Show Progress Noted In Ute Relocation Program An example of Ute Indian people who are being placed under the Relocation Services program are Leon and Mary Ann formerly of the Uintah and Ouray This young Ule couple applied to the local Branch of Relocation last according to Darrell E. Agency Relocation and asked to participate Mary Ann wanted employment and additional training as a Nurse's while Leon requested further training in Diesel The Relocation Services Program which seeks tp assist and Indians for employment and residence away from has been a subject of some controversy in recent Relocation officials point out that Indians who apply for relocation do so voluntarily and that the entire program is organized on the basis of helping people to help While it is not claimed that the Relocation Services Program can adequately meet all existing its exponents cite the success of many thus to adust satisfactorily in non-Indian Placed In Hospital A place for Mary Ann was found A PRACTICAL NURSE Miss Mary Ann full-blooded Ute Indian has been working as a nurse's aid in a hospital for the past She is one of many Ute people being aided through the Relocation Service Program sponsored by the in the Pueblo General where she has been studying and I working as a nurse since last Her Field Relocation Stanley D. reports Ann is very successful and is extremely well liked at the iLeon was enrolled in Diesel Mechanics at Pueblo Junior College Lyman is learning fast and enjoys his Upon completion of their both Mary Ann and Leon will be placed in very good paying Leon and Mary are only two examples from the 33 Full Blood and 46 Mixed Blood Ute Indians who have taken vocational training on These totaling 79 represent the relocation of including Full Bloods and Mixed As indicated by the preceding many trainees arc fathers and mothers who take their families along to settle in the new Will Finance Utes The Branch of explains Is ready to finance any Full Blood or Mixed Blood Ute in the training of his choice for a period of two years with all expenses paid by the Bureau of Indian Williams feels that most Utes who go on Relocation have a sincere desire and make real efforts to adapt to life away from On Back ic UTE RELOCATION from Page the Among the Full Blood Ute trainees 4 have completed Four quit prior to completion of their and the remaining 25 are still in Of the Mixed 29 have completed Ten quit prior to and seven are still in The difference in proportion of Full Bloods and Mixed Bloods still or with training according to is understandable in that Vocational training was available to the Mixed Bloods in February whereas Full Bloods were not offered this opportunity until nearly a year Full Bloods Respond At explains the biggest response from the Full Blood Twelve Utes arc scheduled to leave on Relocation next week and an additional 5 Utes have applications pending in the Field Relocation Of these 17 all but one are Full Blood Are certain vocations favored by Ute And are there any differences in the preferences of Full Bloods and Mixed The answers to these questions are Full Blood men are equally divided in their choice of auto mechanics and carpentry while Mixed Blood men overwhelmingly favor radio and All six Full Blood women so far in training are preparing to be practical nurses or nurse's Most Mixed Blood on the other are enrolled in secretarial The Relocation sponsored by the Bureau of Indian was inaugurated in 1951 as a job placement but vocation training under Relocation Services was not initiated until It was offered to the Mixed Blood Utes and Indians at that according to because of termination legislation affecting these two At present the only other Indians who may take vocational training under this program are members of the Full Blood and Klamath Indian At Field Relocation offices are located in Los San San Jose and m Ute Indians have relocated both in California and but seem to favor Critics Listed Among critics of the Relocation including both Indian individuals and groups such as the National Congress of Amer-isan the chief objections may be summarized as The Relocation Program re presents the Indian Bureau's desire to solve the Indian problem by separating Indians from their Assimilation of Indians into the white culture not the The real and basic Indian problems are ill poor and economic stag Relocation is the Indian Bureau's cover-up for its failure to do anything for the Indians in their home The Indian Bureau has failed to provide funds to carry out reservation development Unlike the many tribes have no funds of their An Indian who is probably will have his material needs and desires but will never be completely Chances are great he will end up in a slum area with other racial The is Will he happier with fewer material possessions at the tion level or will he be unhappier in a city with an abundance of material While there Undoubtedly is justification for some of these it should be noted that advocates of the Relocation Program do not feel that it is desirable for Indians at this and they emphasize that the entire pro-j gram is on a voluntary f Individuals who wish to lake k advantage of Relocation Program's Vocational Training may expect financial assistance in from the reservation to the relocation allowance for weekly allowance for living expenses for the 24 months of shipment of household health services under membership in an approved Group Health Insurance and purchase of tools and equipment necessary for entering into formal apprenticeship The Ute Indian Tribe is encouraging relocation in cases where it is individual's like Relocation would not approve of undue urging inasmuch as applicants who responded because of pressure would be least likely to It should be noted that Ute re- will not jeopardize their tribal status by leaving the |