1959-09-01 #1 Char-Koosta News

              Public Health Has New Dentist On Reservation
Mr. J. K. Harrower has taken over the duties as Public Health Service dentist. On September 24, 1959 he did his first work on the Flathead Indian Reservation.
Mr. J. K. Harrower is a graduate of the University of Oregon, a native of Wyoming and worked on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming for the past eight and a half months. Mr. Harrower succeeds Dr. Frank McGreevey of Ronan, wno will devote his time to private practice in that city.
Mr. Harrower urges all the parents to carry ihe responsibility of getting their children in for appointments. We hope in the near future the dental program will be carried on in the clinic building at St. Ignatius, Monlana- We have a good program, so let us please cooperate. We have been years getting this service.
Suggest We Keep 'Big Medicine' On Reservation
My attention has been called to the importance of keeping the remains of "Big Medicine" on the Flathead Indian Reservation, his native range.
This suggestion deserves serious L.ougnt our tribal members, Federal Wild Life Service and community organizations. As your writer brought out in the last issue of the Char-Koosta it was ;;n Indian of this reservation who brought t;ie buffalo to this area. Since "Big Medicine" was born here, to many of us there still should be a place where the mounted white buffalo should stand.
On the morning of August 25th, when "Big Medicine" walked upon a high knoll and looked to the east at the picturesque Mission Range, then turned to the west wnere he laid down and breathed the last breath of air from his native country, his death came as a symbol of his great habitat.
There must be some way through Congressional action or a local program mat a nice little building could be erected on Ravalli hill at at the Bison Range headquarters where "Big Medicine" could still be a target for tourists and interested people. This could be a start cf a local museum. Let's have some suggestions. Mrs. M. Dupuis asked me the question of why should "Big Medicine" leave his native country.
THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTORS TO CHAR-KOOSTA
Louise Hancock Fitz - $1.00 Joe Forte, non-member - $2.00 Charles Pike, non-member - $1.00 Mrs George Tunison, non-member -$1.00
Woodrow Phillips, non-member - $5.00
Marion Farrell - $2.00
Tige Schmauk, non-member - $2.00
We have some non-members of the tribe who have contributed and we are glad we have other people interested in the activities of this reservation. W. W. McDonald
CHAR-KOOSTA
PUBLISHED BY CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES, FLATHEAD AGENCY, MONT.
Vol. 3 — 10
September, 1959
CHANGE IN RELOCATION
Effective this month, Mr. Fuhrer. Agency Relocation Officer, stationed at Browning but serving both the blackfeet Reservation and Flathead will visit Flathead only upon the receipt of a total of six or eight applications either for relocation or vocational training. Those wishing to take advantage of either program should file their application with Mr. Faulkner, the Administrative officer, who will hold them until enough are on hand to justify a visit by Mr. Fuhrer. Mr. Fuhrer will make appointments by letter with all applicants before his visit.
Miss Indian America
Miss Delores Racine was crowned Miss Indian America at the All American Indian Days at Sheridan, Wyo. Miss Racine is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Spanish of Browning, Montana. Since the Blackfoot Tribe is our neighbor, it is with respect to them that the picture of this young lady will appear in more than 2,400 copies of Char-Koosta. In the Indian language her name is Sic Pi Na Kee (Black Eyes). Photo courtesy Glacier Reporter, Browning.