Show Changing role of Ute theme of confab The changing role of the Ute Women was the theme of the conference held at Fort Duchesne Monday and Excellent speakers and lively roundtable and panel discussions highlighted the As an example of the changing role Francis McKinley told of watching Indian couples go by on the A few years ago all of the women would be following several steps behind their men of sixteen couples only one was behind her husband The rest were walking side by side or even a little ahead of the This wag to typify that Indian women are changing they are coming to the fore they have a voice in what is ann Groves said that B. Anthony led the way among the non-Indians and we are leading the way for the This is the time to get out and express Rex Director of Resources for the Tribe told that the Ute Reservation is adapted for livestock raising but that it would only support about families Mineral and other including land water and other resources could be made to support more but that industry would have to be brought into the reservation to support the people Joan Ute school teacher at told the Utes that cleanliness would make them acceptable to the Francis Director of noted that people everywhere are against Many of the Utes speak their own language first and have some difficulty in learning to express themselves in English He told how the youngsters learn more before the age of five than during any other period of their lives He told how the Ute Tribe is trying to get After waiting about three years for a loan from the Federal Government I that they had gone ahead and tried to start a livestock enterprise on their He advised the Indian people to do the wait for your neighbor to do it Go I even though we need understanding and support we need to get out on our I Dr Raymond Amer told the people how to prevent much of the illness that their children have He stressed cleanliness and told them to be sure to have their youngsters immunized for the preventable This is done free of charge at the Health Clinic at Causes of told by Claud H superintendent at the State Industrial He listed five things as contributing to delinquency lack of love from the lack of love from the lack of lack of and a broken or unhappy He told how they try to help the children who come under their He said that children grow up physically some intellectually and some do not grow up emotionally this causes Erma Counselor at urged the women to give their children a good warm clothes and a good place to study their She said that the I uie nave a Digger job to do than others because they have to learn to think in English Many others expressed their thoughts about Ute women how they felt about things Following the talks the women went into a roundtable with about ten to each and discussed ways that they could go ahead and improve themselves and their Ideal Bookkeeping Books for every purpose available at the Standard Office |