Show Initiated Ute Indian training to Prepare young people for Classes underway on reservation Another program designed to help the young Ute Indian tribal members to better fit themselves for the future is an extensive program initiated early in It will continue during the summer months or until the public schools begin in the A recent bulletin was prepared and distributed by the officials of the Indian Agency and Tribal committee and points out some of the objectives and purposes that are hoped for in the Francis director of community services at Fort reported they hoped the new program would help the Indian youth to better meet the world when they are forced to make their own way as American citizens and not wards of the federal government as in the Program Purposes Following are some of the purposes as set forth in the To develop future leaders of the To tutor high school students in and English in the hop that they will be better prepared to enter institutions of higher graduating from high school To develop Ute Indian office develop future community leaders and To develop recreation opportunity for for employment and to orient participants in tribal tribal development and also tribal relationship with Federal Classes Taught Courses i to be taught include and four grade and high school nine basic nine tribal and leadership and human three Tribal officials pointed out that many high school students and even some graduates have not had any math in high Commenting on the basic communications a refresher course in grammar and basic officials stated that one of the greatest the Ute students have in school is in They are not able to comprehend instructions and are very poor in In most cases the Ute students are two years behind the rest of the Can Apply Learning The training program report says that the participants will be able to make practical application of their training to the various jobs to which they are assigned at the The report It is unfortunate that there is no one from the efforts have failed to produce any interest in this This illustrates very pointedly that we need to do more work in the v When first attempts were made to work with the youngsters in the southern the same difficulties were The students were not They were apathetic and to what were asked to is that the Whiter rocks area is two years behind the southern area and one of the objectives that has been set out by the Depart and the Community Services Program is to develop an opportunity of cooperation and Interest in many of the while activities engaged by the in the field of community development and youth ter building Beneath the rule of men en-tirley The pen is mightier than the Lytton HAVE PLANS OF EDUCATION These four young Indian children are typical of many found on the Uintah-Ouray Indian Agency who have their goals set toward a balanced education that will prepare them- selves for They arc presently attending schools under the Ute Indian training program that Is receiving a lot of courtesy Indian |