Frank X. Morin, 54, an economic development representative with the Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce, Chicago, has been named Superintendent of the Turtle Mountain Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Belcourt, North Dakota, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce announced today. Morin is an enrolled member of' the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.
Born on the reservation he is now to work on, Morin attended public schools near Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation until be enrolled at North Dakota state University. He received his B.S. degree in animal husbandry with a minor in economic from South Dakota state University.
He began his career as a dairyman in 1942, working at Indian schools in Montana and South Dakota until 1955, when he resigned to accept the position of county extensions agent in Sioux County in North Dakota.
In this position be worked continuously with the Indian people of the Standing Rock Reservation, serving as liaison between the Board of County Commissioners, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the State Extension service. He assisted tribal governing bodies with their Programs including the new plans and programs for development resulting from the construction of the mille Oahe Dam and Reservoir.
