1979-08-01 Char-Koosta News

              PABLO, MONTANA 59855 VOLUME 9   NUMBER 7 FULL MOON OF THE HUCKLEBERRY AUGUST 1, 1979
NOTICE
The next two Council meetings are scheduled for August 3rd, and August 17th.
They will be held at the Tribal Council Chambers at the Pablo Complex, starting at 9:00 a.m.
Any changes will be announced on Radio Kerr.
SALISH KOOTENAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS MOVED!
Our offices are now located in the Ronan Old Elementary School on Round Butte Road, two blocks off Hie. way 93.
Our new telephone number is 676-4650. Our new address is: Box 1020
Ronan, MT 59864
STOP IN AND SEE US!!
TRIBE HAS A NEW FLAG
Eighteen months ago, the idea of a modern tribal flag was just a gleam in the Tribal Council's eye.
As of last month, though, it became reality when 12 custom-made banners were delivered to the Pablo Complex from Kansas.
The story starts back in the last days of 1977 when the Council voted to sponsor a contest for the designing of a tribal flag - an "anglo" version, different from the age-old feathers-on-a-stick "flag" seen in Pow-Wow grand entries.
Announcement of the contest (and its $50.00 prize) was made in the tribal newspaper in May of 1978 and one month later, twelve entries had been submitted by members from Montana, Washington, Michigan and California.
A seven-member selection committee (Agnes Ken-mille, Clarice Sanchez, Letti Neuman, Eileen Morigeau} Francis Vanderburg, Nedra Reagan and AI Sloan) reviewed the dozen designs and narrowed the field to four finalists. (The artists' names had been sealed over, by the way, so personalities wouldn't enter into the judging.)
After further deliberation, they voted the design created by Karen Hale of Dixon as "best representing the Indian view".
A replica of felt was crafted by Nedra Reagan (Kicking Horse Job Corps art teacher) and finally mailed off to School Speciality Supply, Inc., in Kansas (whose bid for the job was the lowest of three bids) in April of 1979, and some two months (and $3,000.00) later, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes had an even dozen red, blue, yellow and white flags for proud display.
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