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Show The Ute Bulletin Vohuae 10 Nnibcr 1 At Yuri Published by Ute Tribe Fort Duchesne, Utah MOM Thsrsday, Jinury 17, 1974 End Award Ceremony Cites Employees For Longevity, Outstanding Service An impressive award ceremony climaxed the annual employees Christmas dinner-danc- e last month at the new community center in Fort Duchesne. Tribal Chairman Homey Secakuku assisted by Lester Chapoose, vice-chairm- of the Business Committee, and Irene Cuch, administrative officer, presented length of service awards and outstanding employee certificates to 80 employees of the Ute Tribe at the conclusion of the yearly event. One hundred tribal-BIemployees and e building partners filled the gym floor to feast on turkey and trimmings and danced to the music of the Reynolds Band. Dinner entertainment Ute music was provided by artist Carnes Burson who added to the festive atmosphere. Two posthumous awards were presented to the families of Floyd McCook and R. 0. Curry. Mr. and Mrs. Ouray McCook, Fort Duchesne, accepted the certificate of appreciation on behalf of their son who directed the Operation A multi-purpos- well-know- n Mainstream program on the Ute reservation until his death last summer. Honors for R.O. Curry were given to Mrs. Dora Curry and son James for 20 years of outstanding service. Curry headed the tribal resource division at the time of his passing. Mrs. Curry gave to the Ute Tribe a sketch of her husband which was done during his tenure as chairman of the Tribal Business Five year service certificates were ven to Charley Bush, Plant Manage-en- t; Haskell Chapoose, Fish and Game; Louise H. Cuch, Community Health ' Representative; Carleen Igancio, Educa- tion; Cecelia Jenks, Finance; Rex LaRose, Recreation; Alvin Longhair, Plant Management; Etta McCurdy, Law and Order; Gerald Martinez, Law and Order; Dennis Mower, Resources; Maxine Natchees, Public Relations; Leon Prant, Law and Order; Guy Pinnecoose, Plant Management; Gary Poowegup, Business Committee; Betty Reary, CAP; Steven Ridley, Fish and Game; Gwen Serawop, Administration; Russell Squ-ierAlcohol and Drug Rehabilitation; Allen Tahguv, Fish and Game; George Tapoof, Plant Management; Robert Tapoof, Law and Order, Leroy Topono-teFish and Game; Carl Van Tassell, Juvenile Court; and Hazel Wardle, CAP. Appreciation for a decade of service was extended to Anton Appawoo, Range; Percy Black, Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation; Roy Bird Cesspoch, Domestic Water System; Elwyn DuShane, ness Committee; Maxie Chapoose, CAP; Irene Cuch, Administration; Clifford Duncan, Economic Development; Roger Jack, Plant Management; Fred Lucero, Law and Order; Carl Pawwinnee, Plant Management; and Albert Wallace Tabee, Fish and Game. Fifteen year employees who were honored included Frank Arrowchis, Ute Trails and Rivers; Thomas Chapoose, Sr., Fish and Game; Jason Cuch, Head Start; Franklin McCook, Plant Manage-- , ment; Harvey Natchees, Domestic Water System; and J. Wesley Jenson, Plant Management. s. s, Continued on page 5 Jim Curry and Mrs. Dora Curry is Tribal ACCEPTING A PORTRAIT-Fro- m Christmas dinner last month. The sketch at Secakuku the Chairman Homey of the late R.O. Curry was done during his tenure as chairman of the U & O Tribal Business Committee and will hang in the tribal offices. A posthumous award was presented to Mrs. Curry for her husbands work. Eight Top Indian News Stories Climax Restless, Exciting Year hectic, troubled and fascinating 1973 across Indian America revealed the following events and happenings as the eight top Indian news stories: WASHINGTON, D.C. OCCUPATION OF WOUNDED KNEE: U& 0 Selected Site For NIAA Tryout Camp The Ute Tribe Recreation Depart- ment will host the National Indian Team Activities Association All-St1974 13 to at March 19, on Tryout Camp e at Fort Building the ar Multi-Purpos- Duchesne. The NIAA board selected Fort Duchesne as the site for the camp because of the excellent facilities available to the players as well as the central location of the U & 0 Reservation in Indian country. The players most of whom are recommended by NIAA Regional Basketball coordinators will be coming from Oklahoma, Washington, Montana, Arizona, California and all other Indian locations to try out for the team which will be competing in All-St- ar the National AAU Tournament in Louisiana on March 21-2- ar All-Star- s. The selection of the coaches and trainer was made by the NIAA board at a meeting held in Salt Lake City Jan. 11 & 12. The meeting was hosted by the Ute Recreation Department and was attended by Rex LaRose Recreation Director, and staff members, Viola Pinnecoose and Roseline Brock. Also in attendance were Ron Johnson, President, Julie Johnson, secretary, Satch Miller, Treasurer; Pete and Pete Fredericks, Homer, Jr., Sgt-a- t arms. Member of the Board Billy Mills nominated Mr. Postoak as Coach and Mr. Matt Wacondo of Mr. Mills staff nominated Mr. Medina as trainer. Special guests of the NIAA board were Mr. Fhil Mistaken Chief, of Indian Sports Olympic of Edmonton, Alberta and Mr. John Fredericks of Brackett, Alberta. Vice-Preside- 4. The NIAA Board confirmed the selection of Mr. Wayne Postoak, Basketball Coach at Haskell Junior College as coach of the First NIAA basketball team. Mr. Postoak a Choctaw from Oklahoma brings a fine record of winning basketball and national junior college rankings in defensive play to lead team. He will be the NIAA all-st- assited by Pete Homer, Jr., Mohave from parker, Az. who is well known throughout Indian basketball country as a coach and outstanding basketball player. The other member of Mr. Postoak's staff will be Frank Medina, world renowned trainer of the University of Texas who will act as trainer for the nt It lasted for 71 days, and while nearly 300 Indians led by the American Indian Movement (AIM) held the tiny Oglala Sioux village of Wounded Knee in South Dakota the whole world watched and listened, while a split of views on the reservation stretched the Oglala Sioux tribe to the breaking point. Two deaths occurred as heavy federal forces surrounded the armed occupiers in the first Indian paramilitary action in this century. The cry from Wounded Knee was a cry for integrity in both federal and tribal government and the full restoration of Indian sovereignty, and it was a cry ambiguously received. As 1973 ended occupation leaders Russell C. Means and Dennis J. Banks stood on the eve of a major trial, while at least 103 others faced prolonged battles in the courts. RESTORING THE MENOMINEE TRIBE: Waging one of the most sophisticated congressional lobbies in Indian history, the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin under the impetus and leadership of Tribeswoman Ada Deer engineered the legislative victory of the year. President Nixon on the third week of December signed a bill restoring the Menominees to the status of a federally recognized tribe and opened a newly secure future for the tribe. terminated and trouble-plague- d Ms. Deer herself, and the National Committee to Save the Menominee People and Forests, came to be recognized as some of the most patient, persistent and persevering Indiim patriots of our time. THE AGONY OF THE BIA Broken and leaderless as 1973 opened, the BIA for nearly the entire 12 months was under the two caretaker directorates of Richard S. Bodman and Marvin L. Franklin, and its operations were scattered in' three separate locations in the wake of the November 1972 militant Washington takeover. Morale in the 16,000 employee agency ebbed to the vanishing point, employees were scuttled to and fro, and major decisions were in the deep freeze while internal factionalism grew. In September Nixon nominated a new Indian Commissioner, Morris Thompson, and the Senate confirmed him at the end of November to put Humpity Dumpty back together again. THE BROKEN TREATIES AFTERMATH: Some tribes welcomed and some tribes turned their backs on the Trail of Broken Treaties people as they returned home in from the BIA takeover in mid-wint- er Washington, D.C. Numbers of young Indians, particularly in Kansas, were seized and charged with possessing stolen federal property. And on Jan. 81, Henry Lyle Hank Adams, along with investigative reporter Leslie Whitten and Aduns assistant Anita Collins, were (Continued on page 8) |
