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KLAMATH TRIBUNE
MARCH 1959
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RESPONSIBILITIES OF INDIAN YOUTH IS
SUBJECT OF TALK BY PUEBLO STUDENT
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PATRICK SHELP, ACTIVE WITHDRAWEE,
IN ELECTRONICS TECH COURSE AT OTI
Commencing his second term in
the electronics technology course
at OTI is Patrick She'lp. high
school educated at Trinity County
High School, Weaverville, Calif.
Between high school and OTI
Pat put in I years in the Air
Force, J of which were spent ac
quiring a strong electronics back
ground. He went to air force
electronics school and later trav
elled for a year and one-half with
a niohile training unit overseas,
teaching field courses. Pat re
gards the training he got as f
very good quality and a big help
in further pursuing the field.
In his training so far at OTI
Pat has taken physics, math,
algebra, electronics lal and
theory, and Knglish. Sizing up
the course :
"1 think it's a pretty well-rounded
course in theory. It
sends you mtt well - armed for
theory in this field. 1 helieve it
does a good job keeping up with
new trend in industry."
While those taking the course
have an option of going into
Kadio-TV service work, Pat says
graduates are equipped to aspire
considerably higher.
"This course is designed to put
tint technicians who are just be
low electronics engineers. You
need o electronics technicians for
every engineer in industry."
Oi l has no trouble placing its
graduates he claims, the school
being highly regarded in the
electronic industry.
Once finished with the basic
course, Pat plans to go on for a
third year to specialize. He has a
considerable interest in micro
wave and wave propagation
work. Once done he sees research
as a field he'd like to get into,
(letting admitted to the third
year of work, Pat says, will re
quire at least a H average, but
with his grades this term at about
that level he figures he can do it.
He admits to some trouble with
allied courses, such as Knglish, as
having been out of high school for
several ears. but is rapidly re
familiarizing himself.
Pat's activities consist mainly
in tribal ones. He was recently
elected a member of the Direct
or's Committee for the with
draw ees' affairs and expounds a
number of views.
On the ftdl, $10.(XX) loans (pro
posed): 'I think they would be
beneficial in almost any case be
cause some of the people are in
financial trouble, need money
now. Others would use the money
tor investment purposes. One
main objection outsiders have for
loaning is that they feci the
money might be invested unwise
ly. However, quite a few people
have investment experience. For
those that don't this will give
them experience in handling
money without hurting them. It
would be very valuable when the
final settlement is made."
On tribal reorganization. .
lively topic at this time, Pat
opines :
"The thing that's hurt the
members more than anything else
hasn't been opposition from the
Editors' Note:
Appearing in the January, 1958,
issue of the Newsletter of the
Southwestern Ass'n on Indian
Affairs was a speech given by
Beryl Spruce, Pueblo pre-medical
student, at the first regional In
dian Youth Council held at the
University of New Mexico on
May 10 and 11, 1957.
Beryl presided at the opening
session and according to the
outside so much as a lack of
strength in the members through
not being organized.
"In reorganizing our main pur
pose is to achieve two things:
1. Strength of unity.
2. Kecognition by state and na
tional legislatures and other per
sons or agencies having decisions
to make affecting the with
draw ees.
"The legislature now isn't con
sidering what the withdrawees
want even though a majority of
them agree."
Pat feels that recent with
drawees' meetings have been
fruitful. However, he observes
that there are a few members
who haven't been attending, due
to discouragement, and an
nounces the withdrawing group
needs their support.
Pat considers that the direct
ors' committee has been "instru
mental in initiating organization
of the whole group" :
"Our main thought is to keep
from having a lot of splinter
groups within the withdrawing
group."
Pointing up the need for organ
ization :
"All of the plans that have been
brought up to help the withdraw
ing group get the $10,000 loan
have been blocked by a lack of
organization and representation
of the withdrawing members. We
initiate a lot of things to benefit
the withdrawees that don't get
any farther than the executive
committee." On the reappraisal :
"I feel it's too low. I hate to see
the value of a brithright affected
by a temporary drop in the lum
ber market. Recently some tim
ber prices are going up. It just so
happened that we got our last ap
praisal at a low point. It was just
a matter of time."
Further, Pat believes the reap
praisal will adversely affect the
remainees :
" The value of the withdrawees'
property will set a precedent for
real estate values for property in
that area so that a low realization
value now will hurt the remaining
member just as much as the with
draw ing members."
newsletter "was preparing for
final examinations and a medical
aptitude test, had been studying
long hours at night, and had been
unable to prepare a speech or
write an outline." The news
letter states that the impact of
this tape recorded speech on the
200 Indian student delegates can
best be described as "terrific."
This speech has created a
favorable impression among local
readers of the Newsletter, and
one reader, Dibbon Cook, exec
comm. secretary, has requested
that the spech be published in the
Tribune so that more people will
have an opportunity to read it.
The editors of the Tribune have
been given permission by the As
sociation to print this fine speech,
major portions of which appear
below. The Indian Youth Council
is sponsored each year by the
Association of Indian Affairs as
part of its work in behalf of In
dian Education. Talks are pre
pared and given by Indian college
students, members of the Kiva
Club and the University of New
Mexico. Interest increased in
these conferences and the Youth
Council was expanded to include
high school and college students
from New Mexico, Arizona,
Colorado and Utah.
Charles E. Minton, executive
secretary of the Southwestern
Ass'n. on Indian Affairs, has in
formed the editors that the Third
Regional Indian Youth Council
will be held at Brigham Young
University in Provo, Utah, on
April 23 - 25, 1959. He states
that Klamath students and tribal
leaders are encouraged to at
tend this conference. Any such
persons interested in attending
should contact the Klamath Ed
ucation Office, which will make
the necessary arangements with
the Association.
Excerpts of the Speach Presented
To the First Regional Youth
Council ,
by Beryl Spruce
Kverybody has problems and as
Indians maybe we have more than
other people. We have problems
with our cultural enviroment,
problems with our physical en
vironment. Our corn doesn't grow
the way we want it to grow,
sometimes. The rain doesn't fall
when we want it to fall. Things
don't happen the way wc want
them to happen.
Some people are prejudiced
against us because we are
Indians. Vc have problems when
we come to school because of
language difficulties and because
we are not able to integrate.
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