1977-09-01 Char-Koosta News

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Volume 7 Number 9    Full Moon of the Harvest of Ripe Things    September 1,1977
Powerline Impact Report
Procedural agreement has been reached for a Federal analysis of the power transmission lines proposed as part of the Colstrip Project, according to a joint announcement issued today by the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Bonne ville Power Administration.
The interdisciplinary study will be prepared in accordance with a work-management plan developed by an interagency steering committee and ap-
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Melcher addressed the Poison meeting
Federal Assistance to Fight Indians?
United States Senator John Melcher explained to a crowd of approximately 1,000 people, most of whom were irrate non-Indians, that he has requested the U.S. Attorney General for assistance in helping Lake County in their legal battle over shoreline protection. Melcher stated if conflicts, such as this one, are not fully decided once and for all in the court system, that Congress has the responsibility to step in an enact legislation that will settle it.
Lawsuits filed by the Salish and Kootenai Tribes, attempt to check further development of the south half of Flathead Lake. One particular suit,
naming the Lake County Commissioners as co-defendents, is receiving a lot of attention. A public meeting was called last week by Senator Melcher to discuss Indian jurisdiction on the reservation.
Many people at the meeting voiced their concern over the recently enacted Tribal Shoreline Protection Ordinance, 64-A. Lake shore property owners refuse to recognize the tribe's legal jurisdiction over control of the Lake's development, and believe that a 64-A provision requiring a tribal permit to construct docks and wharfs below the high water mark, is a violation of their constitutional rights.
Head-on Involves  Seven
Seven members were involved in a two car head-on collision near Elmo, last Sunday morning. The accident resulted in two dead and five injured.
Pronounced dead at the scene of the accident were Dale Joseph, 20, and a passenger in his car, Suzette Kallowat Finley, 20, both of Elmo.
Injured were Lydia Hewankorn, 18, driver of the second vehicle; Wilma Burke, 14; Bonnie Antiste, 18; Robin Kallowat, 14; and Russell Lefthand, 21. All are from the Elmo - Dayton area.
All five were reported to be in satisfactory condition by hospital spokesmen at press time.