Robert L. Bennett, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, announced today that John H. Artichoker, Jr., Superintendent of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Agency, Lame Deer, Mont., has been named Superintendent of the Papago Agency, Sells, Ariz.
John R. "Bob" White, Superintendent of the Rocky Boy's Agency, Box Elder, Mont., will replace Artichoker at Lame Deer. Both transfers became effective November 27, 1966.
A member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Artichoker, 36, was born at Pierre, S. Dak. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in education from the University of South Dakota at Vermillion. He joined the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1962 as a Tribal Affairs Officer at Billings, Mont., after ten years as Director of Indian Education for the State of South Dakota.
Mr. Artichoker was chosen one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1964 by the National Junior Chamber of Commerce.
White, 54, was born in Spencer, Ind. and grew up on a homestead near Deaver, Wyo. He attended the University of Wyoming and worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Minnesota, Colorado, and New Mexico before joining the Bureau as Assistant Superintendent of the Consolidated Ute Agency, Ignacio, Colo. in 1961.
At Sells, Artichoker succeeds Homer B. Jenkins, who recently was transferred to Palm Springs, Calif.
