1981-06-01 Char-Koosta News

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Council highlights.
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JUNE 1,1981
Oil firm approaches BIA to search for oil here
Petro-Lewis of Denver, Colorado, has taken the initial step to begin oil and gas exploration here, it was announced at the May 21 Tribal Council meeting. The company approached the Billings Area BIA Office for permission to begin electrostatic and seismic vibration "exploration procedures on two miles of tribal land. The company has already leased some fee lands on the Reservation.
Tom Acevedo and Mary Nagashima, both from the Billings Area Office, explained to the Council that it is totally their decision whether or not to allow this company, or any others, permission
to be on tribal land. They explained how other tribes are managing exploration permits and fees on their reservations.
No action was taken, as the matter was referred to the Economic Development Committee.
In Other Business
Last time it was old folks. This time, the Council was visited by a Head Start delegation made up of almost every teacher, aide and cook in the program. Program Co-ordinator Jeanne Christopher explained that- surprise! -she and her fellow
Expansion project complete and in use
Tuesday, June 19th, was the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Tribal Post and Pole Yard's expansion program. The new equipment includes a huge furnace which burns waste from the Pole Yard which makes steam, which heats the dry kiln building. Green material now can be dried in 48 hours instead of from one to two months. This allows a much faster turnover of product.
Previously, the plant could only keep up with about one hundred cutters. Now they can take the work of twice that many.
Only lodgepole pine is used in this operation. This lodgepole is thinned from areas where there is an over-growth and has
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workers weren't there to ask for money, but to explain   the   program's methods and goals to the
Council, for their information. Each of the Reservation's five centers made a brief presentation about some component of the pre-school program, then concluded by leaving a standing invitation to each of the councilmen to visit any of the centers any time. "Get some bigger chairs and you've got a deal," one councilman promised.
Other matters discussed included whether or not to have someone man the South Fork gate again this year (the Council voted "yes" on this one), changes in the rules and regulations for tribal employees (all of which were approved, after some discussions), and a re-affirmation that the Tribes cannot afford to pick up any employees lost to CETA cuts. Department heads are simply going to have to make other arrangements.
Inside this issue
Iwo Jima flag-raising legend......................Page 3
Flathead Indians meet East Indian.................Page 4
A look at Char-Koosta today.....................page 5
'Letters to the Editor'...........................page 8
June Calendar................................page 15
National Indian news...........................Page 16
Council Minutes.......................begin on page 21