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Show A" The Uto Bulletin. Thursday, July 25, 1974 J9i Volume Records Die legends For Sfudenfs Bi-Lin- gul June Lyman, Gregory Thompson and Floyd ONeil also contributed to the gathering and editing of the volume. Ute children returning to Todd Elementary School this fall will have a new text book to study one written in their own language. Stories of Our Ancestors, a softbound book, contains eight legends of the Ute people in both the Ute and - Several legends included in the publication were collected by J. Alden 28-pa- ge full-pag- . work of Clifford Duncan. The book is designed to serve as a teaching aid for instruction in the Ute language. During the past school year 99 Ute elementary school students studied their native language. The written Ute language, used in the book, was developed by Todds Ute language instructors Daisy Jenks and Norma Denver and refined by Kathryn MacKay of the American West Center at the University of Utah. Fred Conetah, Katherine Jenks, Daisy Jenks and Marietta Reed. A second hardcopy volume with the same title but including additional legends and published only in English will be completed about August 1. Both books .wQl be on sale in the near future. Research and publication of the book was funded by the Ute Tribe and the Research and Cultural Studies Development Section of the Bureau of Indian t Affairs. provides a slenderized and offices base of personnel in Washingof four BIA facilities closure ton and the in three western states. The hallmarks of the new shape of the BIA, according to the May 20 Morton transmittal, are "transfer of operational activities of the BIA to the Central field, reduction of Office support staff, and increased effectiveness of the delivery system for service to Indians. In changing the face of the BIAs Central Office, the Commissioners Office is swelled by four staff offices and the overall BIA divisions have been reduced from six to five. In the Commissioner's Office now will be staffs on congressional and legislative affairs, public information, intergovernmental relations, and policy May 20-wh- ich day-to-da- y non-essenti- al s planning. The five larger divisions in the central office, and their directors, are: Daniel D. McDonald, director of Tribal Resources Development; Martin Seneca (Seneca), director of Trust Responsibilities; and yet to be announced publicly but expected to be named as division chiefs are Theodore Krenzke, director of Indian Services; Clennon E. Sockey (Oklahoma Choctaw), director of Indian Education Pro-- : grams; and Jose A. Abe" Zuni (Isleta), director of Administration. Reduction in force" regulations were scheduled to be applied within the BIAs Central Office May 30 which affected 59 persons above the authorized number of positions in Washington, plus an additional 70 persons arising from transfers of certain BIA functions to the field, and creation of new program functions. The latter 70 would be required either to quite or to leave the capital to follow their jobs in the field. Also to be affected was an undisclosed number of employees at five separate BIA operations in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah which were discontinued May 20 and their functions transferred elsewhere. Receiving the axe were the BIA's Forestry Service Center in Denver, whose functions will be absorbed by the Portland, Ore., Area Office; the Indian Technical Assistance Center and the Plant Management Engineering Center also in Denver will be discontinued and their functions transferred to the BIAs Division of Facilities Engineering in Albuquerque; the National Indian Training Center in Brigham City, Utah, whose functions are being moved to Haskell Indian junior College in Lawrence, Kan.; s b- ,tjL sf .. , - v fC3 s - . Wr v and the Plant Design and Construction Office in Albuquerque, which will be. absorbed by the Division of Facilities Engineering there. Also ahead for Thompson was the naming of a BIA Deputy Commissioner, chiefs of the four individual staffs within his immediate office, and at least three Area Directors for Area Offices at Portland, Ore., Muskogee and Anadarko, Okla. Thompson on May 26 named Clarence Antioquia (Tlingit) as Area Director of the Juneau Area Office. Eleven superintendencies also remained to be filled country-wid- e. The new changes in reorganization makes no the authorities, roles and responsibilities of the Area Directors. Thompson's reorganization incorporates most of the original plan created in February of 1973 by former Assistant Interior Secretary Richard S. Bodman and approved May 11, 1973 by Interior Secretary Morton. That plan ran into heavy flak from Sen. James Abourezk, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Subcommittee, who charged that the plan was created without Indian consultation and moved forward without t Indian consent Prime Indian opponent of the plan was the national Congrtss of American Indians (NCAI)at that time. D-S.- A V ' ' Sv. ' ; - V . tl DISCUSSING PREPARATIONS - Of their new book STORIES OF OUR ANCESTORS are seated at left Daisy Jenks, who translated the legends into the Norma Ute language; Fred Conetah, historian for the Ute Tribe; and standing d book will supplement the Denver, who helped compile the legends. The ,Ute language classes at Todd Elementary School -- aoft-bonn- Interior Official Approves Indian Commissioner's Streamlined Agency InWASHINGTON, D.C. -(- AIPA)dian Commissioner Morris Thompson now has a new shape for his BIA-- an organizational structure approved by Interior Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton on I, Mason in 1909 and published in the Journal of American Folklore in 1910. The editors have gathered additional legends in the past five years from e English language. Beautiful are stories the the drawings illustrating i S, . follow-u- p May 22 BIA memorandum to all Central Office employees, meanwhile, spelled out how the reduction in employees would affect them. The National Federation of Federated Employees (NFFE) local had been fully advised on the new plan and a union officer sat in on each employee briefing session. In the May 22 memo, the following actions were spelled out to assist affected employees: -- A selective freeze of all BIA field openings in certain categories will be considered for which displaced Washington employees can qualify; -- Vigorous placement" of affected employees was pledged in positions in the field; -Outplacement" of affected employees has been requested in other bureaus and offices within the Interior Departr ment as a whole; -- Outplacement" in other federal agencies will be made a positive effort; -- Voluntary early retirement to permit employees who wish to retire early has been requested from the Civil Service Commission (CSC); -- A manpower pool will be created for. employees who are not placed in the new BIA organization or who are not placed elsewhere immediately, and they will be given meaningful assignments" until they have received reasonable offers of opportunities for reassignment. Indian Languages Broadcast by Direct Satellite JOB OPPORTUNITY Community Action Program Ute Indian Tribe Fort Duchesne, Utah 84026 Position and Title: CAP Secretary. Branch: Community Action Program. Location: Central office. Opening date: July 11, 1974. Closing date: July 26, 1974 Duties: The incumbent of this job will be responsible for all secretarial duties required by the CAP Director. The incumbent will act as CAP receptionist in the central office. A speed of 80 W.P.M. is required for dictation and a speed of 60 W.P.M. is required for typing. A minimal knowledge of bookkeeping is also required. The salary will depend on experience and qualifications. For more information contact: Wilbur Cuch, CAP Director or Betty Re ary finance officer, Box 81 Fort Duchesne, Utah 84026. Phone ext. 32 or 34. (801) . 722-226- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. eginning this July, the worlds first direct broadcast satellite, the $180 million Applications Technology Satellite No. 6 (ATS-6- ) will begin beaming public health and educational programs in at least three Indian languages across the Rocky Mountains and across the far reaches of Native Alaska. The satellite, launched here May 30, is intended to broadcast in remote areas out of reach of most television stations. In Alaska, rural Native patients will be put in contact ; through live television with doctors who will consult with them from distant cities. The satellite will broadcast such services until July 1974, when the satellite will be loaned to India and be located over East Africa.' -B- - In Washington, D.C., HOWARD RAINER (Taos Pueblo) has completed three videotapes for play at the Multimedia Learning Center during the 3, Opportunities Smithsonian OPENINGS IN CINEMATOGRAPHY Institutions, annual American Folklife Festival here July in his words, to cast a new light and a new expression of Indian feelings about the role of Indians in socieity today. Rainer, who holds a B.A. degree in communications, says his tapes will be available for use arouna the country by 4, Indians interested in working in and radio as a career send resume and write: American Indian Culture Research Center, Marvin, S.D. Sponsored by United Sioux Tribes of South Dakota. film-maki- i late July. Of his tapes he observes: Indian men are coming up fast and NEWSPAPER TRAINING POSITION OPEN strong, doing anything and everything, and maybe better than their counterCoordinator wanted for newspaper Indian women are shown a ability photography, parts. layouts, production, students. to work with between ' 8 dignified image of who they were and Interested persons write: Gertrude are, who have an image of beauty, St. Catherines College, St. Paul, dignity and brainpower and are using them; and Indian men in the military Minn, or Call: (612) 698)5571. services-ther- es a magnitude of symbolism Indians bestow on their servicemen VIDEOTAPE PRODUCER SOUGHT who contribute to national victories, on the Indian heroes of our time. Following A creative person of Indian or Eskimo summer work with the Smithsonians some is expersought with background Indian Awareness Program, Rainer will ience in radio or televison for a permanreturn to Brigham Young University for ent Indian video unit planned for this a masters degree in communications. summer. Write: Chairman Ted Blondin, In Ottawa, Ont., Native Communications Society of the YESNO (Ojibway), Canadas Western Northwest Territories, Site 4, nationally known Box 25, Yellowknife, NWT. Canada. Indian personality whose show Our Native Land was broad cast CONTEST FOR INDIAN WRITERS nationwide, resigned from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. May 31. He now joins The sixth annual contest is now open the Ontario Educational Communications for unpublished children's book Authority (OECA) and will be doing by American Indians. First prize, broadcasting and preparing TV 500. Contest ends Oct. 1. For entry programs there. blank and contest rules Vrite: Council on This Tall, watch for the new TV series Interracial Books for Children, 1841 NAKIA, the story of the experiences of Broadway, New York, NY 10023. Indian deputy sheriff, over one of the national networks. 14-1- Buck-anag- a, Actor-JOHNN- on-a- ir manu-scrip- ts on-a- ir , |