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VOL. 2 NO. 9
KLAMATH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER 1957
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ELNATHAN DAVIS BEGINS SECOND
YEAR OF ACCOUNTING AT OTI;
ALSO ACTIVE ON EXEC. COMMITTEE
Starting his second year of ac
counting at OTI this fall is Klna
tlian Davis, well-known tribal
member and secretary for the
tribal executive committee. Kl
nathan, or "K1" as he is also
known, was born out Bcatty way,
graduated from Heatty gra'de
school, and got his high school
training at Chemawa, where he
graduated in 1942.
"HI" began his training under
the Klamath Education Program
at the now-defunct Klamath Bus
iness College, where he enrolled
in September 1955. He started at
OTI last September, and has
been going strong ever since.
Klnathan thinks the course he
is taking i a good one. offering
adequate preparation to anyone
wanting to go into business ad
ministration. Subjects he is tak
ing include Kuglish, business
law, beginning, intermediate, and
advanced accounting, business
correspondence, and typing. He
expects to graduate in March of
next year and after that would
like to go on for two years of
law school.
"With accounting and two
years of law I can get a good
job.
In regard to the education pro
gram which is financing his train
ing, Klnathan states:
"I'd strongly recommend it to
any tribal member who wants
to further his education that he
do so under this law because to
me this is a once in a lifetime
opportunity. Kducation is some
thing nobody can take away from
you."
Although "HI" is kept plenty
busy at OTI he still finds time
to get a lot of work done on the
Kxecutivc Committee. He was
first elected to the committee
shortly after Public Law 587, the
termination law, was passed in
1954. He served a full term, filling
in part of the time as an assist
ant Secretary, and was re-elected
early this year, this time as the
official secretary of tin com
mittee. According to Klnathan the com
mittee has been very active while
he has been on it, particularly in
matters relating to termination.
He states that the committee has
been meeting frequently with the
management specialists on ter
mination questions, and on occa
sion 'goes to Portland for discus
sions with the area office of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs. Routine
Continued Pavjc 6, Col. J)
PROPOSED MANAGEMENT PLAN NOW
AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC; DETAILS OF
TRUST ORGANIZATION SET FORTH
(ED. NOTE) In accordance with their contract with the Sec
retary of the Interior, the Management Specialists will assume full
responsibility in providing information to Klamath Tribal Members
regarding the forthcoming election. The information which the
Specialists will provide includes the Management plan and the ap
praisal. The Klamath Education Program has, however, agreed to
assist the Specialists in this matter. The Klamath Tribune is printing
below in full the Summary of Tentative Plan of Management which
was prepared by the Management Specialists for study by tribal
members.
Attention is also called to Commissioner Emmons letter on page
5 setting for the procedure for recommending changes in the man
agement plan.
Summary of Tentative Plan of Management and Recommended
Form "of Legal Entity for the Klamath Indian People
This' summary contains the principal conclusions and proposals
of the Tentative Plan of Management prepared under provisions of
Section 5 of the Klamath Termination Law, as amended. A more
detailed discussion of the plan appears in the detailed report avail
able for study at the Klamath Indian Agency, the Indian Kducation
Office, Chiloquin, Oregon and the Office of the Management
Specialists, 139 So. 7th Street, Klamath Kails, Oregon.
Recommended Form of Management Organization.
The first consideration in planning the management of the
property that will be retained for the Klamath Indian people who
elect to remain in a management program are the Indian people
themselves. After studying the background which these people have
in business experience and education, the Management Specialists
have concluded that it would be unwise to allow the members who
participate in the management program to operate as an unrestricted
corporation. This view is supported by 117 out of 11H adult tribal
members who have expressed definite opinions op the subject at
interviews held during recent months.
Accordingly, the Management Specialists propose that the man
agement program be placed in the hands of a qualified trustee. Such
an organization will not only provide reasonable assurance that the
program will be properly managed, but will also provide, certain tax
advantages.
A proposed form of trust agreement under which a bank or a
trust companv might be willing to accept the responsibility for the
(CONTIN'LT.I)ON PAGK-J)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SETS UP LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE; ALSO
DISCUSSES PROPOSED MGT. PLAN
Committee was the result of an
appeal by concerned tribal mem
bers and the apparent lack of
effort on the part of the sheriff
office to improve the law enforce
ment situation on the reservation.
Two Kxecutive Committee
members. Wade Crawford and
Moyd Jackson, and three other
citizens, Clarice Lotches, ma
Jimenez and Wayne Mlair. were
appointed by Chairman Delford
( Continue! Wiv 5
A Law Knforccnicut Committee
composed of five members was
created as a result of a resolution
passed unanimously by the Kxec
utive Committee on September
17. Several months ago a peti
tion with one-hundred thirty sig
natures was submitted to the
county sheriff requesting him to
investigate violations of the
rights of arrested person.
The action of the Kxecutivc