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Show Bulletin Volume PuMhhod by Ufa THbe Number S Fort Duchesne, Utah MOM Utes to Elect Three t Thursday, March 1, 1070 UBiasimess Committee Nominated For March Tribal Elections Twenty-nin- e Ute candidates were nominated Feb. 23 to fill the of three Tribal Business Committee members. terms expiring The three incumbent council members were among the names Twenty-nin- e certified at a special Business Committee meeting Feb. 24. Francis Wyasket of the Uncompahgre Band is seeking his third term of office. For the past eight years he has served as chairman of the tribe. The second woman to serve on the council, Mrs. Irene Cueh, for her second term. The Uintah Band, is seeking Whiteriver Band representative, Wilbur Cueh, is also vying for his re-electi- on second term of office. The representative group of both men and women seeking the three seats on the tribal government include: UNCOMPAHGRE BAND: Alfred Parriette, Robert Chapoose, Leon Perank, Ouray McCook, Sr., Guy Pinnecoose, Lee W. Serawop, Fred Lonebear, Haskell Chapoose, Wallace Tabbee, and Clarice Ignacio. UINTAH BAND: James Murray, Elwyn DuShane, Maxie Archie Ray Tom, Julius R. Murray, Raymond Murray, Leah Appawoo, John Cesspooch, and Edith C. Sireech. WHITERIVER BAND: Lester Chapoose, John Wopsock, Charles Redfoot, Ruby Black, Floyd Wyasket, Pat Wyasket, and Jason Cueh. According to the Business Committee any eligible voter who is a member of the Ute Tribe or a candidate for the Council may protest any of the named candidates providing they are of the same band. This may be done by submitting the protest to the Tribal Business Committee in writing prior to election day, March 23. The polls will be open in the five communities of Whiterocks, Myton, Ft. Duchesne, Ouray, and Randlett from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 23. Cha-poo- NOMINATING PROCEDURES Ara oiphhiid ta Bernice Ccoepooch daft and Haid Wardle by AHuMdndaa Secretary Frances Poowegup prior ta the filag of of Frauds Wyasket, Ireaa Cueh and Wflbur Cueh. Tribal Members the March 23 elections. k are urged to seta PEOPLE-ORIENTE- D Mew Indian Leader Stresses Salvation EDITOR'S NOTE: Marvin L. Tm on interim status, holding the boat steady while we try to get an Assistant Secretary. I have no desire to be Commissioner. However, I am the boss with full line control over Indian affairs. I think the (Nixon) legislation as written abolishes the position of Commissioner. A director of the Bureau (of Indian Affairs) would be named who would have only administrative responsibility." How did he view the embattled BIA, split by political polarization? There will be no more reorganizations. However, the central office under my scheme of things will have only policymaking authority, the Area Offices only technical assistance functions which they would provide to the agencies. The agencies and tribes would run the programs. Fraaklk, Assistant to the Secretary lor Indian Affairs, spake to a group af Phoenix Area BIA Personnel and Tribal leaders last month at Parker, Aria. His thoughts expressed at Parker were afaaUnr to the fallowing ones given fa a special faterview with an AIPA reporter. Attending the meeting, whkh was a quarterly personnel meeting, were Fred Conetah and Gary Foewegnp of the Ute Bnainess Committee and Ed Emmons, BIA Administrative Manager, and Mack Cole, Land Operations Officer. WASHINGTON, D.C.--- I cant run an organization to save my soul, said Marvin L. Franklin in a special interview, but I can work with people." Franklin, 56, was recently named spedal assistant to the Interior Secretary for Indian affairs, a role he anticipates with both relish and caution. Franklin stressed the theme of economic development as Indian salvation" and his past role in helping many Indian tribes begin businesses and enterprises which have become successful I am an economic development man," he said. I dont know much about the aodal and political realm. Franklin does not anticipate that he will hold his present position through the entire year of 1973. We now have a good chanee to get an Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs," aid Franklin. There is no Commissioner, Indians want it, Congress is in session, the fa in agreement. So and Uw administration ! Franklin said he believed a lot of pro-- ! gressive steps were made under former Indian Commissioner Louis R. Bruce, dis- missed by the Nixon administration in December. As an individual he has great qualities, said Franklin, and pointed to Bruces most significant accomplishments as contracting out to the tribes and the creation of jobs on reservations. Franklin said he had already encountered factionalism with the BIA. I will do my best to inspire in people the feeling that each one has some real worth. I have never been in an organization where there fa polarization. Til do whatever it takes to overcome it. Franklin did not believe either the U.S. Congress or the American public had a satisfactory understanding of the unique (Continued on Rags 4) e, Indian Director To Speak At Dedication Marvin L. Franklin Spedal Assistant far. Indian Affairs VOTE March 23 One of the nation's seven Indian area directors wfll be the keynote speaker at the opening of the Uintah Basin Community Building next Wednesday in Fort Duchesne. John Artichoker, director of toe BIA's Phoenix Area Office, and Utah Governor Calvin Hampton wll join the Utes on Mar. 14 as they open the newest major building on the reservation. A full day of dedication activities wil begin at 10 ajn. with the official dedication ceremony. The program wil indude toe take, entertainment fram Tide I, and light refreshments. An open invitation is extended to all tribal members and the general public. Tours of Gw 'various enterprises wfll fallow In the afternoon after the luncheon far visiting dignitaries. A general pow wow wil highlight the evening's schedule. Noted pow wow frums from the (Croe and Northern Cheyenne tribeo In Mentana and the Southern Ute tribe from Colorado havo been invited and wll bo featured along with the local Ute drums. The pow wow, which wil bo too first dance fa the new hal, wffi be continued too next night to be hooted by too Ute drum groups. |
