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Show WINNERS LISTED The Ute Bulletin Editor Marine Nafahres Associate Editor Judy Cole School News Cartoon Igsscio and CHorin Arrowgarp Ute Indian Tribe Sponeor Mail Free to Ute Tribal members $&50 per year to ethers tos life Ute Bulletin P.0. Bex 129 Fort Dncheone, Utah 84026 Member of the American Indian Press Association cUtvid TKatfjk Editor1! Note: He following letter is an opinion formulated a a result of research conducted at Union High School from Jan. 1973 to May 1973.1 Several of my friends have asked me to publicly voice my opinion about the current state of education on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. This letter is written in response to those requests and in an effort to assist members of the Tribe in making a decision about the most effective way to reach goals that they feel are important for education. The most important goals for education must be established by a child, his parents and his community. As I understand the general goals of the members of the Tribe they are: (1) to have Ute children learn the fundamentals of Ute culture. This would include Ute history, language, art, crafts, feligion, medicine, organization, etc., and (2) to have Ute children learn about and be able to live in a country controlled largely by white people. This includes learning how to read and write in English and about government, politics, law, etc. in the white world. But this does not mean learning to be white, it means learning to be Ute in a white world. Stated generally as I understand the goals of the Ute citizens they include having their children learn to be Ute citizens, but also having them learn how they can continue to live as they choose by understanding the parts of the white world that will help them maintain the culture and life they choose. It seems to me that these general goals cannot be reached to the best satisfaction of the Ute Tribe in the schools of the Uintah and Duchesne County School Districts. I spent four months studying the students at Union High School, and my conclusion was that Union is run by the white residents of the reservation for their own cultural purposes. They know very little about the Ute people who live all around them and even less about Ute culture. The school officials find it very difficult to organize education for Ute children because they dont understand those children. They find it even more difficult to organize education that reaches the goals of the parents of the children because they do not understand Ute culture. But what can the Ute Indian Tribe do to accomplish their goals? In my opinion you could establish your own school district By establishing your own school district you could control what is taught, who would teach, and perhaps most importantly how things should be taught. Hie Tribe, as a group, could establish what subjects should be taught You would be constrained by State and Federal law, but you would still have a great deal of flexibility. You could hire people to teach. These people could very well be Ute or white, and you would have the power to control them. Finally, you would have the power to make sure that the teachers did not violate Ute culture in their teaching methods. You could set your own standards for attendance, dress, punishment, activities, etc. I believe that money could be obtained from some Federal sources, and you could use existing buildings and transportation facilities to begin with. I feel confident that you could locate and hire teachers from many places who would be willing to listen to you about education instead of telling you about education. Let me close by thanking you for the opportunity to state my opinion, and by offering my services in any capacity that you might think useful Dr. Allan Tindall Program in Cultural Studies of Education Department of Anthropology . State University of New York at Buffalo 4242 Ridge Lea Rd. Amherst, New York S. D. Dancer Cops First At 1973 July 4 Pow Wow A lone Ute girl was listed among the whiners I L.I1. with the Amy Cess pooch placed first event dance in the girls junior judges winner is the daughter of The Mrs. Madeline Martinez and Reuben Cess pooch. ceremony markA sunrise ed the beginning of the 1973 celebration. An early evening parade featured 24 entries and included floats, decorated cars, horses, and bicycles. Judges picked the Nana Mah Youth Camp float as the first place winner in the float division. The Miss Ute Tribe car featuring Kathleen Chegup and Emeline Natchees was awarded the prize for the decorated car category and was sponsored by the Public Relations Department. Feathers, bustles, and bells were flying during the dance contests for the various divisions. Copping the coveted first place title in the mens fancy dance competition was a Rosebud, S.D. dancer Chico Her Many Horses. Placing second was Randy Moore, Silver Springs, Fla., and Aljo Strong Owl Warm Springs, Ore.; in this division. Winners in the mens slow war dance event were Melvin Pinnecoose, Dulce, N.M., First place; Ronald GoodEagle, Fairfax, Okla., second place; and Grant Waheneka, Warm Springs, Ore., third place. Attired in their buckskin dresses, women dance contestants pleased spectators with their intricate footwork. Judges selected Harriet Standing Rock of Rocky Boy, Mont., for the first place honors. Rachel Goggles, Ethete, Wyo. and Thom-asin- e Moore, Silver Springs, Fla., were awarded second and third place. Two Fort Hall, Ida., residents placed second and third in the ladies cloth division. Anna Angel and Irene Study gave first place winner DeAnna Standing Rock of Rocky Boy, Mont., stiff flag-raisin- g 14226 Editor: This is being written here at the V.A. Hospital At the moment I am here in Room 1318 Ward 2A. I am here not ' because some one sent me here. I came on my own. To this day I dont know who brought me out here or when. All I know is I remember very little of it. It all seems like a wild wild dream. This much I know, I know I was having D.Ts. I should have after all that drinking I had. Bottle after bottle. This may sound a little ghastley but I had Mood all over the place. I guess the doctors worked on me until they pulled me from deaths door. I tell you I was very dose to death then I was alive. Now here I am about ready to be discharged. Happy to be very much alive. Now I must do a lot of changing as I must stay away from alcohoL As I have only about 49 of my liver and kidneys left I am still weak from my ordeal or should I say with my bout with death. I was very lucky that I had a very good doctor. The days I remember very little. The days are very much vague. I hardly remember them. Thats how bad I was. My very first letter was dated March Uth now it is July 6th. Thats a king time to be in a hospital That I don't mind. As long as I am well I hope no one has to go through what I did. I am lucky and I mean that I am. Wilson Taveapont Veterans Administration Hospital Salt Lake City, Utah FLASH Missing Person DOB: July 24, 1925 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 51" approx. 180 lbs. Brown eyes and b hair. Wears hair shoulder length. Theresa Red Bear was last seei Rapid City, South Dak. Her home i Bullhead, South Dakota. Any information concerning The; Red Bear should be forwarded to: Mr. Benjamin Antelope -- Superintendent Standing Rock Agency Bureau of Indian Affairs Fort Yates, No. Dak. 58538 ! el eompetitfeBaai Kenneth Standing Rock of Rocky Boy, Mont, captured the winning honors for the boys junior division. A special monetary award was presented to Boye Ladd for his special performance of No pow wow is complete and success fill without the drum sections. The Parker singers from Rocky Boy, Mont, were presented with the best drum section" award for the celebration. bird-callin- g. Heading the pow wow celebration this year was Francis Wyasket with a committee of approximately 20 chairmen. The group selected Chris Goggles of Ethete, Wyo., who kept the program moving according to schedule. Sports activities, hamburgers, and other concession attractions and dust were things to be remembered about the 1973 celebration. a-g- hot-dog- OfatuanUA CONNER WILLIE Graveside services were conducted July 13 for the infant son of David and Gertrude Chapoose Willie' of Fort Duchesne in the Randlett Cemetery. Conner Davis Willie expired July 10, 1973, in a Salt Lake hospital of natural causes. He was born July 9, 1973, in Roosevelt Survivors include parents;, brother, David Jr.; sisters, Jerileen, Jayleen, Son-jTrudy, Tanja, Mrs. Jonas (joyleen) Grant, all of Fort Duchesne; grandmother, Mrs. Lula Wash Brodc, Fort Duchesne. a, BERNICE MCKEWAN HENRY Funeral services were conducted June 19 in the Church of the Holy Spirit at Randlett for a Ute woman who died of natural causes in an Elko, ld Nev. hospital. Bernice McKewan Henry was born March 24, 1935, in Fort Duchesne tb Seth and Josephine Thompson. She married Louis Henry on August 9, 1964, in Elko. Survivors include her husband and daughter, Elaine McKewan, and grand daughter all of Elko; great- grandmother, Terridta Kanapatch. Internment was in the Randlett ANNOUNCING 1973 SUNDANCES OR Aberdeen Area Office Division of JPES July 27. 28. 29. 30 Aberdeen, South Dakota Head Chief: In Sympathy To the Ute Tribe: I am very shocked and sorrowed loss of four Ute Tribe members yesterdays tragic accident Please pass on my words of to the family and the Business syn Com for this unfortunate tragedy ar great loss. With Sympathy, Miss Indian Utah Committee Jan McNeil, Director Sidney Atwine Assisted by: Bishop ArrewcMs A Milton Arrats August 17, 18. 19. M Head Chief: Tommy Sowsonfeut Both dances at Sundance Grewds |
