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Show Sites Aim At Economic Independence With Passage Of Strict School Laws A big step toward the Utes' objective of becoming economically econom-ically independent in 25 years was taken Wednesday, July 26, when the tribal business committee, com-mittee, headed by Reginald O. Curry, passed a compulsory school attendance ordinance that in many respects is stiffer than the Utah law. The decision at a Ft. Du- chesne meeting followed a recent re-cent ruling by the U. S. Court of Claims, Washington D. C. that Utah's 1,500 Utes will get 60 per cent of monies accruing from a $31,500,000 judgment against the government. Francis McKinlay, tribal planning plan-ning and research officer, and a graduate of George Washington Washing-ton university, denied to the Utes that a decision has been made on use of the money the court ruled the government must pay for taking 6,000,000 acres of Ute lands between 1891 and 1938. Mr. McKinley said, plans are to organize community committees com-mittees at main centers of Indian In-dian population Ft. Duchesne, R a n d 1 e 1 1, and Whiterocks which will be expected to make suggestions and outline a long-range long-range program for best possible pos-sible use of judgment money. A year will likely be necessary to make such arrangements. "We're not thinking about the next five to ten years," Mr. McKinley Mc-Kinley said, "but about the next 25." Mr. Curry described the compulsory com-pulsory education ordinance, which creates a reservation board of education to look after Indians' educational interests, as a step in the 25-year program. Drafted by Tribal Counsel John S. Boyden, Salt Lake City attorney, to fit suggestions of the six-member tribal business committee at several previous meetings, the ordinance requires i all Indian children between the 'ages 6 to 18 to attend school. The tribe's own police force, ' operating under the tribal busi-; busi-; ness committee, will enforce ' compliance. I Every two months the board I of education may inspect res-' res-' ervation schools to determine if children are attending as required re-quired by the ordinance. The board also is empowered to cooperate with schools off the reservation, where Indian children are attending, to determine de-termine progress of Indian pupils. |