Show THE FAMILY PLAN Ute Ten-Year Development Program W The Long Range Tribal Development Program places emphasis on advanced As an this year's three Union High School graduates are t eligible for grants of each in addition to the per cap- ita payment they will receive under the Family The Full Blood Utes who expect to graduate from Union v School are Elwyn Irene Randlett and Cecelia of who was 1956 Inter- mountain AAU Champion in the bantom weight plans to attend Idaho State University at where he hopes to concentrate on commercial training and Not Yet Decided Irene and Cecelia have not yet decided on a course of On the Uintah-Ouray Irene has been serving as an leader in the Tribal Recreation r Full Blood Indian Tribe fi has a Scholarship f which makes grants of each to any eligible Ute Ap- for a grant is made to Board of which re- fers the student to a Scholarship Committee for guidance and v Members of the Scholarship Committee include Wither- head of the Bureau of Indian University of Max superintendent S of Uintah School and Reginald Executive Director of the Ute Indian Grants are supervised by Fran- cis Director of Com- while the are in Attending BYU two Charlene and Phyllis Noble of are attending BYU on grants from the Tribal Scholarship Last in addition to the Noble Dolores Chegup of Randlett attended on a similar grant and Violet of Randlett received a special grant of to complete commercial training at Henager's Business College in Salt Lake Indian children were transferred to the public schools in At the present time the half dozen Ute children who are attending boarding schools are doing for social including loss of Expect Big Things Tribal members have great expectations for those Ute children who entered first grade at the time of transfer in and will have the advantage of attending public school for their entire school Previous to Ute children attended boarding school until the ninth With 59 of the total tribal membership in the group under 22 the Indian Tribe is stressing the value of education anu doing all it can to encourage and support its younger members in acquiring further The Ute Tribal Family under which a per capita payment of will is centered on Young people are being urged to use their money for advanced academic study or vocational Funds Restricted Use of minors' funds is restricted to services or equipment not t otherwise which includes educational The balance of all minors' funds is being held in reserve until the child reaches 18 years of or graduates from high when the money will be made Tribal leaders are optimistic that a high proportion of public school graduates will use their per capita payments for additional The Ute Tribal Development Program also includes provision for an intensive adult educational program on the Uintah-Ouray This phase of the now partially is at present sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Services at the U of U and on the Uintah-Ouray Reservation have attracted national Classes In In-service training classes in English and First Aid arc currently being An evening class in geology is being taught by Lawrence Cooper of Vernal High A Saturday morning art instructed by Delbert art supervisor of Granite School is attended by old and young It is recognized that the Ute people have intelligence and in and in several areas excel in but they lack certain attitudes which would late or motivate them to move ahead on their own I The Program also is an educational aimed at development of group One of the problems on reservation in the has lack of respect for group cohesiveness coupled with unwillingness to subordinate individual interests to problem-solving as a An objective in this program is to encourage individuals to become contributing members in a group and to work together as a Roosevelt High School students competed last Sunday in the finals of the Roosevelt stake declamation to Fay Dil-lard Broderick Jon Theora Cella Kay Jenkins and Bob |