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OCR Page 1 of 44[Info submitted by DOI/DASI: assistant for Mike Anderson, Daphne Berwald, 208.7163,
[email protected]]
Department of the Interior
Tribal Demonstration Projects
for Montana
South Dakota and North Dakota
1. Y2K Computers
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will schedule a meeting in South Dakota in July or
August 1999 to provide technical assistance and computer equipment to tribes in Montana, South
Dakota and North Dakota who need Y2K compliance assistance for their self-determination
programs. Assistant Secretary Gover at his meeting with a trust funds organization on May 27,
1999, discussed this issue with Chairman Greg Bourland of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe.
Chairman Bourland is interested in hosting a compliance workshop. We have identified 120
non-compliant tribal computers in Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota. The goal of the
workshop will be provide technical assistance to remedy Y2K problems and to provide
replacement computers. Replacement computers will be PENTIUM III with Windows 98, Office
97, remote terminal emulation and anti virus software. The total value of the technical assistance
and equipment is approximately $250,000.
2. BIA Route 2
The White River Visitor Center on the South Unit of Badlands National Park needs
replacing. It is currently housed in a trailer. A new visitors center and gravel resurfacing of its
connecting road route would like the center to major tourism corridors link Mount Rushmore and
Wind Cave National Park. BIA Route 2 is a gravel road in dire need of gravel resurfacing (and a
paved surface if there is anticipated increased traffic). The process of gravel resurfacing is
generally the first step in making a road an all-weather road and is a necessary step in any future
or concurrent paving operations. This gravel resurfacing is programmed for FY 2002 as part of a
90 mile gravel resurfacing project. The geometric design of the BIA 2 portion is fairly good
from BIA 27 to BIA 41 which is about 21 miles with a width of 32 feet. There are about 7 miles
of BIA 2 from the west reservation line to BIA 41 which is narrower. Paving the 28 miles could
cost somewhere from $11 to $15 million which is 3 to 4 years of funding for the Oglala Sioux
Tribe. This is a very preliminary cost range.
With the right cooperation among several agencies, this could be a great project. With the
right emphasis by the Area office and the Agency, the Tribe might be inclined to re-prioritize this
project to this year. Some cost cutting measures might include project design and monitoring by
the Federal Highway Administration, some construction (readiness training) by the Defense
Department, and cost sharing with the National Park Service (BIA Route 2 and any Park roads
are considered Indian Reservation Roads).
This project is set for gravel resurfacing in FY2002. It can be moved up with tribal
concurrence and commitment of dollars (outside the IRR program). If there is a commitment on
pursuing this project, the Area roads engineers feels he can begin working on the basic
engineering, working with the tribe on planning, some archaeology work (needed on west end)
and some preliminary survey work. The total estimate of between $25k to $50k in this FY for
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