OCTOBER 20, 1978 PAGE 5
NCAI Delegation Brings Home National Concerns
Reports offered on the work of education, reservation development, health and water rights committees
by Cynthia Stowell
Delegates to this year’s Na
tional Congress of American
Indians convention reported to
the general council Tuesday,
October 17 and offered glimpses
into some of the national issues
and concerns they faced in Rapid
City, South Dakota last month.
Delegation reports were pro
mised by the Tribal Council
when they took office in May
1977. This was the second such
report since that time.
More than a dozen people
from council and the tribal
organization represented
the
Confederated Tribes in NCAI
workshops and
committees.
Eight were on hand to share their
experiences with the member
ship.
Chairman Eugene Greene, a
voting delegate to NCAI, quoted
excerpts from NCAI President
Veronica Murdock’s opening ad
dress “We Shall Endure.’’ Setting
the mood for the convention, she
cited the building backlash sent
iments in Congress (the “night
mare 95th”) and the neglect of
the White House, while warning
against “fear and hysteria.”
“Now must be a time for
faith and trust: faith in our rights
secured for us in our treaties and
in the laws of nations: faith in
our tribal governments and their
leaders; faith in our organiza
tions; and trust in each other as
people with a common and just
cause.”
Spelling out the success of
the committee concept devel
oped in NCAI in recent years,
Murdock said that the real
strength of the organization lies
in its special committees, prov
ing that leadership is not con
fined to a few.
programs.
Attempts to reorganize the
B.I.A. Office of Indian Education
and centralize its major funct
ions in D.C. instead of the area
offices should be a matter of
concern to Warm Springs, where
a good relationship with the
Portland Area Office is enjoyed,
said Calica.
There is still concern among
reservation tribes about the In
dian Education Act Title IV
monies that tend to go increas
ingly to non-reservation-based
Indians. But a victory was
achieved recently when con
gressional action made Indians
eligible to participate in biling
ual education monies.
Tribal Education Director
Jody Calica reported on the
victory of the NCAI Education
Committee in opposing the trans
fer of Indian education programs
out of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and into a new Depart
ment of Education. Taking the
position that this move could be a
first step in the dismantling of
the B.I.A. leading to the eventual
abandonment of the federal gov
ernment’s trust responsibility,
the committee lobbied success
fully for the Stevens Amendment
to S. 991, exempting Indian
programs from the transfer.
The amendment was sup
ported by the Senate in a recent
vote. Gene Greene pointed also
to the impressive lobbying ef
forts of the Confederated Tribes,
who sent letters of opposition to
S.991 to every Senator.
istration (LEAA) funding to go
directly to tribes and not through
states.
The paper also suggested the
formation of an American Indian
Development Authority to con
solidate Indian-oriented prog
rams for economic development
in the Departments of Interior,
Commerce, Agriculture, Labor
and Health, Education and Wel
fare.
Larry Calica, councilman
and new director of the Tibes’
health, probation and parole
department, participated in the
health and social welfare work
shop and had a grim report to
offer on the Indian Child Welfare
Act, which would be a commit
Uren Leonard, assistant ment to the preservation of the
planner for the Tribes, outlined Indian family and culture
the comprehensive position pap through proper placements of
er drawn up by the reservation Indian children and assistance to
development committee. The tribal family development pro
paper details some of the com grams.
mon problems in Indian country
The bill “sailed smoothly
that prevent economic progress,
such as delays between the through the Senate,” said Calica,
availability of federal funds and but was “sabotaged by back
their effective utilization by lash” in the House, despite his
tribes, and a rather shaky com belief that it is a “fairly non-con-
mitment to treaties and trust troversial bil.” Apparently, op
responsibility on the part of position is coming from the
exectutive branch, too, where
federal agencies.
S.1214 is felt to be unconstitution
Reforms recommended for al since it involves the govern
federal agencies include im ment telling the state courts how
provements in the B.I.A.’s ad to proceed.
ministration of the Indian Fi
Calica also said a move may
nance Act, elevation of the HUD
Indian Desk to an Assistant be on in Indian Country to
Secretary’s position, and Law exempt Indians from any possi
Enforcement Assistance Admin ble National Health Insurance
Calica also brought Warm
Springs up to date on other
education matters. Pending leg
islation includes the Elementary
and Secondary Reauthorization
Act which would raise by 25 per
cent the amount of Federal
Impact Aid transferred to public
schools in behalf of Indian stud
ents whose families don’t pay
property taxes. The act would
.Iso give Indians who represent
the dollars more say in school
plan and retain the Indian Health
Service.
Delbert Frank was involved
in water rights discussions which
revolved around the President’s
water policy. NCAI approved a
resolution offered by Warm Spr
ings that called for the prepara
tion of a position paper to assist
the President in drawing up a
separate policy for Indian water
rights. As the only reservation
with a water code, Warm Springs
also recommended that other
tribes follow suit, said Frank.
In other NCAI activity,
Delbert Frank reported that
efforts to reorganize the National
Tribal Chairmen’s Association
failed on the floor and the
scandal-ridden organization is
now without funding and is
essentially “defunct.”
Amos Simtustus sat on the
Resolutions and
Credentials
committees, Elmer Quinn on
Indian Recognition and Veter
ans, Uren Leonard and Karen
Wallulatum on Intergovernmen
tal Relations, and Charles Jack-
son on Law Enforcement.
The Miss NCAI pageant,
although disappointing for Warm
Springs, was enjoyed by Aurolyn
Stwyer who took the place of
Miss Warm Springs Jackie Esti-
mo. In a letter to the general
council, the former Miss Warm
Springs thanked the Tribal Coun
cil for the opportunity to partici
pate, as it proved to be a learning
experience for her.
TOE NESS
Spilyay Speaks
There was this guy who couldn’t find a parking space near his
apartment and had to park a couple of blocks away.
He looks out of his apartment and see’s a parking space just
outside so he goes after his car. The door was rather hard to open and a
police officer stops and asks to see his drivers liscense, the guy said he
has, but it’s at home in his wallet. The officer said, “Do you have a
registration?” Yes, but it is also at home. The officer asks the guy,
' “Do you have a gun?”
The guy see’s some humor in the last question, so he said, “Yes,
but it’s also at home.” Yikes.
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There was this guy who said that he came from a very small town.
He said one election day they closed the saloon - and locked in all the
voters. Yikes.
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There are politicians who keep promising to decrease unemploy
ment. The only way they do this is to get their wives on the payroll.
Yikes.
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There were these two house cleaners working at the Lodge late
one night. They were cleaning the office. The head of the cleaning
department came in and tells the two ladies, “Better check all the
phons, there is usually someone still on hold.” Yikes.
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One day this little boy named Bill decided to sell his turtle, so he
put up a sign saying, “For sale, one turtle, $1.00.”
That evening his dad arrives home from work, sees the sign. He
gSenters the house and said to his son, “When you are selling things you
ishould think big.” The next day the boy’s dad returns and sees a sign.
I “Turtle for sale, $10,000.00”. He chuckled a little and goes into the
I house. The next day he returned, there was no sign up. He asks his son,
I “Did you sell your turtle for $10,000.00, how did you manage that?”
I “Oh, that was easy,” said the boy, “I just had to accept two $5,000.00
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