1987-10-20 Char-Koosta News

              David Hartman makes a visit to the Tribal Complex
'Good Morning, America' will feature Flathead Reservation
Tuesday, Oct. 13, was no ordinary day, we soon found out, when celebrity newscaster David Hartman and his TV crew from the early-morning program, Good Morning, America, spent the morning in the Tribal Council meeting and interviewing the Tribal chairman and vice-chairman.
What interest does Hartman and a national news program have in the Tribes?
Hartman explained that his visit to the Flathead is part of a five-segment series on Indians in the United States that will air Nov. 9-13. Included in the program with the Salish and Kootenai, whose segment is scheduled to air Nov. 10, are the Lummi Tribe in western Washington, the Navajo (who will have two of the five days of coverage) and the St. Regis Mohawks in New York state.
Hartman says the focus of his report is that across the U.S. there are new rela-
tionships between tribes and non-Tribal people, "... the fact that there are real strides being made by a lot of tribes to become financially independent. . . to overcome the 'paternalism' of the BIA. .. to improve the quality of life." He said what's happening here is just a part of the "active pot" happening in the U.S.
Another goal of the report is to bring positive light to Native Americans in general. "The perception among most (Concludes on page four)
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Tribal Chairman Mickey Pablo and multi-talented David Hartman pause from discussing Tribal and non-Indian affairs in one of two interviews which kept the news team at the Tribal Complex for about two or more hours Tuesday, Oct.  13.