Robert L. Bennett, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has announced the appointment of Howard E. Euneau, a program staff officer in the Interior Department's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, as Superintendent of the Rosebud Agency in South Dakota.
Euneau, 45, was born on the Turtle Mountain Reservation at Belcourt, N.D., and is a member of the Chippewa Tribe. He received a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of North Dakota in 1949 and prior to that served in the Army during World War II.
Before joining the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries in 1959, he was a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee, entering BIA service in 1951 as an appointment clerk in the Aberdeen Area Office.
During service with Commercial Fisheries, Euneau served as manager of St. Paul Island, Alaska, and received a quality increase for superior performances for his contribution to the development of self-sufficiency among the Aleut people on the Island.
Euneau is married and has two children. His appointment is effective November 17.
