Show Basin leaders consider plan to Improve white relations Committee named to formulate Workable Norris is chairman An attempt to improve relationship between the Ute Indian people and the non-Indian population of the Uintah Basin is being made by leaders of the communities and Indian The initial step was taken last Monday evening when approximately 65 business chic and Indian department leaders met in a three-hour conference to hear suggestions and try to find solutions to the Presiding over the conference was Carl director of Extension Utah State whose department was responsible for calling the which was held in the music room of Union High Explained Purpose keynoted the conference and briefly explained the purpose He pointed out that since the extension service had moved into the Indian they had felt something could be done to improve relations between the Indian and non-Indian must learn each others problems and gain the confidence of each other if better relations are to the director told the introduced six representative men and women from various fields of social and who presented five minute talks giving their views and offering suggestions that might be used to solve the Commissioners First First speaker was Orville member of the Uintah county board of who suggested three words to sum up his must have patience and trust in each other if we are to The Indians must have something to live for and feel they are he Wilmer Murray and Levi Duchesne county's shared the five minutes their They felt the Indians had been taken advantage of by the whites over the and they urged efforts to regain confidence Ezra J. president of the Roosevelt Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day expressed his belief that any type of business transactions between an Indian and a non-Indian should be on an individual should not judge an entire community by the actions of one who might have broken a confidence of he Education A Problem The next speaker was Rowan C. superintendent of schools in Duchesne who presented charts and surveys to show the Indian child measures scholastically with the white It was his conclusion that application to educational opportunities by the Indian child was the only reason he wras not on a par with the white a banker who has had considerable dealings with the Indian people in this I have found little difference in them and the non-Indians as credit We have many of these fine people who can borrow money as readily as any of our other They have kept their credit in good standing by prompt payment of Wesley R. manager of the Roosevelt office of the First Security said in his remarks was of the opinion that the non-Indian society had attempted to classify them as a rather than as He further stated that a formula should be found that will apply to the because each is W omen Represented Speaking as the state president of the Federated Women's Clubs of Mrs Lon A. employee of the Bureau of Indian expressed the opinion that attitudes of chil dren are transmitted from par-I to their youngsters from generation lo generation must teach our both Indian and that it is important to live and that we are very much inter-dependent of Logan Panel Expresses Solutions director of community services for the Ute was the first panel member to express his ideas as to where the solution must come He was of the opinion that three courses had been more or less followed over the years in the minds of McKinley listed them 1 Get rid of the Indian I Pay too much attention to See bock page BASIN LEADERS from Pace and Follow the middle of the road Indian and are about the and we begin to look at out-problems in a broad Better public relations is a and it can be accomplished if we will invite representatives of the Indians into our clubs to discuss problems of mutual interest and use other mediums of viewing OUT society as a Mc-Kinley suggested Mrs Forest Goodrich of Tri-dell and W. Ralph Roosevelt City along with Shawnee Indian Federal Extension Service of were the other panel They expressed similar opinions as other speakers and suggested a unified approach to the Summed Up Meeting who had made a special trip from his Washington office to attend the summarized the conference by saying that is is a problem that can't be left alone people must act now to effect a plan that will work It is the people those who live here in the Uintah Basin and who will continue to live here who must unite to figure ways and means to improve relations between these two peoples You must forget racial barriers and recognize that the progress of the Basin is dependent on living and working Brown Committee Appointed A temporary committee of five was selected to make a closer study a plan and to choOse a larger and more representative organization to work toward a Norris agricultural agent to the was chosen with William Brotherson of Mrs Logan and Goodrich as the other In concluding the proposed that Indian culture be made more readily available for the tourist by erecting a building on the main highway where all kinds of Indian lore and products could be displayed and made available to the visitor He also suggested that the Indian people arrange to present a program each night during the tourist season at Fort Duchesne and advertise to the tourists that they are now in the land of the Ute Indian you people will follow these it will amaze you what great progress will come from the programs I have It is anticipated the five-member committee will meet soon to begin formulating plans for |