Form 3547
Requested
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BULK RATE
U. S. POSTACC
PAID
Permit No. 2
CHILOQUIN, OREGON
VOL. 5 NO. 2
KLAMATH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 1960
'INDIAN TIMES FOR MARCH OF DIMES' SHOW HELD
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Nadra Gallagher presented Mel
vin Loy, 1960 chairman of the
Klamath County New March of
Dimes, with a $100 check repre
senting proceeds from the Indian
Times for the March of Dimes
Show held in Chiloquin, Feb. 13.
Looking on 'were standing, left
to right, Marie Norm's, Ima Jim
enez, and Flava Yates, officers of
the Reservation Discussion
Group; seated, Sharon Kirk; and
kneeling, Arvie Cole at left and
Fritz Norris.
The all-Indian show presented
bv the Reservation Discussion
(ironp in ChiIotiin on February
13 will be presented in Klamath
Falls on March 12 at Mills audi
torium for the Klamath county
hospital fund.
The show in Chiloquin called
the Indian Times for the March
of Dimes featured a cast of thirty
Indians in songs and dances rang
ing from the ancient to the mod
ern. Twenty-one were members
of the Klamath Tribe, and only
one was a non-Klamath Indian
from the Warm Springs reserva
tion. The fast paced, colorful Indian
musical depicting the changes
during the past hundred years is
being expanded to include more
Indian dances. Indian costumes
and stage settings were designed
and made by Florence Cole, Chris
tine Dawson, and members of the
Reservation Discussion Group.
The war dances were perform
ed by two groups; Arvie Cole,
Arnic Gallagher, Dick Harring
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RDG Sponsored
Meeting Yields
Termination Info.
A meeting sponsored by the
Reservation Discussion Group to
discuss important termination
questions was held at Chiloquin
Feb. 12.
Principal speaker of the eve
ning was IVrry Skarra, assistant
area director for the llureatt of
Indian Affairs. Skarra commend
ed the Reservation Discussion
Group for its efforts in improving
the cotnuiunitythd in promoting
better understanding of termina
tion questions. He recognized
some uncertainty on the part of
individual tribal members con
cering progress of the termina
tion program and presented fac
tual information designed to
clairify the picture. He reviewed
the disposition of reservation
property, real and personal, under
the termination program, and
outlined the steps yet to be taken.
According to Skarra's figures,
the reservation originally had
1,1(XS,(XX) acres. Of this, some
2kS,(KX) acres was allotted land,
some of which left trust status
prior to enactment of the termin
ation law. As of August I.?, 1958,
trust restrictions had been re
moved from all this allotted prop
erty. Skarra noted that some
M5,(KX) acres of tribal property
had been transferred to the U. S.
Xat'l Hank as trustee for remain
ing members. Some 78 units of
tribal grazing, farming, and
fringe timber land, involving
about K6,(JX) acres, have been
sold. In the first sustained yield
unit sale the Antelope Desert
Unit, consisting of about 92,(XX)
acres, was sold. A waiting disposal
are the Klamath Marsh, totaling
15,000 acres, some 525XX) acres
of sustained yield units, and a
small number of fringe units. A
little over one-half of the reserva
tion is no longer under IHA con
trol, Skarra summarized.
Skarra stated that 8 sales of
tribal personal property have
been held, involving 779 items.
Total selling price was $74,932,
compared to an appraised value of
about $33,(XJO. Payment for the
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