1976-10-01 Char-Koosta News

              Complex will be built in Pablo
Dixon: The latest referendum election results on whether the Tribe should build a new head quarter's complex, and where it should be built, are as follows: YES  510 NO  154 LEFT BLANK 16
PABLO—294       DIXON - 54        ST. IGNATIUS—236 OTHER WHITE IN LOCATIONS—6
On September 28, of the 1869 eligible Tribal voters, 680 cast their vote, giving the election more than 36% of eligible members who voted. 30% was needed to validate a    legal election.
The official tallying of the votes was conducted by the election head Judges from the eight districts: George Du-charme, Artec; Janet Burtch, Dixon; Pat Hewahkorn, EI -mo; Jack Glover, Poison; Patricia Cheff, Ronan; Derwin
Halvorson, Hot Springs; Joanne Roullier, St. Ignatius; Homer Courville, Pablo. Tr^TWMatleIectionixx>mnritieee su-u pervised the counting of the official ballot. Those present were John Malatare; Vic Stinger; TomPahtdand&onny E. Morigeau , absent was Noel Pichettei-. Oti^ero present twere Councilman E. W. Morigeau, Secretary Fired Houldj Chain Koosta Editor, Lonny Desimone.
The new Complex will be buiM in PaUo, as was the (Council's original request. New Udsrjawt betaken for the construction costs, and the Tribal pjaaauagdepartment expects the bidding to be more competitive thaButh^ tak>
en earlier this year.
DONT FORGET-------CMJARTERLY MEETING FRIDAY
OCTOBER 1, DIXON AGENCY GYMNASIUM, 9:00 am
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Volume 6 Number 11 MOON OF THE HALF SUMMER—HALF WINTER
OCTOBER 1,1976
TRIBAL COUNCIL HI RES FORESTRY CONSULTANT
Are present Reservation forest practices doing the job they should ? Should they be retained ? Should modifications be requested ? Would it be to the Tribe's advantage to contract all forestry management under the Self-Détermination Act, PL 93-638 ? What specific problem areas exist, and what are the ramifications of the possible choices ?
The Tribal Council feels that such questions need serious investigation by someone with the necessary expertise in the forestry management field. To this end, they have contracted a $48,000 forest management study to investigate forestry problems and the possibility of all forest management functions to be contracted.
The final report would probably need a year of preparation before being submitted at the end of September 1977. A preliminary report would be given to the Tribe in six months.
The money expended on this study will be paid for by the BIA's funding available to the Tribe for hiring special consultants to help the Tribe in dec isio n sr o f w heat her to contract certain programs.
Wesley Rickard, a forest management policy and economics consultant, has been selected for the job. Mr. Rickard has worked for both Weyrhauser Co. and the U.S. Forest Service in connection with forest management strategies and operations. He has sixteen years of experience in the field.
The following excerpts from his qualifications statement highlight some of his experience:
" As consultant in 1968 to the Oregon Legislature's Interim Committee on Public Lands, Wesley Rickard developed " The Action Forest ", an expository report showing how public forest productivity can be increased by more than 100%.
This report has been released by the Public Lands Committee. " ____" Mr. Rickard in 1974 was an appraiser of over 3,300 acres of private lands in California taken by the U.S. for the Redwood National Park. He is currently participating in a joint appraisal, at the direction of the U.S. District Court, Oregon District, of over 130,000 acres of Klamath Indian forestland in Klamath County, Ore.
Mr. Rickard has carried out forest management strategy analyses in connection with forest management potentials for the Menominee, Klamath, Quinault, Warm Springs, and Fort Belknap Indians, as well as numerous forest industry companies and individuals."