Page 6 September 13,1983
Spilyay Tymoo
Youngdeer transferring to Aberdeen
SpUyay Tymóo photo by Behrend
by Donna Behrend
Moving from state to state
has been a part of BIA
s u p e rin te n d e n t M e rritt
Youngdeer’s life since he was a
child. His father was in the
military and his family moved
regularly. Such is life with
Youngdeer and his family.
Youngdeer, who has been
su p e rin te n d e n t in W arm
Springs for about two years, is
transferring to A berdeen,
South Dakota to serve as the
area’s assistant director for
administration.
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This new position is not
unfam iliar to Y oungdeer.
Before com ing to W arm
Springs in 1981, Youngdeer
worked in the Albequerque
area office performing similar
duties. However, the Aberdeen
area, which covers Nebraska
and North and South Dakota,
is larger. He explained that
North and- South Dakota have
the second largest Indian
population in the United
States.
“This move is not one I
v o lu n te e r e d f o r , ” s a id
Youngdeer. In addition to
working with the contracting,
fin a n c in g , p e rso n n e l and
facilities operations branches,
Youngdeer will be working on
“special projects.. .the BIA has
been going through a lot of
audits of contracting,” he said.
“This is more specialized, as
most of my experience has been
in administration.
“I guess that’s why they
singled me out and asked me to
a c c e p t th is a s s ig n m e n t.
Indian businesses in focus at conference
Los Angeles, California
A ugust 30, 1983—Indian
enterprises chart new markets
for their products and services
w ith th e U nited In d ia n
D ev elo p m en t A sso ciatio n
(UIDA) at its eighth annual
“Indian Progress in'Business”
or INPRO conference to be
held on W ednesday and
Thursday, October 19-20, at
the new Sheraton Grande
H otel in dow nfow n Los
Angeles, California.
INPRO honors annually the
a c h ie v e m e n ts o f In d ia n
businesses from “Mom and
Pop” shops to tfiulti-million
dollar operations. The 1983
program features four current
workshops on:
C reating Im p o rt/E x p o rt
Opportunities, coordinated by
Dr. S. Snodey who has more
than 25 years’ international
trade experience, covers (1)
identifying foreign markets, (2)
f in a n c in g a n d s e c u rin g
payment for exported goods,
a n d (3 ) lic e n s in g a n d
transporting goods in the world
market place.
U .S . D e p a r tm e n t o f
Commerce Department Daniel
J. Young, who heads the Los
Angeles commercial services
office, leads the team of experts
in clu d in g : T ra n s p o rta tio n
Training Manager Anthony
D o lz; C a ro ly n S can io n ,
founder of C. Scanlon and
Company; Anglo American
Aviation Company President
Stanley W. Epstein; and Jarad
Rassoulli, a consultant with
C a rd in a l M an ag em en t
C om pany’s Im p o rt/E x p o rt
Project.
Promoting Yourself to the
Olympic Market, kicked off
by Los Angeles Olympic
Organizing Committee Vice
P resid en t D an G reew ood,
seeks to answer: Who are your
customers/competitors? What
products will customers buy?
When do customers need your
product? Where do customers
but your project? Why do your presentation of UIDA to
customers buy your product? discuss increasing Indian
And how do customers buy contractor sales through joint
your products? These questions venture subcontracting. Joint
go back to the basics of v e n t u r e o p p o r t u n i t i e s ,
merchandizing, i.e., Market the involvement, procedures, and
right product for the right price problems will be covered by:
in the right place at the right Norm Tippeconni, Bureau of
time in the right quantities. All Indian Affairs (BIA) Facilities
retail and service-oriented and Engineering, New Mexico;
business managers will find Luke Johnson, president of
these merchandising techni Luke Johnson Construction,
ques useful, as well as those Arizona; Dave Bradley, owner
managers seeking Olympic of Bradley Construction, New
business and sales promotion Mexico; and Mel Twist, owner
strategies.
of TeePee Engineering Inc.,
Tribal Enterprises Entering California.
th e W o rld M a rk e tp la c e
These workshops will be
recognizes the need for careful conducted on both Wednesday
c o n sid e ra tio n of m ark et and Thursday, October 19-20,
opportunities in arts and crafts, between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., so
goods export, natural resource conferees can attend two
development, retailing, and sessions. The c o n tra c to rs'
tourism in broader, even session will not be repeated on
global, terms. Among those Thursday afternoon, in order
confirm ed to speak are: to allow the American Indian
Ruben Norris from the Reno- C ontractors Association of
S p a rk s S h o p p in g M a ll, California (AICAC) to hold its
Nevada; Ferrel Secakuku of annual meeting during this
the Hopi Cultural Center, period.
Arizona, Michael Clements
UIDA expects some 400
with the Inter-tribal Timber people to attend this year’s
Council, Oregon; Michael IN P R O c o n fe re n c e a n d
Allison in charge of the Navajo banquet. The $150 fee covers
Wool Export Project, Arizona; all workshops and materials,
and Willard Ahenekew of business opportunity tours, a
Saskatchewan Indian Arts and luncheon, and the banquet. For
m ore in fo rm a tio n a b o u t
Crafts, Canada.
Increasing Sales for Indian INPRO/ 83, contact Confe
C o n tracto rs is a special rence Coordinator Suzanne
Johnson at (213) 483-1460.
Evidently, they have a need in
that particular area and they
felt I could help them out.”
Being part of the bureau
team takes dedication and
initiative. “The BIA appeals to
your commitment and they ask
you to do your part. It’s an
honor” to be asked to transfer,
said Youngdeer.
Youngdeer said that “it
won’t be any different in
A berdeen th an in W arm
Springs.” It’s the staff, he said,
that gets things done. “I hope to
instill in them pride and
motivation, set an example and
p ro v id e le a d e rs h ip a n d
direction” for the staff.
“I looked at coming to Warm
Springs as an honor because
Warm Springs has a good
reputation in the bureau in
working together with the
b u re a u ,” said Youngdeer.
‘‘T h a t r e l a t i o n s h i p is
sometimes hard to find; . .and
knowing the Tribe expects
high quality, it was an honor to
be recom m ended for the
position.
“What I set out to do when I
came to Warm Springs was to
try to gain the staffs respect
and introduce my philosophy
and authority,” said Young
deer. “The two are the same
and that made my job very
easy. We all (Tribal Council,
management and the bureau)
worked together in solving
problems.”
A few of the projects that
Youngdeer and the bureau staff
have been involved with during
the past two years include
getting the IM PL funds
allocation straightened out,
justification for the Warm
S prings ja il re n o v a tio n ,
evaluation of the fair market
price of timber, completion of
the 10-year forest management
plan, clearing up the IIM.
b a c k lo g o f w o rk a n d
clarification and improvement
of the Burns relationship with
W a rm S p r in g s . “ T h e se
accomplishments were not
done by myself alone,” said
Youngdeer. “Thé entire staff
was involved.”
Youngdeer said his orders
will be effective October 2.
Tribal Council chairman Zane
Jackson, Larry Calica and a
representative from Burns will
meet with Area Director
Stanley Speaks to select a new
Warm Springs superintendent
as soon as possible.
Youngdeer will assume his
new r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s in
Aberdeen on October 11.
Title IV Part A meeting
A public Title IV Part A,
Indian Education meeting will
be held at the Warm Springs
Community Center in the
Adult Learning Center on
Tuesday, September 12 at 7:30
p.m.
The agenda for the meeting is
as follows: a report on the
summer camp; an election of
two high school students as
members on the committee and
the 1982-83 evaluation report
presented by Steve Nelson of
Northwest Regional Lab.
Booklet explains PNB changes
“For Your Information,” a
fact book explaining the
changes in the telecommunica
tions industry as a result of
d iv e stitu re an d ch an g in g
federal policy, is now available
from Pacific Northwest Bell.
“The restructuring of the Bell
System is the most sweeping
change in the history of
American business and will
affect virtually every one of us
in some way,” said Glenn
Kennedy, PNB community
affairs manager.
Kennedy said the booklet is
intended to be a handy
reference source to help
customers understand how
the telephone industry will
change over the next several
months.
To order the fact book, call
PNB’s toll-free information
number, 1-800-555-5000.
Spilyay Tymoò photo by Behrend
BIG RED
Norma Jackson recently discovered this huge tomato on what she
thought was a barren plant. Upon digging into the foliage she
found this “Big Red" which measured nearly five inches across
and weighed in at one pound, 11 ounces. The plant was one o f four
plants given Jackson by Edie Barton. The secret to the huge
tomato? A little commercial chicken manure, lots of water and
plenty of sunshine..