1982-06-01 Char-Koosta News

              Salish-Kootenai Community College Box 1020 Ronan, MT 59864
C
PABLO, MONTANA 59855 ISSN: 0528-8592
NEWSPAPER OF THE SAUSH, PEND cTOREILLE AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION , WESTERN MONTANA
VOLUME 11 NUMBER 2 NEW MOON OF THE CAMAS JUNE 1, 1982
County commissioners withdraw from shoreline board
The Shoreline Protection Board, highly publicized in all of the Reservation's newspapers, fell apart last month during its second meeting.
Comprised of four Tribal council-men (one without a vote) and three non-Indians (who happened to be commissioners for Lake County), the board was set up to establish procedures for implementing a Tribal ordinance designed to monitor use of the south half of Flathead Lake.
At issue is the commissioners' contention that the Tribes intend to enforce Ordinance 64A (Shoreline Protection) before it is decided by the Supreme Court whether or not the Tribes have that authority. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals says the Tribes do have such authority, but three non-Indian groups - the Namen family, the city of Poison, and the state of Montana - plan to challenge that ruling in the highest judicial forum in
the country, the Supreme Court. Local papers announce that Lake County will be helping finance the appeal against the Tribes.
Attorney for the anti-Tribal jurisdiction movement, Urban Roth, plans to petition the Ninth Circuit Court to temporarily return authority over the affected portion of the lake to the state, according to a story in a Montana daily paper.
Council to experiment with reorganization
The month of June will see the Tribal government experiment with a new meeting schedule, designed to save money and speed up the decision-making process.
The reorganization calls for suspending all existing committees, and setting up three new ones, each made up of the full Council: Administration (governmental), Human Resources (social), and Natural Resources (economic). The Council will convene eight times in June, twice for each sphere of concern above, plus twice for outside organization. (See calendar on page 15). All Tribal departments have been assigned to one committee.
The new system, designed by two or three modest Tribal employees, will allow all matters of concern to be discussed once, and perhaps a decision to be made that same day. Previously, an issue was thoroughly discussed before a
four-man committee, then sometimes once again before the full Council, before a solution could be adopted
It's hoped, too, that the councilmen will become better informed about all the issues concerning the Tribes, thus becoming better representatives for their constituencies.
Figures indicate that roughly $24,000 can be saved each year in Council expenses, should the new schedule survive its one-month probation period.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Summer employment for teens.................Page 4
Health Corner: Rabies........................Page 12
June Calendar..............................Page 15
Council minutes.................... ........Page 23