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September 13, 1983 Page 5
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TV, radio may soon be reality
Indian News Notes
BIA DIRECTOR DELIVERS BUFFALO, VENISON,
SALMON TO INDIAN PRISONERS:
The Bureau Of Indian Affairs area director at Sacramento,
California, Jess Town; loaded his car August 13th with frozen
buffalo steaks, venison and salmon steaks and headed for
the nearby Folsom State Prison where some 40 Indians inmates
were celebrating American.Indian Day. Cooperation among
the prisoners, the warden and prison staff, the BIA, northern.
California Indian communities and families of the prisoners
made the celebration possible.
Food was prepared and donated by various individuals,
tribes and organizations. Individuals from the BIA
Sacramento area office kept frozen foods frozen and saw to the
safe and timely delivery of the foods through the prison security
process.
Charles Toyebo, the area office community services officer
talked to the inmates about BIA programs available to help
them upon their release from prison. These included
employment assistance, higher education grants, housing and
social services.
CERT LEADERS GIVE REASONS FOR CLOSING OF
WASHINGTON OFFICE:
The Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) issued a
press release dated August 12th about the closing of the
o rg an izatio n ’s W ashington office. The W ashington
employees received dismissal notices and were informed of the
closing on that day.
The Denver office will now be headquarters for all of
CERT’s operation. Wilfred Scott, chairman of the CERT
said, the change was necessitated by an increase in
Proposed building site fo r radio-television station is pictured. Tower would be constructed on Eagle board
requests for technical assistance from CERT member tribes,
Butte, one-and-one-half miles to the right.
increased costs, and a decline in revenue. He said that
membership in recent years had climbed from 22 tribes to 37.
The
p
ublic
ra
d
io
and
,
On
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a
rc
h
19,
1982
by Marsha Shewczyk
television station, being a David Lester, executive director, said the change “will not
application was made to the
priority work, is aimed towards reduce the functions of CERT but merely change the locus of
“The members of the three F ed eral C o m m u n icatio n s
c
o n stru c tio n of fa c ilitie s activity, saving considerable funds.
tribes who make up the Commission for a low-power
CERT remains committed to its traditional role as an
to
Confederated Tribes of the television station for Channel 5 necessary for transmission
uui an
outspoken advocate for the protection, management and
the
co
m
m
u
n
ity
.
But
an
in
Warm
Springs.
The
FCC,
Warm Springs reservation
opportunity arnw rerentlv prudent development of Indian resources under the direction
should be able to communicate expecting only a small number
possible for of the Indian people themselves.”
which
made it
u pobbioie i o i ASSISTANT SECRETARY SEEKS RECOMMENDA­
to and from tribal council and of responses, was flooded with
Warm
Springs
to
acquire a
the outsi,de world with access to 9,000 applications.
commercial
frequency
while TIONS FROM INDIAN ENTREPENEURS:
To
make
chances
equal
for
radio, television and cable.”
Interior Assistant Secretary Ken Smith told some 300 Indian
waiting
for
word
on
public
all,
the
commission
decided
to
This statement excerpted
entrepeneurs, mostly construction contractors, that the Bureau
radio
and
television
licensing.
from a study taken in Warm hold a lottery in September to
A commercial 100,000 watt of Indian Affairs would use the Buy Indian Act provisions
Springs on the feasibility of determine recipients for the
FM
frequency was allocated to to« give them work—but only in “accordance with program
telecommunications, reflects licenses.
Madras where a station could goals” and federal regulations and laws.
Hearing
this,
Bill
Marsh
“the way it should be.”
Talking at a meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, August
be constructed within a 15 mile
Television and ràdiô have representing the Tribe, wrote to
31, Smith said that the development of successful private
radius.
Warm
Springs,
through
b eco m e th e le a d e rs in S e n a to r Bob P ackw ood,
Rocky Marsh, applied for the enterprises on Indian reservations, was an essential element of
c o m m u n ic a tio n as tim e chairman of the Commerce
frequency
and got it. The call «the Reagan Administration’s Indian program. “We have not
becomes limited and ; imme­ Committee, telling him Warm
letters
are
KWSI: K-Warm done enough to encourage private Indian entrepeneurs-—
Springs
needed
assistance
and
diacy becomes important. The
because our focus has been so intently on the strengthening of
Spring
Indians.
should
have
priority
because
value of electronic communica­
tribal governments,” Smith said. “But we realize this and we
Signals
from
such
a
powerful
tion is in the fo refro n t p re fe re n c e is g iven to
know that we cannot have strong reservation economies unless
transmitter
would
reach
as
far
everywhere, including . Warm minorities and an additional
we have thriving private Indian enterprises.”
as
Pendleton
which
should
preference
to
minorities
which
Springs.
Smith stressed that the government must receive full value
appeal
to
many
Central
Oregon
have
applied
for
licensing
a
It is no longer beyond reality
for dollars spent in Buy Indian contracts. HJe also cautioned
advertisers.
The
cost
for
to th in k th a t tu rn in g a station which will send signals
e q u ip m e n t w ould re a c h the contractors not to become so dependent on government-
television set oh in West Hills to minorities.
funded projects “so that a cut in the BIA budget, for example,
$95,000.
This application is pending.
might bring a selection of local
If a station were built for means that you are out of business.”
Going
before
Tribal
Council
programs including news from
Smith concluded his remarks by asking the group for their
public television and radio, the
Tribal Council, instruction in on August 16 Marsh asked for commercial
recommendations “how we can best work. . .to build up and
equipment
could
Indian dance, a course in funds left over from the 1982
housed in the same building. strengthen Indian private enterprises on and near
Indian language, tips on telecommunications study to be
This
is an enterprise which will reservations—because we want you to make money and stay in
begin
application
to
the
FCC
preserving meat or care of the
be available to the Tribe in the business and continue to provide jobs for Indians for years to
for
an
FM
radio
frequency
for
family pet.
a public radio station in Warm future, according to Marsh. come.”
T h r o u g h th e s tu d y ,
now, however, E C O N O M IC D E V E L O P M E N T G R A N T FO R
conducted in 1982, Rockv- Springs. This includes a request Concentration
is
on
attaining
public
frequency SKOKOMISH TRIBE APPROVED:
Marsh Public Relations found . for funds to build a studio and
Interior Assistant Secretary Ken Smith has approved a
licensing
for
communication
in
to
equip
a*starion
and
tower.
that construction of a local
$25,000 economic development grant to the Skokomish Indian
the
Warm
Springs
area.
The
d
ead
lin
e
fo
r
this
lo w -p o w e r b r o a d c a s tin g
So, not too far in the future, Tribe of Shelton, Washington to purchase equipment for a
system would definitely be application is February 1984
the
news happening in Warm resaturant/tavern on the Skokomish Reservation.
feasible for Warm Springs and but work must begin now, Springs could be in the living
The Bureau of Indian Affairs grant program is designed to
according
to
Marsh.
Tribal
w o u ld be v a lu a b le in
rooms of community members provide seed money for the development of profit-making
Council
has
not
yet
decided
on
disseminating information in
when it happens. Along with enterprises on or near Indian reservations. Among the other
the matter.
the community.
th e n e w s , e d u c a t i o n a l stringent requirements, the Bureau requires that at least 75
p ro g ra m s w o u ld e n a b le percent of the funding for the project come from non-federal
le a rn in g a t h o m e . The sources.
Es
The Skokomish Tribe has arranged for a $30,000 loan from a
possibilities are many.
local bank and will provide $45,000 from tribal sources for the
$ 100,000 project. The restaurant is expected to hire 10 full-time
After school had started this u.uuu
« J R decided
— 111 to
■ pay
M B
roud father
his
and 7 part-time employees.
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son a surprise visit. In the wee hours
of the morning about 2.30
a.m. he knocked on the university fraternity house door arid
yelled. “Does John Bond stay here?” An answer camefrom the
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