Transfer of Frell M. Owl on January 26 from the position of superintendent of the Northern Idaho Indian Agency, Lapwai, Idaho, to the same position at the Fort Hall Agency near Pocatello was announced today by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay.
Mr. Owl, an eastern Cherokee Indian, has a long background with the Indian Bureau. After joining the Bureau in 1928, he served for 17 years at the Great Lakes Agency, Ashland, Wisconsin, as teacher, principal, education field agent, community worker, and assistant to the superintendent. In 1945 he became superintendent of the Crow Creek Agency, Fort Thompson, S. Oak., and in 1950 was moved to the Red Lake Agency, Red Lake, Minn., where he served until his transfer to northern Idaho last May. He was born at Cherokee, N.C., in 1899, attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., Hampton Normal Agriculture Institute, Hampton, Va. and received a B. S. degree from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., in 1927.
At Fort Hall Mr. Owl succeeds Peru Farver who recently transferred to the Bureau's Washington office as chief of the branch of tribal affairs. Several candidates are currently under consideration as successor to Mr. Owl.
