1975-04-15 Char-Koosta News

              FRINGE SALE DOUBLES APPRAISED VALUE
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JUVENILES
Dixon: The Tribal Council has decided to continue its review of the forestry program before acting on the sale of a wesi-reservation logging unit.This in spite of the fact that the high bid for the Fringe Unit more than doubled the appraised value of the timber.
The Fringe, the first of three west-boundary units to be sold this spring, contains nearly 2-million board feet of timber northeast of Rainbow Lake. The high bidder at an April 1 auction at the Ronan BIA Agency was Kendall Dupuis of Pol-son. Dupuis, a tribal member, outbid six other Indian loggers and U.S. Plywood of Missoula with an offer of $118,413.50. Dupuis offered $109,376 for ponderosa pine, or $64.00 per thousand board feet. His bid was $9,037.50 for fir and other species or $37.50 per thousand. These bids compare to appraisals of $37.50 for pine and $9.00 for fir. BIA Foresters said that all bids were substantially higher than the appraisals.
The Fringe was the first of three west side units to go on the block this month. On May 16 the largest of the three, the Hot Springs Unit, will be auctioned off
at the Ronan Agency. Hot Springs contains some 25-million board feet and is the only one of the three which is not being sold Indian preference. Appraisals for Hot Springs are slightly above the Fringe with pine valued at a minimum of $46.15 per thousand and fir priced at $9.00.
The third unit is the Welcome Springs sale which will offer about 12-million board feet at an appraised value of $29.00 per thousand for pine and $9.00 for fir. The Welcome Springs auction is scheduled for May 20.
The Tribal Council voted April 4 to delay approval of the Fringe unit sale until April 11. The reason for the delay, according to Council-man,Tom "Bearhead" Swaney, St. Ignatius, is to allow the council to continue its review of the tribal forestry program. Among other things, the council is miffed at the restoration of Fred Malroy as BIA Agency Forestry Manager. Last summer the council resolved to discontinue acting on forestry proposals until Malroy was replaced. In November, Malroy was detailed to Washington D.C. and it was assumed that the transfer would be-(Turn to page 2)
TRIBE UNDER    TO TRIBAL
ONE ROOF
Pablo: Plans to construct an ultra-modern tribal complex in Pablo have been tentatively approved by the Tribal Council. The council narrowly approved siting the $850,000 building on tribal lands west of Highway 93, on March 14th The vote was four to three to complete an engineering study of the site.
If completed, the new complex would house most tribal operations under one roof. These would include, under preliminary plans, the tribal administration...tribal credit... Tribal Council...tribal Law and Order and jail...Reservation planning...EDA...tribal Realty...and Char-Koosta.
The council selected the Pablo site, which is located across the highway from Mc-Cauley's Snowmobile sales, primarily because of the availability of sewer and water facilities. Other sites considered for the giant building-complex were Kicking Horse and St. Ignatius.
But there may be several obstacles in the complex plans. The most serious, according to Reservation Economic Development Administration Director, Johnny Neuman, is the weak mandate for the (Page 2)
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Dixon: Juverftie cases involving tribal members will now be processed through the Tribal Court in Dixon.
Chief Tribal Judge Donald Dupuis said the new policy began April 1 under an agreement with state district court Judge Robert Brownlee. According to Judge Dupuis, the new tribal court authority will extend to all juvenile court matters including civil and criminal hearings, custody judgment and corrective detention. The agreement, however, still provides for district court approval for sentences to state institutions.
State District courts have handled Indian juvenile cases on the Flathead Reservation since 1964. Juvenile authority was one of eight areas of jurisdiction handed over to the state by the tribes and the federal government in the con-current jurisidiction agreement. Under the agreement...House Bill 55-Tribal Resolution 40-A... the tribe retained judicial authority over its own ordinances and Law and Order code but relin-
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