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1976" of the Bradley H. Patterson Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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OF OFFICIOR THE INTERIOR
United States Department of the Interior
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
March
3,
1849
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240
JUN 2 4 1976
Dear Mr. President:
Recently, the Bureau of Indian Affairs has been engaged in
discussions with members of your staff concerning a proposed
White House meeting with the National Indian leadership for the
purpose of reaffirming the Administration's interest and concern
in matters of significance to America's Indian people.
As the Nation's Bicentennial is now rapidly approaching its
climax, I am writing to request that the plans for such a
meeting be finalized and to indicate that an announcement
to that effect would now be most timely.
Respectfully,
Iom
Secretary of the Interior
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
FORD LIBRARY & GENALD
THE INTERIOR S
United States Department of the Interior
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
/
March
3.
1849
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240
JUN 24 1976
Dear Mr. President:
Recently, the Bureau of Indian Affairs has been engaged in
discussions with members of your staff concerning a proposed
White House meeting with the National Indian leadership for the
purpose of reaffirming the Administration's interest and concern
in matters of significance to America's Indian people.
As the Nation's Bicentennial is now rapidly approaching its
climax, I am writing to request that the plans for such a
meeting be finalized and to indicate that an announcement
to that effect would now be most timely.
Respectfully,
(Sgd), Tom
Secretary of the Interior
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
CC: T. Marrs, Special Assistant to the President
FORD LIBRART is
THE WHITE HOUSE
Friday
AGENDA
WASHINGTON
July 16, 1976
MEETING WITH PRINCIPAL INDIAN LEADERS
P.M.
1:30
Opening Remarks -
The Honorable Theodore C. Marrs
Special Assistant to the President
1:35
Department of the Interior - The Hono rable Thomas S. Kleppe
Secretary of the Interior
The Honorable Morris Thompson
Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs
1:45
Department of Health,
The Honorable Stanley B. Thomas, Jr.
Education and Welfare -
Assistant Secretary for Human Development
Dr. Emery A. Johnson
Director, Indian Health Service
Dr. George Blue Spruce, Jr.
Director, Native American Programs
Dr. S. Gabe Paxton, Jr., Acting
Deputy Commissioner for Indian Education
2:00
Department of Labor -
The Honorable Ben Burdetsky
Deputy Assistant Secretary
2:10
Department of Housing
The Honorable Constance E. Newman
and Urban Development -
Assistant Secretary
2:20
Department of Commerce -
The Honorable John Eden
Assistant Secretary
2:30
Department of Justice -
The Honorable Peter Taft
Assistant Attorney General
2:40
Adjourn to the East Room
The White House
3:00
THE PRESIDENT
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TO INDIAN LEADERS
July 16, 1976
1. The critical unmet needs of the First Americans,
American Indians and Alaskan natives, are recognized
to a significant degree in this bicentennial year.
I have directed the departmental secretaries to
analyze these economic, social, and educational needs,
and to make a coordinated effort to meet these needs.
2. I support the efforts of local Indian communities to
direct their own affairs. I support self-determina-
tion without termination of tribes and/or the Federal
services delivered to them and this is the established
policy of this Administration.
3. Too often in the past Indians have not received services
and benefits from Federal programs to which they
were entitled as citizens, independent of special
programs and funds earmarked for Indians. The reasons
or excuses for this are many, ranging from the rural
isolation of the reservations to the lack of knowledge
and concern by the Federal agencies toward Indian
people. To rectify this situation I am asking the
Secretary of each Department to develop a plan of
action to assure that Indian people receive more of
the services through Federal programs for which they
are eligible as citizens. Each Department will show
what activities are planned to accomplish this goal
and how the increased receipt of services will be
measured.
4. While there is an excess of teachers, nationwide, there
is not an excess of Indian teachers. There is a lack
of trained leadership to support Indian self-determination
in all of the other professions. Therefore, I am
directing the Secretary of HEW and the Secretary of
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Interior to continue a strong coordinated effort to
support training and advance education for American
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Indians, particularly in the areas of Education,
Medicine, Law, Engineering, Business, and Forestry.
5. There is already a nucleus of Indian-controlled junior
colleges scattered throughout the nation. I am
directing the Secretary of HEW and the Secretary of
Interior to increase Federal communications with
these institutions and to determine areas for increased
cooperation.
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6. The Indian Education Act of 1972 has had a significant
and successful beginning. A total of 158 million
has been expended aiding over 400,000 American Indians
since the law was passed. These resources have provided
services to Indians and we look forward to continued
success in this area.
7. I have directed the Federal Interagency Committee,
under the sponsorship of HEW, to convene a National
Conference on Indian Education in the spring of 1977.
This conference will focus on analyzing all Federal
educational services to Indians. We expect significant
proposals for legislative remedies to correct
deficiencies. (Note: planning has already started
for this conference.)
8. Under Part D of the Indian Education Act of 1972, a
National Council on Indian Education was established
to provide technical assistance to local educational
agencies and to Indian organizations. The law
stipulates that the Council will be composed of 15
persons who are Indian or Alaskan natives and are
appointed by the President from recommendations
submitted by Indian tribes and organizations. These
names have been submitted to me and I intend to
appoint this Council within thirty days.
9. Too often Federal agencies are unable to detail what
services are being provided to Indian people and in
what amount because the agencies neglect to collect
information which includes "American Indian and
Alaskan Native" as a separate population category.
Instead, Indians are one of the nameless groups which
compose the "Other" category. When agencies cannot
detail how many of their services are being utilized
by Indian people, there is no way of telling whether
the agency is making its resources and services
available to Indian people. To correct this situation
which fosters non-accountability, I am requesting each
agency which collects descriptive data on the recipients
of its services to include the separate category of
"American Indian and Alaskan Native," using the format
that has already been recommended by the Office of
Management and Budget.
10. In recent years, the settlement of Indian land claims
has resulted in increased income for many Indian
families. The receipt of these judgment funds has
caused a hardship for many Indian college students
when they were considered for financial aid. Therefore,
I am directing the Secretaries of HEW and Interior to
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ignore these judgment funds for Indians, when
analyzing the financial needs of Indian and Alaskan
native students, and to prepare appropriate guidelines.
11. This Administration is committed and will continue to
be committee to making the Federal bureaucracy more
aware and responsive to the needs of Indian people.
Some progress has been made. I understand that the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has
chartered an Intra-Departmental Council on Indian
Affairs composed of high level agency personnel and
committed to forging a consistent and uniform
Departmental policy on Indian Affairs. In addition,
this Council has been chartered to improve and increase
the delivery of the Department's services to Indian
people. I endorse this initiative by the Department
of Health, Education, and Welfare and trust that it
will achieve its goals and serve as a model for other
Departments.
12. Many Federal programs, such as General Revenue Sharing,
allocate funds to cities, States and Tribes based
on their population. Unfortunately, too often the
population data on Indian derived from the Census
represents an undercount of the actual Indian population
both on reservations and in urban areas. Because of
this undercount, Indian people have not always
received their fair share of the funds allocated on
the basis of population. The Bureau of the Census
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has recognized this problem. I am requesting that the
Bureau of the Census redouble its efforts to insure
that the 1980 Census accurately counts the American
Indians and Alaskan Natives in villages, on
reservations and in cities.
13. I have directed the Federal agencies to improve communica-
tions among the Indian communities particularly in
the use of newsletters, mailouts and other media for
the purpose of informing them of policy developments
and changes.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 8, 1976
Room 308, Old Executive Office Building
MEETING ON PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION
Sponsored by the Office, of Public Liaison
In Cooperation With
The National Congress of American Indians
10:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Theodore C. Marrs
Special Assistant to the President
for Human Resources
Economic and Social Conditions -
Review and Current Status
Albert W. Trimble, President
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Scope and Size of Federal Role;
Special Studies and Task Force
Recommendations
Theodore Krenzke
Director, Office of Indian Services
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Department of Interior
Oglala Sioux Tribal Plan -
Tribal Responsibility; Economic
Development; Priorities
Albert W. Trimble, President
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Development of Agri-business Richard Schifter
Counsel to Oglala Sioux Tribe
Tribal Expectations
Albert W. Trimble, President
Oglala Sioux Tribe
BIA Recommendations
Morris Thompson
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Department of Interior
Response
Albert W. Trimble, President
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Lunch -
THE WHITE HOUSE
Friday
AGENDA
WASHINGTON
July 16, 1976
MEETING WITH PRINCIPAL INDIAN LEADERS
P.M.
1:30
Opening Remarks -
The Honorable Theodore C. Marrs
Special Assistant to the President
1:35
Department of the Interior - The Honorable Thomas S. Kleppe
Secretary of the Interior
The Honorable Morris Thompson
Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs
1:45
Department of Health,
The Honorable Stanley B. Thomas, Jr.
Education and Welfare -
Assistant Secretary for Human Development
Dr. Emery A. Johnson
Director, Indian Health Service
Dr. George Blue Spruce, Jr.
Director, Native American Programs
Dr. S. Gabe Paxton, Jr., Acting
Deputy Commissioner for Indian Education
2:00
Department of Labor -
The Honorable Ben Burdetsky
Deputy Assistant Secretary
2:10
Department of Housing
The Honorable Constance E. Newman
and Urban Development -
Assistant Secretary
2:20
Department of Commerce -
The Honorable John Eden
Assistant Secretary
2:30
Department of Justice -
The Honorable Peter Taft
Assistant Attorney General
2:40
Adjourn to the East Room
The White House
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3:00
THE PRESIDENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 16, 1976
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT
TO THE
AMERICAN INDIAN LEADERS
THE EAST ROOM
3:15 P.M. EDT
Let me welcome each and every
one of you to the White House this afternoon. I am
extremely happy to have the opportunity to meet with you
individually as well as collectively and I am very proud
to have the distinguished leaders and the elected
representatives of America's Indian tribes here in the
East Room of the White House.
I looked over your schedule and I hope from the
distinguished speakers that spoke with you that you have
had an informative briefing session, not only with
Secretary Kleppe, but the others --- those who were
responsible for some of the Government Indian programs.
I think it is vitally important that you tell us what
your problems are, what your needs are and then we can
be fully informed as to the right policies and the
right programs.
Let me take just a few minutes to talk with
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you on a personal basis, to let you know of my
personal concern and for the needs of Indians and
native Americans. The Federal Government has a very
unique relationship with you and your people. It is
a relationship of a legal trust and a high moral
responsibility. That relationship is rooted deep in
history, but it is fed today by our concern that the
Indian people should enjoy the same opportunities as
other Americans, while maintaining the culture and the
traditions that you rightly prize as your heritage.
That heritage is an important part of the
American culture that we are celebrating in this great
country in our Bicentennial year. Your contribution has
been both material and spiritual. Your ancestors intro-
duced settlers not only to new foods and new plants,
but to Indian ways of life and Indian values which they
absorbed.
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This is a year for all of us to realize what a
great debt we individually and colletively owe to the
American Indians. Today, you are concerned about
such serious problems as poverty, unemployment, crime,
poor health and unsuitable housing on Indian reservations.
I share your concern. I am hopeful about the future
and about what we can achieve by continuing to work
together.
The 1970s have brought a new era in Indian affairs.
In the last century, Federal policy has vacillated between
paternalism and the threat of terminating Federal responsi-
bility. I am opposed to both extremes. I believe in
maintaining a stable policy so that Indians and Indian
leaders can plan and work confidently for the future.
We can build on that foundation to improve the
opportunities available to American Indians, and at the same
time, make it possible for you to live as you choose
within your tribal structure and in brotherhood with
your fellow citizens.
We have already begun to build. My Administration
is supporting the concept of allowing Indian tribes to
determine whether they and their members, in addition to
being under tribal jurisdiction, should be under State
or Federal civil and criminal jurisdiction.
I have directed the Departments of Justice
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and Interior to draft legislation which would accomplish
this goal efficiently, effectively and within adequate
guidelines. They have solicited the views of the
Indian community in preparing their recommendations
which I will soon send to the Congress.
I am committed to furthering the self-
determination of Indian communities but without terminating
the special relationship between the Federal Government
and the Indian people. I am strongly opposed to termination.
Self-determination means that you can decide the nature
of your tribe's relationship with the Federal Government
within the framework of the Self-Determination Act, which
I signed in January of 1975.
Indian tribes, if they desire, now have the
opportunity to administer Federal programs for themselves.
We can then work together as partners.
On your part, this requires initiative and
responsibility as you define your tribal goals and
determine how you want to use the Federal resources.
On the Federal Government's part, self-determination
for Indian tribes requires that Federal programs must be
flexible enough to deal with the different needs and desires
of individual tribes.
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In the past, our flexibility has been limited
by the lack of effective coordination among departments
and agencies offering a wide variety of programs and
services to the Indian people. Programs serving both
reservation and non-reservation Indians are spread
across half a dozen different Cabinet Departments
involving agencies ranging from the Economic Develop-
ment Administration to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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As many of you know, this is Ted Marrs' last
day on the White House staff. Ted's service as White
House Liaison for Indian Affairs has been invaluable to me
as President and to the Cabinet officers and I am confident,
to the Indian community.
With his departure, I will announce shortly
the name of a person who will assume Ted Marrs' duties
in the Office of Public Liaison in the area of Indian
Affairs. This appointee will be an individual with respon-
sibility to work with the Cabinet officers, with the
Office of Management and Budget, with the Domestic
Council and with my Legal Office to encourage the improved
coordination of the various Federal agencies and programs
that currently serve the Indian population.
As an additional step in this direction, I am
also sending a memorandum to the heads of all Cabinet
departments with Indian responsibilities, directing them
to give priority attention to the coordination of Indian
programs. These two actions will help to insure that one
and one half billion dollars spent annually on Indian
programs and services will be spent efficiently, with
cooperation and without duplication.
An important task we can help you with is the
challenge of economic development of your lands. I
congratulate you on the initiative that you have shown. I
pledge encouragement. I pledge help in your efforts
to create long-term economic development.
Many Indian reservations contain valuable
natural resources. There must be the proper treatment of
these resources with respect for nature, which is a
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traditional Indian value. My Attorney General has estab.
lished an Indian resources section whose sole responsibility
is litigation on behalf of Indian tribes to protect your
natural resources and your jurisdictional rights.
Indian leaders and the Indian people have
gained an increasing skill in managing these resources so
they benefit your tribes and our nation as a whole. I
wholeheartedly and unequivocally pledge our cooperation in
working with you to improve the quality of Indian life
by providing soundly managed programs and a stable policy.
We can make the rest of the 1970s decisive years
in the lives of the Indian people. Together we can write
a new chapter in the history of this land that we all serve
and this land that we all share.
I thank you very much.
END
(AT 3:25 P.M. EDT)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 16, 1976
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT
TO THE
AMERICAN INDIAN LEADERS
THE EAST ROOM
3:15 P.M. EDT
Let me welcome each and every
one of you to the White House this afternoon. I am
extremely happy to have the opportunity to meet with you
individually as well as collectively and I am very proud
to have the distinguished leaders and the elected
representatives of America's Indian tribes here in the
East Room of the White House.
I looked over your schedule and I hope from the
distinguished speakers that spoke with you that you have
had an informative briefing session, not only with
Secretary Kleppe, but the others -- those who were
responsible for some of the Government Indian programs.
I think it is vitally important that you tell us what
your problems are, what your needs are and then we can
be fully informed as to the right policies and the
right programs.
Let me take just a few minutes to talk with
you on a personal basis, to let you know of my
personal concern and for the needs of Indians and
native Americans. The Federal Government has a very
unique relationship with you and your people. It is
a relationship of a legal trust and a high moral
responsibility. That relationship is rooted deep in
history, but it is fed today by our concern that the
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Indian people should enjoy the same opportunities as
other Americans, while maintaining the culture and the
traditions that you rightly prize as your heritage.
That heritage is an important part of the
American culture that we are celebrating in this great
country in our Bicentennial year. Your contribution has
been both material and spiritual. Your ancestors intro-
duced settlers not only to new foods and new plants,
but to Indian ways of life and Indian values which they
absorbed.
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This is a year for all of us to realize what a
great debt we individually and colletively owe to the
American Indians. Today, you are concerned about
such serious problems as poverty, unemployment, crime,
poor health and unsuitable housing on Indian reservations.
I share your concern. I am hopeful about the future
and about what we can achieve by continuing to work
together.
The 1970s have brought a new era in Indian affairs.
In the last century, Federal policy has vacillated between
paternalism and the threat of terminating Federal responsi-
bility. I am opposed to both extremes. I believe in
maintaining a stable policy so that Indians and Indian
leaders can plan and work confidently for the future.
We can build on that foundation to improve the
opportunities available to American Indians, and at the same
time, make it possible for you to live as you choose
within your tribal structure and in brotherhood with
your fellow citizens.
We have already begun to build. My Administration
is supporting the concept of allowing Indian tribes to
determine whether they and their members, in addition to
being under tribal jurisdiction, should be under State
or Federal civil and criminal jurisdiction.
I have directed the Departments of Justice
and Interior to draft legislation which would accomplish
this goal efficiently, effectively and within adequate
guidelines. They have solicited the views of the
Indian community in preparing their recommendations
which I will soon send to the Congress.
I am committed to furthering the self-
determination of Indian communities but without terminating
the special relationship between the Federal Government
and the Indian people. I am strongly opposed to termination.
Self-determination means that you can decide the nature
of your tribe's relationship with the Federal Government
within the framework of the Self-Determination Act, which
I signed in January of 1975.
Indian tribes, if they desire, now have the
opportunity to administer Federal programs for themselves.
We can then work together as partners.
On your part, this requires initiative and
responsibility as you define your tribal goals and
determine how you want to use the Federal resources.
On the Federal Government's part, self-determination
for Indian tribes requires that Federal programs must be
flexible enough to deal with the different needs and desires
of individual tribes.
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In the past, our flexibility has been limited
by the lack of effective coordination among departments
and agencies offering a wide variety of programs and
services to the Indian people. Programs serving both
reservation and non-reservation Indians are spread
across half a dozen different Cabinet Departments
involving agencies ranging from the Economic Develop-
ment Administration to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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As many of you know, this is Ted Marrs' last
day on the White House staff. Ted's service as White
House Liaison for Indian Affairs has been invaluable to me
as President and to the Cabinet officers and, I am confident,
to the Indian community.
With his departure, I will announce shortly
the name of a person who will assume Ted Marrs' duties
in the Office of Public Liaison in the area of Indian
Affairs. This appointee will be an individual with respon-
sibility to work with the Cabinet officers, with the
Office of Management and Budget, with the Domestic
Council and with my Legal Office to encourage the improved
coordination of the various Federal agencies and programs
that currently serve the Indian population.
As an additional step in this direction, I am
also sending a memorandum to the heads of all Cabinet
departments with Indian responsibilities, directing them
to give priority attention to the coordination of Indian
programs. These two actions will help to insure that one
and one half billion dollars spent annually on Indian
programs and services will be spent efficiently, with
cooperation and without duplication.
An important task we can help you with is the
challenge of economic development of your lands. I
congratulate you on the initiative that you have shown. I
pledge encouragement. I pledge help in your efforts
to create long-term economic development.
Many Indian reservations contain valuable
natural resources. There must be the proper treatment of
these resources with respect for nature, which is a
traditional Indian value. My Attorney General has estab-
lished an Indian resources section whose sole responsibility
is litigation on behalf of Indian tribes to protect your
natural resources and your jurisdictional rights.
Indian leaders and the Indian people have
gained an increasing skill in managing these resources so
they benefit your tribes and our nation as a whole. I
wholeheartedly and unequivocally pledge our cooperation in
working with you to improve the quality of Indian life
by providing soundly managed programs and a stable policy.
We can make the rest of the 1970s decisive years
in the lives of the Indian people. Together we can write
a new chapter in the history of this land that we all serve
and this land that we all share.
I thank you very much.
END
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Viejas Indian Development Council, Inc.
25 Browns Road, Alpine, CA 92001
Telephone (714) 445-3275
Bred Parkerson
August 10, 1976
The President
White House
Washington, D. C. 20202
Dear Mr. President:
Thank you for the invitation for Tribal Leaders to attend a
briefing at the White House and the opportunity to meet you.
It was indeed, quite an honor, and something I will never
forget.
A very special thanks to Mrs. Velma Shelton, who was kind
enough to have my son, Robert, cleared so he would have the
opportunity to meet you.
We, both would like to thank you for allowing me to take your
picture with him so he could get an "A" in civics. He gave
a presentation to both civics classes the following Monday.
Thank you again, it was nice.
Respectfully,
Daisy
Tribal Chairman
Viejas Indian Reservation
FORD LIBRARY is 978830
The lists include continu-
telephone banks, in seven
walt has had mixed su
Indians Meet With Ford,
Two Indians
ally updated telephone num-
areas of the state turned out
with local campaign
bers and addresses. They
a heavy vote in conservative
raising efforts.
consolidate voters by house-
precincts and delivered God-
Charge Publicity Pitch
Acquitted in
holds to eliminate costly du-
win's thin margin of less
plicate mailings and can be
than 15,000 votes out of 1
printed out into "walking
million cast.
FBI Deaths
WORLD
sheets" that list addresses in
McMath said the party
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By Cynthia Kadonaga
order on each side of a
will hire three professional
Washington Post Staff Writer
street so that neighborhood
President Ford met yes-
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa,
field workers in September
Indian liaison official Theo-
canvassers do not have to
July 16 (AP)-A federal
to help Congressional çandis
terday with more than 200
dore C. Marrs had resigned.
cross back and forth.
court jury found two Ameri-
dates make use of the state
American Indian leaders, a
Marrs, a pediatrician, plans
can Indian Movement mem-
The value of good mailing
party services. After the
meeting their spokesman
to work at an Indian health
bers innocent today of mur-
and telephone lists is dem-
election, the field persons
center in Albuquerque. He
der in the shooting deaths
onstrated by the Republican
will remain to recruit local
later called a campaign pub-
was appointed to the White
licity pitch.
of two FBI agents.
fund-raising record, which is
office and legislative candi-
House staff in 1974.
being achieved with an aver-
dates for 1977 and advise
The decision came in the
National Congress of
Mr. Ford said he would an-
age donation, Royall and
local party units.
American Indians President
fifth day of deliberations, af-
nounce a replacement soon.
Mel Tonasket said, "There's
ter the jury twice told U.S.
no doubt we've been used.
District Court Judge Ed-
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The Indians met all day
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and defense attorney Wil-
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with government officials re-
lar's power against the franc
liam Kunstler embraced and
sponsible for Indian pro-
from 4.81 to 4.88. It also
cried.
grams, such as Interior Sec-
meant the franc was at its
The two AIM members
retary Thomas S. Kleppe.
lowest level since September
were charged in the shoot-
Despite a statement by
ings of FBI agents Jack
forsooth!
1974.
Mr. Ford that it was "vitally
Coler and Ronald Williams,
important" the Indians tell
Several factors were blam-
both of Los Angeles, at a
woodies
government officials what
ed for the dip of the French
shootout on the Pine Ridge
their needs were, an Indian
currency against almost all
Indian Reservation in South
spokesman later complained
Dakota last summer. The
English Pub
currencies. They included a
20
that they were not allowed
defense alleged during four
continuing inflation rate of
to do so.
weeks of testimony that a
about 11 per cent, a long
hostile and violent attitude
hath doubled
9x1
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Tonasket said the Indians
drought that is reducing
pervaded the reservation be-
"got into a big fight" with
agricultural production and
cause of FBI harassment
its size
Kleppe over whether they
a weak foreign trade picture.
and that the killings were in
could discuss issues, such as
Since mid-March the franc
self-defense.
and happily so
water rights on Indian land.
has lost about 6.6 per cent of
dy
its value.
But, "we. lost," he said.
Traders said the Bank of
"Kleppe's attitude was,
France stepped into teh mar-
Huge sandwiches, our famous pot
"We'll talk to you, you
ket today and sold about 100
pies, unlimited salad bar, draught
listen.'"
million worth of foreign ex-
to
A Washington
beer and ale and cocktails have
change. This roughly equals
Jan,
Mr. Ford also said at the
Tradition
the bank's support effort
made us what we are. And now
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Thursday.
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our seating capacity and still kept
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They Talked, We Listened'
Indians Unhappy
With Ford Visit
By David Braaten
for Indian affairs, but
Washington Star Staff Writer
Tonasket said, "Very little
No one went so far as to
of that gets down to the
say the Great White Father
reservations. It goes for
spoke with a forked tongue
employes' salaries, for rugs
- that's not the Indians'
and lamps. It would prob-
style these days, if indeed it
ably be enough, if it was
ever was outside Hollywood
used properly
- but a spokesman for the
The paradox of the In-
American Indian leaders
dians' situation, he indicat-
who met with President
ed, is that, though they're
Ford and administration
sitting on vast mineral and
officials yesterday was
other wealth, they need
clearly unimpressed with
money to make money out
the day's lobbying effort.
of it. One of the things they
"He's not informed on the
need money for is the legal
illegal actions of his under-
expenses of battling the
lings," said Mel Tonasket,
federal government over
president of the National
the the best way of realizing
Congress of American In-
the potential of Indian-
dians, at a sidewalk press
owned resources
conference outside the
Uncle Sam as trustee of
White House where the
Indians and their lands S
chiefs had just been greeted
always the adversary when
with soothing words by the
it comes to exploiting
chief executive. "We were
mineral and hydroelectric
denied the opportunity for
wealth that nominal IIV be
give-and-take. It was all
longs to the tribes, he said,
'we' talk, and you
As an example, Tonasket
listen' Tonasket said
cited a lease negotiated
FORD HAD promised the
Bureau of Indian
Indian leaders he would
behalf of the Northern
take steps to coordinate the
Cheyennes forextraction.of
handling of Indian affairs,
coal in northern Montana
giving help particularly to
THE GOVERNMENT
economic development of
handled lease set royalties
reservation lands, many of
at 71/2 cents a ton, He said,
which contain valuable
an absurdly low price by
naturalresources.
present-day, energy-short
Tonasket, an Okanogan
standards, The Indians are
from Colville, Wash. ex-
trying to overturn the lease
pressed a definite suspicion
and get a better price for
that he and his colleagues
their coal.
were being used for politi-
"I think the government
cal purposes, invited to the
has always taken us for
FORD
White House as more-or-
granted as a bunch of
less colorful props in Ford
dummies, Tonasket said.
election campaign.
The Indian leader de-
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The President made
clined to be drawn into a
good promises, and we
partisan political discussion
wholeheartedly agree with
of his people's chances for
them. he said outside the
better treatment under a
Northwest Gate of the
Democratic administration.
White House. He seemed
skeptical that the bureau-
crats who would be charged
with putting Ford's
promises into effect will
ever get the word, however.
We weren't even given
an opportunity to talk with
(Interior Secretary
Thomas) Kleppe, Tonas
ket said. "We got in an
argument, and we lost. It
shows the kind of one-way
street the Indians always
wind up on
IN HIS BRIEF speech to
the Indians in the East
Room Ford mentioned the
$1.5 billion a year allocated