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December 21,1979 Page 3
Editorial
E COOSH EEWA:
(The way it is)
Letters to the Editor
Jay Edwards Associates-Washington Update
December 14,1979
Thank you!
My family and I would like
to take this opportunity to
T H A N K YOU ALL fo r
supporting my two girls in the
recent adoption elections.
Also, we will be having a
dinner in the near future, but it
will probably be after the first
of the year, due to all of the
holiday activities that are
p l a n n e d . O n e o f th e
participating families is still in
mourning, hoping that you
understand, but vou will be
notified of the date.
Once, again I cannot express
my happiness and joy to
everyone. Our prayers and
thoughts are with all of you and
your families for being so
thoughtful and considerate of
me and my girls-Laura (Missy)
and Deborah.
Everyone have a nice and
wonderful Merry Christmas
and have a good and joyous
New Year, for you have made
me and my family very happy.
Thank You,
Vickie and Chris Still and
daughters, Margarat, Laura
(Missy) and Deborah Still.
Holiday Message—Sharing and Caring
Our old Indian culture
taught us that women were
created with special skills. We
were to bring seeds and to
scatter ahd cultivate these seeds
upon the earth and to have.
Knowledge of domestic and
survival skills. Meh had special
skills also, they created seeds
with in our bodies. They were
the fathers of creationi-'Their
roles are to provide women
with the basic needs such as
food, shelter and things of
value called money.
It was taught we would live
in one unity which is called
marriage. We would share
responsibilities equally and be
partners with one another.
Let us compromise and share
responsibilities and be good
family models. Together we
can teach our children the
special skills of partnership of
marriage for they too will some
day enter this unity.
Let me take your hand, and
teach you my skills and you
take my hand and teach me
your skills.
Let us change together with
the pace of time to benefit our
unity.
Sunbeam Nequatewa
Outreach Department
Family & Children Service
Food drive results
Dear Sir:
The seventh grade won the
' We are pleased to announce competition, having donated
the results of the Madras the most and heaviest food, and
Junior High canned food drive. bringing the most clothing.
—776 food items weighing over
Eighth graders contributed
one-half ton ( l048 lbs.) were $40.64 a n d had 55.4%
donated.
participation.
—2131 articles of clothing
We wish to thank everyone
(some brand new) was donated. who helped to make this such a
—$63.44 was collected, which success.
will be used to purchase food.
Sincerely,
—51% of the student body
Janet Dobry
participated.
Assistant Principal
TOE NESS
THERE WERE THESE THREE MICE in a winery and they
decided to get wasted. After a while the first mouse said that he
was going to Washington to tell the President to go and jump in a
lake. The second mouse said he was going to Iran and tell them
what they could do with the oil. The third mouse thought for a
while and said. “You guys ain’t nothing, I’m going out there and
kick the cat in the pants.” YIKES
SS SS SS
THERE WERE THESE TWO POLACKS sitting on a tractor
mowing, a field of hay when one fell off and his ear was cut off by
the blade. The one driving stopped the tractor, and they started
searching for the ear. After a while the driver shouted to the other
guy. “Is this your ear?” The other, “Naw, that can’t by mine,
because mine had a pencil stuck on it.” YIKES
SS SS SS.
THERE WAS THIS DC 10 JET LINER THAT crashed, and a
rescue crew was gathering the bodies of all the casualties. There,
.was this arm laying there when a T.V. narrator picks up the arm
with a big grin on his face and said, “just listen folks. The Timex is
still ticking.” YIKES
SS SS SS
TWO SECRETARIES WERE TALKING about their dates the
previous Saturday. One said; “My date was terrible. Not only did
he lie about the size of his yacht, but he made me do the rowing,
too.” YIKES
SS SS SS
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SUPERSTITIOUS, they say, for
instance, if you step over a growing person while that person is
lying down, he will be short. That always seemed specious..
However, it s undeniable that if you step over a person while he’s
standing—he is short.” YIKES
SS SS SS
On December 14, 1979, the
Senate passed S J . Res. 108, a
bill to validate the effectiveness
of certain plans for use or
d is tr ib u tio n of fu n d s
appropriated to pay judgments
awarded to Indian tribes. This
resolution would affect certain
plans submitted to Congress by
the Secretary of the Interior
over the last five years. In July,
1979, the U.S. District Court
.for 'the District of Columbia
h e ld t h a t a ju d g m e n t
distribution plan which has not
been submitted to the Congress
within the time period set by
the statute is null and void. The
purpose of this resolution is to
validate these plans by treating
them as having been timely
filed. Any legal challenge which
a tribe may be able to make to a
judgm ent fund distribution
plan except timeliness of a
filing will not be affected by this
legislation.
On December 14, 1979, the
House debated H.R. 5980, the
S ta te and L ocal Fiscal
Assistance Act. The purpose of
this legislation is to provide
Federal assistance to state and
local governments during a
n a tio n a l recession. Two
a m e n d m e n ts o ffe re d by
Congress Jack Brooks (D.,
Texas) were adopted. The first
amendment would permit the
Secretary of the Treasury
tomake population projections
of Ipdian tribes and Alaskan
Native Villages under the same
procedure as is done for general
revenue sharing. Allocations to
Indian tribes and Alaskan
Native Villages are based on
the most recent population
data available, which is the
1970 census. This amendment
would provide more up to date
in fo rm a tio n . T he second
amendment would add the
governing bodies of Indian
Tribe’s and Alaskan Native
Villages to the definitions of
units of local governments.
On December 14, 1979, the
Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, Forrest J. Gerard,
announced hi$ resignation
effective December 19, 1979
from his post to return to
private practice. No announce­
ment has been made as to a
replacement for Mr. Garard.
F
The ceremonial installation
of the Commission of Indian
Affairs, William E. Hallett, will
be held December 14, 1979, at
10:00 a.m. at the Denver
Marina Hotel in Denver,
C o lo ra d o . A tte n d a n c e is
expected from BIA officials,
tribal leaders, the media and
the general public. Mr. Hallett,
a Red Lake Chippewa, was
nominated by President Carter
on September 28, 1979, and
confirmed by the Senate on
November 16, 1979.
The D epartm ent of the
Interior announced that Indian
tr ib e s h a v e c o m p le te d
ballotting on a distribution
formulas as required by the
1978 Education Amendments.
Act. The tribes voted to keep
the Johnson-O ’Malley Act
funding formula used by the
BIA during the last four years.
The formula provides straight
per capita payments for all
s tu d e n ts w ith in c re a s e d
allowed for states which spend
above the national average for
education.
Indian News Notes
bv Vince Lovett
.
of The Bureau of Indian Affairs .
SUPREME COURT REJECTS INDIAN WATER RIGHTS
APPEAL:
The United States Supreme Court refused to intervene in a
dispute over the proper forum for litigating Indian water rights
issues. The Court rejected a Jicarilla Apache request to rule on
whether state or Federal courts should be used to litigate
controversies over the water rights of Indian tribes. The Court let
stand a Federal Appeal Court dismissal of an appeal by the tribe.
Justices William Brennan and Harry Blackmun said they would
have heard the case.
FEDERAL JUDGES SEND MONTANA WATER CASES TO
STATE COURTS:
Seven lawsuits filed by the Federal Government to support
Indian water claims have been dismissed because two Federal
judges decided that state courts are the proper forum for the
controversy. At the time that five of the suits were filed last April,
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus said he had requested the action
because “any litigation of Indian claims should take place in
Federal courts.” The Montana legislature was then in the process
of passing legislation to give the State courts jurisdiction over
Indian water rights/ Interior Solicitor Leo Krulitz expressed
surprise when informed ol the dismissal. He said the Justice
Department “never would have filed the suits in Federal Court if
they hadn’t felt that was the proper forum.” Senator John
Melcher of Montana said the suits were “ill-conceived and ill
timed” and added that he had reason to believe that the Justice
Department would not appeal the district court decision.
WESTERN GOVERNORS AND INDIAN LEADERS SIGN
“ENERGY TREATY”; U.S. gives $24 million to CERT:
Representatives of ten western states and members of the
Council of Energy Resources Tribes (CERT) signed an agreement
in Phoenix December 5 to attempt to insure the the goal of
national energy independence is not reached at their expense.
Govenor Bruce Babbitt of Arizona said that the agreement
showed “we have common interests in developing the mountain
West to make sure that our energy resources are used wisely,
utilized for the benefit of the West, the people who live here and
future generations. He, said that the West would not “be overrun
by the overwhelming political power of the Eastern states.” The
agreement was, generally limited to statements of principle and did
not provide details on how participants plan to translate the
policies into action. The ten states are Alaska, Arizona, Colorado,
Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. On December 6, a Department of
Energy official announced that the U.S. will commit $24 million
in the next ten months to speed development of Indian energy
resources in the West. He added that funding would continue in
future years. Peter MacDonald, CERT Chairman, said “Santa
Claus has come earlier than we expected.”
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