1981-11-15 Char-Koosta News

              PABLO, MONTANA 59855 ISSN: 0528-8592
Tribes, State reach a compromise
Tribal attorneys filed a 47-page brief October 21 in Missoula's U.S. District Court charging that Montana's Water Use Act is unconstitutional and unlawful as it pertains to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The Tribes were requesting a preliminary injunction against the State enforcing the water law here, or issuing any permits for Reservation water.
Three weeks later, however, the injunction request was withdrawn after Tribal and State lawyers spent part of a day together and came up with a compromise agreement.
The agreement reached (announced in the Missoulian daily paper, Nov-vember 11) calls for the Tribes to make two broad, general water right filings with the State. The first claim will cover all the water the Tribes decides it has (Continued on page 25)
Wrangling buffalo............Page 4
"Letters"...................P°8e 8
"Charlo's People"..........Page 12
"Around the Campfire"......Page 19
Council Minutes............Page 21
NEWSPAPER OF THE SALISH. PEND d'OREILLE AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION, WESTERN MONTANA
VOLUME 10 NUMBER 13
NEW MOON OF AUTUMN
NOVEMBER 15,1981
Historic vote favors incumbents
The first primary election of candidates for CSK Tribal Council saw all four incumbents earn a spot on the December 12 general ballot. Two of them, however ~ Louis Adams and Bearhead Swaney ~ earned less total votes than the newcomers in their respective districts of Arlee and St. Ignatius.
As you can see from the table below, incumbents Adams, Swaney, E.W. Morigeau and Laurence Kenmille all
cleared the primary hurdle by either getting more votes than their opponents, or by coming in #2.
In Ronan, where current councilman Joe McDonald chose not to seek re-election, Robert McCrea, came in first, followed by Frank Webster. The other 'new names' are: Jim Steele (Arlee), Roger McClure (Poison), Al Hewan-korn (Elmo), and Joe Felsman (St. Ignatius).
(Continued on page 25)
(One star means top vote-getter; two stars means #2 Names in smaller type were write-in candidates.)
Louis W. Adams James H. "Jim" Steele Charles "Scotty" Gardipe
Jeanne Christopher (ARLEE)
E.W. "Bill" Morigeau Marge Whirlwind Soldier Roger P. McClure Jack A. Glover Russell L. Dupuis Gordon E. DuPuis (P0LS0N)
Laurence F. Kenmille Al Hewankorn Sadie M. Saloway Rueben Alan Mathias Louis Caye (ELMO)
Thomas "Bearhead" Swaney Joseph "Joe Dog" Felsman Carol Matte Lipscomb Allen Ray Matt
Alvin Orr
Glenrose Bird     (ST. IGNATIUS)
Jacque A. Morigeau Joseph H. Pablo Gary Michael Sloan Robert McCrea Frank H.Webster Kim Swaney George Ray Cowan Joe McDonald
Marian Michel
(RONAN)
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