd thi fastness ti Canatah and hone Cock. Presenting thn feather Sand srrsngmnsnt an behalf of the AkahsHaai Ladles Rshshflltatisa Creep are Jackie Csaspoech Psflt and Anikey Murray. The rest and arango flowers oamplhnsnt the deear af the Tribal Chambers and the gsld engraved plages an the pedestal base nates the group's apprs Hatha lor thee and amney donated by the Tribe to tbs AlcshsMsm pragmas. 722-226- Desk Transfers To HEW im Mxom' Budget Cunts . liffiiqflliftiffl BIA Educators Outline Five Basic Types of Indians ; WASHINGTON. of Economic Opportunity (OEO) including iU Indian Desk will be broken down and distributed to other agencies during the second Nixon term, probably by June 30, according to administration plans. Most of the activities of OEO's Indian Division will be transferred te the DeD.C.-(AIPA)-- The Office partment of Health, Education and Welfare HEW to the supervision of esignate Casper W. Weinberger. Weinberger in the first week of January was named counselor to the President in the area of human resources, including Secretary-D- matters. Indian Current OEO Indian programs, with a total budget of $19 million, are: -- LEGAL SERVICES: OEO now funds eight Indian legal service advocacy programs. These programs are in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Navajo Nation, Papago Nation, Minnesota, Zuni Pueblo, and California Indian Legal Serd vices. Eight other programs which nuke legal counsel available to tribes and dans are located in the states of Montana, Alaska, Oregon, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mississippi and WASHINGTON, are five basic types" of Indians, claims the Education Division of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. James E. Hawkins, the BLA's director of education programs, and Thomas P. Hopkins, chief of the BLAs division of evaluation and program review, defined five types of Indians today in a May, 1972 report on student disturbances at Chilocco Indian School in Chilocco, Okla., which occurred last winter. The following are key excerpts from the study, entitled American Indian Rights and Recent Exercise of Them: The country individual has been described by social scientists in various studies. While our definition does not exactly fit that of others, it is somewhat similar. The country Indian is the individual who by behavior is closest to his tribal heritage and lifeways. In most instances, but nowadays not always, he resides in a rural setting. He has usually had little formal education and may be individual while Ike close to still the tribal lifeways has taken n on some characteristics of the has He a high school frequently society. education and occasionally some college. He is literate and leads a stable life in an Indian or community. He is a He has friends and relatives earner. wage folk. He understands the country among and to some extent participates in the society. Ike ptalBsaisaal represents the intell- -' igentsia of American Indians. This indire HEW. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: Usually developed under community action programs under tribally determined plans, this area of OEO is expected to be moved to the Communit y Development Council headed by Nixons new counselor on economic development, for the James Lynn, Secretary-Designat- e and Develof Urban Housing Department (HUD). opment -- URBAN INDIAN ASSISTANCE: Transferred to HEW wffl be OEOs lltfOSJOO in aid programs to nine urban Indian centers in nine urban Indian centers in nine states and te fear urban Indian demonstration centers hi Gallup, NJ1., Los Angeles, Calif., Fairbanks, si mUsi Minn. Alaska NATIONAL PROGRAMS: Also transferred to HEW will be grant supervision for National Congress of American Indiana and National Tribal Chairmens -- - The legal service programs, currently under fire from the Nixon administration, are left without a home under the dismantling of OEO. The administration is expected to push for the creation of a separate federal legal services corporation soon. COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS: OEO now fends a wide range of reservation-o- programs under contracts for locally determined needs such as. emergency food and medical services, senior citizen needs, community, organizing, youth centers, economic enterprises, day care centers, arts and crafts development, special education projects, fisheries and housing, together with construction. Local and state governments will be urged to take over the administration of community actum programs with the lure of additional revenue sharing monies. -- ICAP PROGRAMS: OEO at present funds eight management support contracts for training and technical assistance. These are the Tribal Services Assn., Everett, Wash.; Affiliated Tribes Pueblo Council; United Inc.; Sioux Tribes; ICAP; Tribes; South Dakota's ICAP Inc.; and United Southeastern Tribes Inc. Funding and supervision will be transferred to riented . Tri-Sta- te non-India- e. Steele Kayos Opponent A bloody Francisco Steele of Stewart non-Indi- an d crowed at the suprised a Nixon gym by knocking out the local favorite, Leland Tobey, in the final round. Steele received a number of solid punches from Tobey and it appeared Tobey would win the bout. The knockout was the only one during the evening which featured 20 jam-packe- non-Indi- an bouts. Participating in the Nixon Boxing Tournament were teams from Carson, Stewart, Elko, Sehurz, Nixon, Sparks and Rena This item was taken from FirewheeT, the Pyrmid Lake, Nevada, publication. Francisco is the son of Leota Arrive Steele of Ouray and is attending Stewart Indian School at Stewart, Nev. : t t tournament of tribal (Elfamptona non-India- non-India- , non-Indi- Remember . . non-India- non-India- d All-Indi- an Tri-Sta- te one of aeml-ecculturat- OEO-funde- Maine. the above types. He may have attended several high schools located in different parts of the country. He is sensitive to racism and is frequently hurt by it He talks with his peers and seems to communicate better with them than with Inidan adults. He is unsure of where he fits in modern sodety. He is aware of his difference with all adults. The activist is a young adult usually ranging in age from the late teens to early thirties. They are transient frequently being in Washington, D.C., on Monday; Oklahoma City on Wednesday; and San Francisco for the weekend. They are artin culate, and generally know the traditional tribal the than society better frehome addresses society. They change quently quently. They usually have a high school education and often some college, but seldom are qualified for a profession. They are very sensitive to racism, its manifestations, and deleterious effects on minorities. They are organised in groups accordn society ing to a structure of the aid used collective strength to be an advocate of the American Indian. The tactics they employ are patterned after those of other youth groups. Meaning, that they seldom stand on ceremony, are loudly outspoken ami when funded by the government, a church, or foundation, hire lawyers to develop clan action suits which reflect their concerns. They are n sense though aggressive in a some may have started life on a reservavidual possesses a sophisticated and tion or in an Indian community, they have learned appreciation of his Indian heritleft this type of life apparently for good. age. Occasionally, he participates in tribal According to the BIA study, all of the activities. They are artists, authors, col- five types share some common traits. lege professors, government officials, edare: These n ucators, lawyers, etc. He uses the d commitment to a First, system to uphold and express the American Indians in general but primarily rights of Indian peoples. He is usually a to their tribe. If there is such a thing as an college graduate and has credentials to American Indian panion, and we believe support his chosen profession. He is a there is, they possess it. Second, while they may share the distinct minority usually residing in a community. His professional life American Indian passion, they still have may or may not be devoted to American difficulty expressing a limited, intertribal I American Indian voice. Tribalism, unforIndian causes. AmeriIke student is a contemporary tunately, prevails in the end. Yet they will seldom show their tribal differences in a can Indian adolescent attending an American high school, which may or may not be public gathering at which there are in attendance. run by the BIA. He is from a traditional home on a reservation, one located in a Third, they have many common causes and may differ mainly in tactics but not in small town situated dose by a reservation, Alaskan isolated concern. or a home located in an village. He may come from a home of any semi-illiterat- Association. Iron-Fiste- fatttss yrr-rnt- deep-seate- an non-India- ns |
