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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1961)
Poge 2 KLAMATH TRIBUNE JUNE 1961 BRUCE ENGLE (Continued from Page 1) how we should expect to live and art as citizens within that posi tion." In addition to these ideal istic values of education Bruce aNo realizes that a college educa tion has its more material re wards. "A college graduate can expect to advance further and command a greater salary than a high school graduate", he says. "This is important, sure, "he goes (n, "the Klaniaths have their termination money and we may get more hut we cannot live on that alone, we need other .sources f income that means a steady jol for such a joh will he security. He goes on to predict that "some of the trihe will have douhled their money in 10 years. Hut I am also sure that some of lite Indians will have lost their money hefore the year is over." All is not hard and serious study for Bruce who is an avid sportsman, He considers tennis his hest sport and is helping con duct a clinic at one of the cluhs at Riverside, California. He fishes whenever he gets a chance hut also participates in other activ ities such as golfing, swimming, hunting, howling, canoeing and skiing take up a great deal of his spare time in the winter. Bruce has some very definite ideas regarding the position of the Indian in American society and has some strong views con cerning termination, too. He says "termination is necessary if the American Indian is ever to he ciial in the eyes of those who still sec them as an ignorant savage, his destiny to he deter mined by them, and to be lead toward it as if he were a puppet. There are others who say that the Indian will lose a priceless heritage, that of being an Indian, if he is allowed to terminate and remove himself from the benevo lent protecting hand of the gov ertnent. They would have him re tain the traditional functions of the tribe; the bickerings of the tribal council, the ceremonial dances of the tourist season, and the stigma of a minority group. This is ridiculous. We are better off now than ever before. We have more money and most of us have the good sense not to throw it away, Bruce feels that the Kducation Program has been a benefit to the tribe. "I regret though, "he says", that it was not used by more of the young people and that it was not made available to the tribe on the same scale M) years ago. These arc things which can be corrected for future tribes who wish to terminate." REMAINING MEMBERS (Continued from Page 1) a member of the KFPA board of directors. The passage of the severance tax in the last State Legislature, is was revealed, has meant some real property tax earnings as well. As for farm operations, John Merritt announced that the re maining members have a herd of m head of cattle, 22 cows, 24 two year old heifers, 59 one year old heifers, 277 steers, 12 bulls, and 1W calves. Del Overton is still employed on the farm, as sisted by Skip Jackson who is employed on a full time basis and Joe Kirk whc. is working during the summer months. Both Kirk and Jackson are remaining mem bers. The trust department is still attempting to workout arrange ments with the Wildlife Service on Wocus I Jay. Hunting .and fishing problems were discussed by Ray Lung who informed the group that the Dis trict Attorney and the State Police have agreed that there can be two test cases involving these rights. One case will test the right of tribal members to hunt and fish in the Winema National Forest. This will necessitate a test case that would eventually be decided in the Supreme Court. The other test case would in volve the right of remaining members to hunt and fish in the Winema National Forest. Lung emphasized that "the land set aside for the remaining members is private land and is restricted to remaining members for their use." The hunting and fishing rights of tribal members, whether they are remaining or withdrawing, on the property now designated as the Winema National Forest, "will have to be settled by litgation, "according to Lung. The possible reorganization of the governing body of the re maining group was also discussed. It is planned that there will be another election meeting in the near future for the selection of new sub - committee representa tives. The general meeting was at tended by approximately 40 re maining members. They ex pressed interest in taking another field trip this summer, similar to the trip that was conducted Jy the trust officials last year. The trip is for the purpose of giving remaining members a first hand picture of the operations of the trust department in the remain ing area. The date for the trip this summer will be announced. Swim Classes Start Recreation Program r o rv - o ens , '"f:vmi - 4 iff'' " "n"n'wiwmmt ' ' ;-, ' .: . J5, ".ww vwwMtwmwwmmitmmm 7 f V . "' " ; p; (lyl bv 'r ys r 7) Vfl I K ( W .L$ V i V. f J -" I f r St , : 1 If vJ wD Pictured above is Dorothy Bectey, recreation supervisor signing up some youngsters for swimming. Emmett Gulley American Friends representative is in background. June 20 marked the beginning of the summer recreation pro gram for this area when a bus load of children went to Klamath Falls for the first of a series of ten swimming lessons. One hun dred two enthusiastic children signed up and paid their fees for the course. A seventy-nine passenger bus was secured by the Recreation Council from the county school office to transport the young sters. Emmett Gulley who su pervises the program reports that "the bus has been loaded and a station wagon has stood by for overloads." The bus leaves the city hall at 11 A. M. standard time each Tuesday and Thursday and returns around two P. M. According to Gulley, once the swimmers arrive at the city pool in Klamath Falls, qualified in structors take charge. The chil dren arc separated into groups according to their swimming abil ity. Instruction is available for anyone whether he is a beginner Lung expressed his apprecia tion to Mrs. Ima Jimenez, the chairman of the food committee, for the luncheon and to the members of her committee, Olivia Kirk, Hctsy Effman, Martha Xclson, and Annabelle Hates. Arrangements for the special meeting of the remaining members were made by the re maining members ladies commit tee which was recently organized under the chairmanship of Mar ilyn Hall. or an advanced swimmer. This year, is covered by insurance. In addition to supervised swim ming, the youth of the Chiloquin area have a variety of other ac tivities in which they can par ticipate such as Babe Ruth base ball, pee wee baseball, soft ball for uirls, tennis, supervised play ground, field trips, hiking and camping. The first field trip was a trip to the Klamath Falls airport. The children saw several commercial planes land and take off, in spected hangers where there were a wide variety of planes, and about twenty children were given a whirl over the Klamath Falls area in small four seater planes. The recreation program as now operating is under the supervision of Emmett Gulley, American Friends Service Committee repre sentative and his assistant, Dorothy Hesscy who is also spon sored by the AFSC. The recreation program sched ule for the summer is as follows: Mondays: A. M. supervised play ground. P. M. swimming at Beatty Evenings baseball for boys and tennis. Tuesdays: A. M. Klamath Falls Swiming. Evenings softball for girls baseball for boys. Wednesdays: Same as Mondays. Thursdays: Same as Tuesdays. Fridays: Field trips hiking and camping as arranged.