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Show Wednesday, May 8, 1974 PARK CITY !! Pages culture of his heritage and the creature comfort, world of the Whites and is unable to attain either one. Hie result is an abnormally high incidence of alcoholism and mental illness. The administrators of the Hopi health programs shuffle their papers in Phoenix, which is 250 miles from the reservation, and only bother to visit twice a year. Their main concern during these infrequent tours is not to ascertain whether there is enough on hand but rather to inthe Public Health Service spect staffs uniforms. When the Burdicks requested to live in the Hopi village as opposed to the government housing, they were informed by their superiors that it would set a bad precedent. Due to administrative bungling, the medical staff would find themselves with critically low supplies of medication and would be unable to restock until the holiest of federal hojidays, the new fiscal year, came to pass. Aside from the medical plight, the Hopi were also blessed by such skillful maneuvers as the arbitrary relocation of a family which had lived in the same place for ninety years and realignment of reservation boundaries so as to facilitate White exploitation of water sources and coal deposits. The Burdicks expressed a desire to return to the Indians, whom they came to love, but only if the situation was devoid of federal control. In what seemed to be more than a mild understatement, Dr. Burdick said visited Park City while on that he was not really symvacation from the Public Health pathetic with what the governService. ment was doing. If he does The doctors educational exreturn to the reservation, it will perience with the Hopi was probably entail an 80 or 90 hour followed by a year and a half of work week, but at least he will general practice in Port Arkan sas, only have to contend with Hopi Texas, a diminutive island off the and Navajo medical problems coast of Corpus Christi. and not suffer the symptoms of a The Burdicks moved to Park sick federal burearcracy. City last fall with the intention of devoting most of their time to LADIES' DAY skiing. But as things worked out Golf Announcement Dwight had to fill in for vacationing doctors in other IVbeting for all ladies that are areas. A large portion of his time interested in playing on ladies' this summer will be spent pracday Thursdays. ticing in Texas. The young couple are enTIME: 10:00am May 14 thusiastic about Park City and PLACE: Club House are hopeful of curing that ski bug Coffee and rolls will be served, this coming winter. life will discuss rules, tournaWhen Dr. Burdick was asked if of the he could relate some ments, handicaps, etc. problems that reservation life BRING ALL YOUR IDEAS! imposes on the American Indian, the reply was, Do you have five hours? He described the Hopi as impoverished group that are not HLIQSe receiving the full benefit of iLCUkiii & federal programs. Their innumerable health problems are PARK CITY RESERVATIONS aggravated by the gross mismanagement of federal funds Condominiums 5 down allocated for medical care. ALSO older elegant homes Some statistics which might and quaint houses. help depict the adversity faced by the Indians include one doctor And for every 5,000 people although 2 Bedroom, Three Kings technically funded for the care of 6,000 Hopi Indians, the five doctor loan staff treated 20,000 Navajos as well a tuberculosis rate that is We will be glad to help you 800 times the national average, find a place to live.... an extremely high infant morHomes for RENT on a tality rate, and deaths from monthly or weekly basis. which is almost unheard of in the White world. 649-906- 6 649-959- 8 In addition, the Indian is nid mm r caught between the traditional iWPEOPLEc am-picilli- Noway, noway!! an far-remov- ed Dr. Dwight Burdick ' fundamental problem confronting much of the citizenry of our town is how to cope with the A prosperity which seems inevitable. Dwight Burdick, this weeks Park City Person, provides insight into a group of Americans with a very dissimilar problem, the Hopi Indians. Victims of the Great American Swindle, along with their Red brothers, the plight of these people is perpetuated by the ineptness of the federal bureaucracy . The son of a doctor, Dr. Burdick was born in Los Angeles, California during his fathers internship. Pursuit of the medical profession necessitated a rather nomadic existence for the Burdicks and the first decade of Dwights life was spent wherever duty called. However, at the age of ten, Mr. Burdick attained a of semblance geographic in La Porte, Texas, a stability small town outside Houston at the end of Galveston Bay. Upon graduation from high school, Dwight entered the University of Texas in Austin and subsequently the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston. After completing medical school, he served a year of internship in Phoenix, Arizona and completed a year of surgical training in Bakersfield, Califor- nia. It was at this point in time that Dr. Burdick became involved with the Hopi Indians. Fulfilling his military obligation by joining the Public Health Service, he spent two years on the Hopi Reservation which is located in Kearns Canyon in Northeast Arizona. It was on the reservation that Dwight met his wife-to-bDeanna, who is a registered nurse. The couple first e, We challenge all chuckholers to this one. Chuckhole hunting has grown to such magnitude that we cannot stump the avid chuckholers. However, we are going to try again, with the canyon above. The amount to the winner will also be changed to $11.13 . Location of the chuckhole should still be reported to the Alamo and the earliest entry wins. Another added note. The citys chuckhole filling stopped so our contest will continue. And, with the complaints the mayor is receiving about too many people on the streets at one time in one group, pretty soon everyone will have to stay inside and we wont have to worry the fact that its a about chuckhbles. But keep this to yourself secret. problem has been kept a deep dark (p J Help your Heart.- Help your Heart Fund J V, IS NOW OPEN 10am -- 6pm (closed Mondays) with a complete stock of -- . . . TENNIS, FISHING, BACK PACKING, CAMPING, SPORTSWEAR, TACK & SADDLERY... SUPPLIES ! get em at dip-ther- ia NEXT TO THE GONDOLA AT THE RESORT CENTER 649-985- 2 ? rrrrrvTf f tty? ? v v r? wvtt |