1975-10-15 Char-Koosta News

              JURISDICTIONAL TASK FORCE HOLDS 1st FORUM
Poison: A public forum on State, Federal and Tribal re-sixmsibilitias and jurisdiction took place in Poison Sept.29. This was the first public forum held by members of the State Jurisdictional Task Force and a panel of invited and interested parties.
Panel members included a Lauren S. McKinsey, member of the State Commission on
Local Government; Steven Brown, Chief Legal Counsel of the State Health and Environmental Sciences Dept.; Al Meyers, Lake CountyCom-missioner; Joseph McDonald, Task Force member and Tribal Councilman; E. W. Bill Morigeau, Councilman; moderator Dr. Louis Hayve, of the Bureau of Government Research, University of Mt.
Some discussion took place about the representation on the Task Force. The county commissioners association had hoped that all 7 counties would have a representative on the task force along with representatives fromthe reservations. Only one county commissioner was appointed to the main task force, other commissioners have been ap-
pointed to the mini forces.
Lake County and the res ervation have a combined for-mini-task force made up of a Tribal Councilman, Thomas Pablo, and County Commissioner, Al Meyers. A third to be selected by Pablo and Meyers, with provisions to elect a two or more member addition to the mini-force.
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VOLUME 5 NUMBER MOON OF THE HALF SUMMER HALF AUTUMN     OCTOBER 15 1975
• JOHNNY ARLEE FEATURED IN SERIES
"AWAKENING" is the tentative title of a movie on
'•Johnny Arlee's change from an AlcoholiC'to a man dedicated to helping people remember true Indian cultural values and "keep them from losing their roots- their Indian roots," Vie is now Flathead Indian Cultural Consultant.
The movie was shot here on the reservation. It was part-of h ten part educational series for KSPS-;TV in Spokane on Indian cultuYe, Jhe tribe will receive both a copy of it and "Season ef the Grandmofhers," (another one of the series'which was filmed in part on the reservation.)
Arlee says he turned his life around because he was afrnid. Alcholism had so muddled his mind that "I killed my dog for no reason. -Cut his throat — I probably could have killed
' a human." He was scared of where he had been, where he was going.
In his search for direction he turned to the older people for wisdom and help. He found it. He turned his life around through applying traditional Indian values and now seeks the chance to help others. He has helped teach drumming, singing, and dancing to the youth.
He looks for the chance to give others the same understanding and "comforting words" he found. He says he'd like to "listen to people like the bid folks used to do and talk to them. - Get their minds out of the gutter. My back-gound was kind of in the gutter you know." That is why he wants to help others. He has been there.
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN
The Tribal Council held a special three day meeting to review and select the Forestry Manag-ment Plan for the Reservation. The meeting took place Sept.3, 4, and 5, at the BIA offices in Ronan.
The Bureau's Forestry personnel presented each managment unit and it's alternative managment plan to the Council for their selection and approval.
The Bureau has been working for several years without anap-proved plan pending formulation and approval of a new 10 year managment plan. A four hundred page management plan manual was completed by the BIA earlier this year and presented to the Council for their consideration and approval.
Because of poor attendence at the public meetings held in August, the Council had little in the way of Tribal member suggestion to use m making their decisions on the plan.
Tribal planner Larry Hall, the Councilmen and BIA Forestry personnel had worked many long hours to set up the public hearings. The meetings had been created to inform Tribal Members of the managment plan, and to discuss with them any additions or changes they would like made.
A record attendence of four people took place at the first meeting held in Arlee Aug. 12. From then on attendenceslid downhill. The last three meetings had to be cancelled because of the poor turn out. Several Councilmen have stated that since the Tribal Members had taken no interest in formulating the managemont plan, that complaints madea-bout the plan now that it has been selpcted and approved will probably fall on deaf ears.
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