JUNE 22. 1982 PAGE 5
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Smith announces changes in BI A structure
Assistant Secretary of the
Interior for Indian Affairs Ken
Smith recently announced a
reorganization of the BIA’s
administration structure that
will create a $16 million annual
saving and “move the Indian
agency a long way toward its
goal of making as much of its
budget as possible available for
funding of programs at the
reservation level.”
The reorganization would
consolidate the BIA’s 12 area
offices into five regional service
centers located at Albuquer
que, New Mexico; Anadarko,
Oklahoma; Aberdeen, South
Dakota; Phoenix, Arizona;
and Portland, Oregon. Field
offices at Billings, Montana
and Minneapolis, Minnesota
will report to the Aberdeen
Center in South Dakota.
Special program offices at
Juneau, Alaska, and Window
Rock, Arizona, will serve the
state of Alaska and the Navajo
Reservation and will report
directly to the BIA central
office in Washington, D.C.
Smith said the reorganiza
tion of the Bureau is designed
to re d u c e th e c o st of
administering the Bureau’s
field programs; to restructure
the field offices to provide
improved technical service
capability; and to improve the
efficiency of implementing
Bureau programs and services.,
The major changes from
the proposed plan revealed in
February are (1) elimination of
th e .p ro p o se d N o r th e a s t
regional service center through
consolidation of the area
previously served by the
Minneapolis area office with
the North Central region, and
employing teachers through
contracts rather than as direct
Bureau Staff. In school year
1981-82, almost 2,000 out of a
total of 74,00 Bureau educators
were employed under this
system. We expect the number
of contract teachers to increase
by as much as 1,000 in the 1982-
83 school year.” Smith said.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS REGIONAL BOUNDARIES
SPECIAL PROGRAM OFFICES
FIELD OFFICES
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Billings, Montana
the administrative consolida
tion of the area previously
served by the Eastern area
office with the Southern
region; (2) location of the
North Central regional office in
Aberdeen, rather than Rapid
City; and (3) location of the
Southern regional office in
A n a d a r k o , r a t h e r th a n
Oklahoma City.
Juneau, Alaska
Window Rock, Arizona
Washington, D.C.
(Eastern Center)
North Central Region
Aberdeen. South Dakota
Southern Region
Anadarko, Oklahoma
Northwest Region
Portland, Oregon
Southwest Region
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Western Region
Phoenix, Arizona
Smith said, “Foremost is the
impact of Public Law 93-638,
the Indian Self Determination
Act which has encouraged and
strengthened tribal govern
ment participating in designing
and contracting for the delivery
of program services to the
tribes.”
About 25 percent of the
operation of Indian programs
was performed under self-
determination contracts by FY
1981, and the percentage will
continue to increase, Smith
said.
“The enactment of Public
Law 95-561, the In d ia n
Education Act, continued the
emphsis on. Indian involvment
by creating school boards and
implementing a system of
A third reason was Public
Law 92-203, the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act, which
is lim itin g the B u re a u ’s
responisbility for A laska
programs. “Certain programs
in Alaska such as general
assistance and education have
been or are projected to be
delivered in the future by the
State.” Smith said.
The Bureau also anticipates
a continued increase in various
BIA programs contracted to
Native villages and organiza
tions.
T he to ta l n u m b e r o f
employees to be in each of the
locations are still intermediate.
Final decisions will be made on
the staffing patterns needed to
fullfill the responsibilities the
BIA has at each service center
as implementation plans go
Toward. We are confident that
the reduction in total Federal
employees in the area and
central offices will be 372 as we
originally planned.
“This is my response to the
request . that I have heard
repeatedly from tribal leaders
throughout my travels in
Indian Country to reduce the
overhead costs of operating the
Bureau,” Smith said. Estimates
of the one time costs of carrying
out the reorganization are in
the heighborhood of $7
million.
Coin phone calls restricted
Media reps gather for conference
After July 1, callers will be
informed that a third party
billed coin call cannot be
completed if no one answers
P rin t and broadcasting started his paper in Pine Ridge, well as the truth of issues in
the billing number or if the line personnel from across the North Dakota with a small Indian country. He stated it
is busy. The caller will be asked nation gathered in Albuquer loan from a local bank. His was important for the media to
either to try the call later or use que, New Mexico for the paper at this time making a put forth to the Indian people a
a different form of billing, such N a tio n a l I n d ia n M e d ia profit and is financially true picture of the tribal
as Called Card (telephone C o n f e r e n c e IV . D a ily independent. Advertising, he governments as it works daily
credit card), collect, or full w o r k s h o p s c o n c e r n i n g said is the key to the Lakota not just the problems of
payment at the coin phone.
newspapers, televisions and Times’ financial and indepen government or the basic news
The July 1 date ends a three- radio media outlets were dent success, all in a year’s time. release.
month informational period conducted by key people
Several papers in Indian
during which operators have in each of the three fields.
Country have folded with the
Many of the participants
been explaining the upcoming
Of major concern to many is increase of federal cutbacks termed the conference a success
billing changes to those who the tight financing due to the in Indian programs and many in reaching print, radio and
use th ird p a rty b illin g . depressed economy. W ork more will face the same future if television personnel with new
Operators also offered to shops were held to inform they can’t find a new source of ideas and technology in the
provide the caller with a free people how to gain financing income.
communications fields. The
Calling Card.
In an opening speech, Myron conference gives people in
and m ethods to beomce
financially dependent. The Jones, Board of Directors of media the opportunity to
editor of the Lakota Times, National Public Radio stated gather and share ideas and gals
Jim Giago, related to press and the media has an obligation to for reaching North American
newspaper people how he bring to the people beauty as Indians.
An attractive young teacher took 12-year-old John aside one day
after clalss, and asked him why his schoolwork had fallen off. “I
can’t concentrate,” replied the by, “I ’m afraid I’m falling in love.”
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Coin phone calls billed to a
third number will require
positive acceptance from the
number being billed beginning
July 1, according to Glenn
Kennedy, Area M anager—
Community Affairs Pacific
Northwest Bell,
Presently, a caller can bill the
charges to a third number even
though there is no one at the
-number to accept the charges.
The move to verified billing
charges will protect PNB’s
customers from losses due to
fraud.
The third number billing
restrictions applies only to calls
from coin phones, where the
majority of losses occur.
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A fisherman radioed to his wife at home. “Don’t expect any
shrimp today, I’m coming home with Crabs.” YIKES!!!
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Getting married is a good deal like going into a resaturant with
friends. You order what you want then when you see what the
other fellow has, you wish you had asked for that
instead. YIKES!!!
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When a woman is young, she’s afraid her clothes won’t conceal
enough of her. . .As she grows older, she’s afraid they’ll conceal
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