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Nearly 400 more Indian college students received scholarships from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs this year than in 1964, Commissioner Philleo Nash reported today.

BIA awarded college scholarships to 1,718 students--an increase of 30 percent over last year's figure, he said. Grants amounted to $1,225,000, or an average of $700 per student.

"The number of Indian high school graduates seeking higher education is increasing by 12 percent a year," the Commissioner pointed out. "Fortunately, BIA grants represent only one of the scholarship programs open to eligible Indian students."

Nash said 29 schools of higher learning now have scholarships especially for Indian students, including a number of institutions in the East. In addition, many churches and other groups, as well as tribal organizations, offer grants to Indians for education.

Individual BIA scholarships range from $50 to the entire cost of a college education, including living expenses. Extent of the grant in each case is based both on financial need and scholastic ability of the student, Nash said.

BIA's scholarship program began in 1933 with an annual fund of $9,400. Since 1956, the program has been accelerated each year to an annual level of more than $1 million. Last June, 121 BIA scholarship holders received college degrees and the total number of graduates is expected to increase each year.

Although the BIA grant is usually restricted to undergraduate work, some have been granted to Indians going to medical and law schools, Nash explained. A recent graduate of the Harvard Law School was cited as an example.

To be eligible for a BIA scholarship, an individual must have one-fourth or more Indian blood, and membership in a tribal group served by the Bureau. The grants are made primarily to youth residing on Indian reservations or other Indian-owned, tax-exempt lands.

All grants are handled by BIA area offices, located in Aberdeen, South Dakota; Anadarko, Oklahoma; Billings, Montana; Gallup, New Mexico; Juneau, Alaska, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Muskogee, Oklahoma; Phoenix, Arizona, and Portland, Oregon The Washington, D. C., office handles grants only for Indians of North Carolina and Florida.

A Navajo Indian medicine man will demonstrate the sacred art of sandpainting for visitors to the Interior Department I s Art Gallery beginning October 12.

Fred Stevens, a Navajo medicine man from the Indian Reservation at Lupton, Arizona will create sand paintings used in Navajo religious-healing ceremonies. He will appear in connection with the Gilbert Maxwell Collection of Navajo Weaving now being displayed at the gallery.

Sandpaintings which depict scenes in the life of the Holy Ones, are usually made on the floor of the Navajo ceremonial house (hogan) by sprinkling dry sands colored with natural pigments. The sandpainting is a religious altar composed of the representations of divinity, which later becomes sacred. When an ill person sits on a sandpainting and is treated by the medicine man and chanted over by members of his tribe, he is believed to become a god possessing miraculous powers.

Mr. Stevens will be accompanied to Washington by his wife who will demonstrate the exacting art of Navajo weaving.

The couple will be at the Department of Interior Art Gallery, 18th and C Streets N.W., Monday, through Friday, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., beginning Tuesday, October 12. On Saturday, October 16, the Gallery will be opened to allow students and those unable to visit during regular hours an opportunity to see this unusual demonstration. The Stevens will be at the Gallery through October 22, the Navajo Weaving Show will continue through November 5.

American Indians are attacking on all fronts in the war against poverty, with youth programs leading the field, Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall said today.

More than 18,000 Indian boys and girls from 71 communities in 21 States have taken part in Neighborhood Youth Corps, which enable them to stay in school by providing work opportunities. Earning $1.25 per hour, corpsmen work as aides in hospitals, libraries, records maintenance, building maintenance and tour guide services for various public agencies. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs predicts an even larger enrollment during the coming school year.

Indian children from 116 communities were enrolled in Project Head Start during the past summer--the program that smooths the path to school for deprived children from needy families. Nearly 10,000 Indian children gained experiences in organized play and classroom adjustment, one-fifth of them through tribally sponsored programs.

By the end of August, 68 proposals for Community Action Programs had been submitted from Indian communities and 29 had been approved for a total expenditure of $4.1 million. Plans were underway for such projects as nursery schools and day-care centers for children of working parents, pre-employment training for service jobs, and studies of manpower available on reservations.

Requests for more than 600 workers from VISTA (Volunteers in Service in America--the domestic Peace Corps) poured in from 56 Indian communities. Approval has been granted for 280 requests and more than 190 workers already have been assigned to reservations.

Three Job Corps Conservation Centers have opened in Indian areas: Winslow, Arizona near Navajo country; Mexican Springs on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico; and Neah Bay on the Makah Reservation in Washington. Seven additional camps were reported in various stages of construction on the following reservations: Colorado River and San Carlos in Arizona; Mescalero in New Mexico; White Earth in Minnesota; Flathead in Montana; Cheyenne River in South Dakota; and Yakima in Washington.

Nearly 200 unemployed Indian adults had enrolled in Work Experience projects under Title V of the Economic Opportunity Act by summer's end. On the Ft. McDermitt Reservation in Nevada, 16 men and women began training; while 175 men started the program on Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota.

In addition, reports indicate that hundreds of individual Indians have applied for small loans under Title III of the Act, for farm improvements or to develop small businesses as a supplement to farm income.

Both the Department of the Interior and the Office of Economic Opportunity are cooperating with Indian tribes and individuals in their self-help efforts.

The National Community Christmas Tree for 1965 which will be erected in the Ellipse, just south of the White House in Washington, is being donated by the White Mountain Apache Indians from the Fort Apache Reservation near White River, Arizona, Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall announced today.

Secretary Udall added that this marks the first time an American Indian Tribal Council has provided a Christmas Tree for the Pageant of Peace ceremony, and the first tree from the state of Arizona tor this pageant.

The tree will be selected by Lester Oliver, chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribal Council, from three specimens of Engelmann and Colorado blue spruce. These majestic trees tower to heights of 60 or more feet on the higher elevations - above 8,000 feet - in the 1,600,000 acre Apache Reservation.

Following its erection on the Ellipse, the tree will be decorated with thousands of colored bulbs and ornaments by National Park Service personnel.

The National Community Christmas Tree Ceremony has been an annual event in Washington since 1923. In 1954, the Christmas Pageant of Peace, Inc., was organized and the scope of the National Community Christmas Tree Ceremony was expanded to emphasize the desire of this nation and other nations to find peace through the spirit and meaning of Christmas.

The President’s Christmas Message given at the tree lighting ceremony is broadcast throughout the Nation, and by the Voice of America to remote areas of the world.

Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall today announced the appointment of John O. Crow, Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs, as Assistant Director of the Bureau of Land Management for lands and minerals.

Secretary Udall also announced that Robert L. Bennett, Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Alaska, would be transferred to Washington as acting Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Luther T. Hoffman, now assistant director of the Bureau of Land Management, would undertake a special assignment in the Office of the Secretary involving the leasing and management program of mineral resources on the continental shelf, with coordination and development of a long-range leasing program a major responsibility.

The changes will become effective November 1.

"These new assignments, all involving career veterans of the Department with demonstrated ability, are designed to strengthen execution of the Department's programs," Secretary Udall said.

“Mr. Crow's extensive experience in handling land and mineral matters in the Bureau of Indian Affairs will be invaluable in advancing similar programs in the Bureau of Land Management. Mr. Bennett brings a distinguished record of achievement to his new assignment and Mr. Hoffman is uniquely qualified to make an over -all review of all aspects of the Department's important program for leasing of mineral resources on the continental shelf."

Crow, a Cherokee Indian and a veteran of 32 years' service with the Indian Bureau, was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs in August 1961. A native of Salem, Mo., Crow first joined the Bureau as a clerical worker at the Fort Totten Agency in North Dakota in 1933. After serving in increasingly responsible positions of several Indian agencies, he became chief of the Bureau's realty branch in 1960.

Bennett is a veteran of 29 years' service with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He was named Area Director of the Bureau in Juneau, Alaska, in December 1961. An Oneida Indian and a native of Wisconsin, Bennett served as assistant area director at the Bureau's office at Aberdeen, South Dakota, from 1958 to 1961. He first came with the Bureau in 1933 and served in Unitah and Ouray, Navajo, and Consolidated Ute Agencies, and in the Washington headquarters office. A 1931 graduate of Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, Bennett holds a law degree from Southeastern University, Washington, D. C.

Hoffman has been with the Federal Government for 29 years. He was Assistant and Acting Superintendent of Navajos for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a Project Director with the War Relocation Authority, and since 1948 has been with the Bureau of Land Management, first as regional administrator, and Management, first as regional administrator in California, as California State Supervisor in Sacramento and in 1955 as Eastern States Supervisor in Washington, D. C. He became the assistant director for lands and minerals for BLM in 1961, since which time he has been the Bureau's responsible officer for all outer continental shelf leasing.

Three Alaskan Eskimos have set out to prove that reindeer have other uses than pulling Santa's sleigh. They have joined the ever-growing number of Alaskan "reindeer cowboys" who manage the animals as livestock--a project encouraged by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs to spur the Alaskan economy.

This month, as weather permits, the Bureau will ship some 200 head from its Nunivak Island herd by Air National Guard planes to Togiak--a distance of about 225 miles. From there, the reindeer will be transferred by boat to nearby Hagemeister Island in Bristol Bay.

The reindeer are furnished by BIA as a loan, to be paid back in reindeer as the herd increases. The Eskimos have leased grazing rights on the island from Interior's Bureau of Land Management, who also furnished a model management plan for the three operators to follow. According to the plan, the animals will be culled carefully to build a strong herd, and the range will be protected from overgrazing. Fencing will be necessary on one neck of the island, officials said, because animals could escape to the mainland during certain low-water periods.

The two agencies and specialties from the University of Alaska will follow the project closely and gather data for technical studies. After the herd is stabilized, the meat will be sold in Togiak and other nearby villages. Surplus animals will enter the usual commercial channels.

This is the latest move by BIA it its struggle to rebuild Alaska’s reindeer industry, which until 1952 was heading for its last roundup. Not a native of Alaska, the reindeer was introduced from Siberia in the 1890’s as an extra source of meat for the Eskimos. Commercial ventures outside Alaska had killed most of the whales and walrus, and the Eskimo was in danger of starving to death.

The animals thrived for many years. By 1936 there were 600,000 head, but poor “open range” management of the herds soon took its toll. With no knowledge of husbandry, the natives slaughtered whenever they needed meat and hides, giving no attention to perfecting breeds. Forage diminished from overuse and wolves preyed on unprotected herds, particularly during the walrus season when Eskimos abandoned care of the herds in favor of the traditional walrus hunt. Left untended, reindeer became wild and wandered off with migrating herds of caribou. By 1952, the count was down 19,000.

In that year, encouraged by success of Scandinavian countries in the breeding and raising of reindeer as full-fledged industry, BIA began to promote proper management of the animals in Alaska. Goals are far from sight even today, but the reindeer population has more than doubled in the past 13 years.

The Bureau of Land Management has aided the growing industry by issuing 14 free grazing permits covering 8.5 million acres of tundra range on public domain lands. By law, only Alaska Natives can own the animals and there is no open hunting season on them. They are considered livestock, not big game.

The Hagemeister Island project is very important, BIA points out, for many similar projects are hinging on its success. If the fawning season is productive next year—they’ll know by June--other Eskimos will be willing to try starting herds for themselves.

"The odds are on our side," says Wallace Craig, area field office representative for BIA. "The range has a good growth of lichens and sedges-- the reindeer’s basic food--one of the operators has had experience managing reindeer, and Hagemeister has no caribou."

In addition to its herd on Nunivak Island, BIA operates a processing plant and is pursuing new markets for the meat, considered by many a gourmet I s delight. The largest existing markets are in Northern Alaska, primarily in the Nome, Kotzebue, and Bethel areas. Potential markets, however, lie on the Seward Peninsula and the coastal strip south to the Bristol Bay area-- and in the lower 48 States.

BIA leaders realize the uphill struggle ahead in attaining full acceptance of "Alaska venison” as a staple item on butcher counters. In the first place, there is the association with Santa Claus, placing reindeer in the same category as the family’s pet rabbit. But there are other obstacles, including high shipping costs to the lower 48 States.

It is hoped, too, that as Eskimos learn husbandry practices they will be able to control the warble problem. This parasite, which eats into the animal's hide, must be controlled before the Eskimo can build any kind of hide industry in Alaska.

If the market problems can be solved, Alaska and her natives stand to profit from a sizeable new industry. Enjoying a present market for some 480,000 pounds of meat, the industry potential is almost three times as great.

Even at 45 cents per pound, this would amount to a $5 million industry--and that isn't lichen and sedge.

Conservation projects totaling $20,102,500 which will create thousands of new jobs and extend into virtually every State were announced today by Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall following approval by President Kennedy of additional allotments under the Accelerated Public Works Program.

The new projects bring to $32,101,500 the amount to be administered by the Department under the program which was signed into law by President Kennedy September 14, 1962. The program is designed to help in the initiation and speed-up of State, local, and Federal public works projects that will provide immediate useful work for the unemployed and underemployed in labor-surplus areas.

Of the $20,102,500 just approved, $14,102,000 is for specific projects to be set up in 29 States, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The remaining $6 million will be apportioned among virtually all the States on a matching-fund basis to improve fish and wildlife resources. State projects will be reviewed by the Area Redevelopment Administration, Department of Commerce, prior to the commitment of any funds by the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service.

''The fish and wildlife grants constitute a major increase in the fish and wildlife restoration program," Secretary Udall said. "Federal grants will be matched equally by the States. The projects will develop new fishing grounds for sportsmen, build access roads and trails for hunters, restock streams and lakes, and create havens for wildlife. This program, in which every State is welcome as a participant - along with Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam - will provide employment opportunities while assuring long-range benefits for the outdoorsman. Its benefits will continue to be felt for many years."

Secretary Udall pointed out that the other Accelerated Public Works Projects, specifically earmarked, will provide the equivalent of nearly 1,800 man-years of direct employment. This, he emphasized, will be in addition to that developing ­­­ from the fish and wildlife restoration program and from those jobs generated as a result of the allocation of $12 million for conservation projects October 31, 1962.

The $20,102,500 in new conservation projects just announced will involve seven bureaus and services in the Department as follows: Bureau of Land Management,

$1,660,000; Bureau of Indian Affairs, $4,361,500; National Park Service, $5,374,000; Bureau of Mines, $182,000; Geological Survey, $80,000; Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, $100,000; and Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, $6,000,000 in grant-in-aid programs and $2,345,000 in direct Federal allotments to various refuges and hatcheries.

Except in the case of Indian reservation jobs, employees for the projects will be hired only through local United States Employment Service offices.

Following is a breakdown of specific projects:

Alaska

Cook Inlet - One Indian village, in Election District No. 2, will be the site of $60,000 in construction and improvements of community centers, providing four man-years employment.

Norton Sound - Community centers at two Indian villages, located in Election District No. 23, will be benefited by construction and improvements costing $120,000 and providing eight man-years employment.

Southeast - Six Indian villages located in Election Districts Nos. 1, 2, J, and 4, will be economically assisted through $364,500 in construction and improve­ments projects affecting community centers. The equivalent of 19 man-years of local employment will result.

Katmai Project - Construction of a garage, dock and pier, fuel-storage facili­ties, and a campground under an investment of $100,000 are planned for this National Park area in the 15th Election District. Ten man-years of employment are assured.

Mt, McKinley National Park - In Election District 18, $100,000 will be invested in reconstruction of the Park road. Some 20 man-years of employment will be created.

Arizona

Fort Apache Reservation - An investment of $94,400 will be made to promote erosion control and improve timber stands and soil productivity. The equivalent of 17 man-years work will be provided in Apache, Gila, and Navajo counties.

Gila River Reservation - Eleven man-years of work will result from an invest­ment of $82,000 for the construction of roads, erosion control and the improvement of soil productivity in Maricopa and Pinal counties.

Hualapai Reservation - Under a $25,000 erosion control and soil productivity program in Coconino, Mojave, and Yavapai counties, 4 man-years of work will result.

Navajo Reservation - With a total investment of $882,200, three projects will be undertaken, creating the equivalent of 141 man-years' work in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties. Nine miles of primary highway from Ganado south will cost $400,000; a project to control erosion and improve soil productivity will be $282,200; and $200,000 will be invested in timber stand improvement.

Salt River Reservation - In Maricopa County, erosion control, soil productivity improvement, and road improvement, at an investment of $37,800, will result in six man-years of work.

California

Pinnacles National Monument - A $71,000 improvement project in San Benito County will involve the installation of visitor facilities and the placing of bituminous seal on roads used by travelers to this interesting area of spire like rocks, caves, and volcanic features. Seven man-years of work will result.

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area $200,000 investment in this new and popular recreation site on Whiskeytown Reservoir in Shasta County will create

24 man-years of employment in establishing parking areas and roads, beach facil­ities for swimming and boating, and other betterments to encourage use by recreationists.

Kings Range Recreation Area - This scenic spot on public land in Humboldt County will undergo $70,000 in improvements to encourage use by visitors. Seven man-years of employment will be created in constructing a campground, picnic facilities, and foot trails.

Kings Canyon National Park - A $245,000 program is planned for this Fresno County area. Trails, campsites, and other recreation facilities will be provided. Twenty-four man-years of employment will result.

Hawaii

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - Access roads, walks, trails, and safety turnouts will be provided under a $100,000 project employing the equivalent of eight men for a year.

City of Refuge National Historical Park - The sacred grounds of Hawaiian warriors and others of a bygone day will be made more accessible to present-day visitors by a clean-up program, control of exotic plants, and stabilization of picturesque ruins. In all, $175,000 will be invested in this scenic area. The equivalent of 16 man-years of employment will result.

Volcano Observatory Project - A total of $80,000 will be invested in improving this installation of the Geological Survey in Hawaii National Park. Work will include trenching and laying cable, repairing the observatory, and building parking facilities. About 10 man-years of on-site employment will be created.

Idaho

Kootenai Project - In Kootenai County, forest and recreation improvements requiring six man-years of employment will stem from an $80,000 investment on public lands. Planned are construction of five miles of the Latour Creek access road, a new Killarney Creek Campground, trails at Beauty Bay, and acceleration of forest stand and improvements on some 500 acres.

Ontario Project - Some five miles of foot trails and 15 family camping units, along with acceleration of conservation measures on public lands in Payette and Washington counties will result from an $87,000 investment that will supply seven many years of work.

Nez Perce Reservation - $47,300 will be invested in Clearwater, Idaho, Lewis, and Nez Perce counties on erosion control, timber stand improvement, and the improvement of soil productivity. The equivalent of eight man-years of work will be involved in these activities.

Illinois

Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge - Conservation improvements totaling $150,000 have been authorized for this refuge. Sixteen man-years of employment will be created in Calhoun and Jersey counties.

Indiana

Lincoln Boyhood National Monument - Improvements to this Spencer County historic site will be made with $39,000 to be invested in boundary markings, grass seeding, and clearing unwanted growth. The equivalent of six man-years of work will result.

Kentucky

Mammoth Cave National Park - A $143,000 improvement program is scheduled for this well-known tourist attraction. Work will include new electrical wiring, structural improvements to the cave itself, and construction of a storage building. Approximately 25 man-years of employment will result in Edmonson,County.

Kentucky Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge - A $300,000 project, assuring

30 man-years of employment in Lyon County, will see wildlife facilities improved and a series of additional conservation measures taken. An important element in this project will be the development of recreational facilities for the public visiting this Between-the-Rivers area.

Maine

Acadia National Park - Tourism to this scenic area will be encouraged under a $145,000 program centering on trail reconstruction, creating a swimming beach and pier, and better sanitary facilities. Some 18 man-years of employment in Hancock County will be created.

Craig Brook fish hatchery - This National Fish Hatchery in Hancock County will be the site of $121,000 in improvements, including construction of roads and picnic areas, a water-supply line, and new buildings. The equivalent of 10 man-years of labor will be required.

Maryland

Harpers Ferry_ - Improvements totaling $68,000 will be made at this famed National Monument. Work will include construction of fire-control facilities, better marking of boundaries, and removal of old buildings of non-historic importance. About eight man-years of employment in Washington County will result.

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, - Under an investment of $130,000 a dike now under construction will be completed and recreational-facilities will be improved. Some 13 man-years of employment in Dorchester County will result.

Glen Martin National Wildlife Refuge, - Provision of additional wildlife facilities and fulfillment of other conservation measures will result from an investment of $100,000 which also will generate the equivalent of 10 man-years of on-site employment in Somerset County.

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - A $32,000 project in Washington County will center on stabilization of the canal bed and banks. Three man-years of employment will be created.

Michigan

Isle Royale - Betterments totaling $400,000 are scheduled for this National Park in Lake Superior. Work will include removal of old structures, improved fire-control facilities, replacement of wooden lookout towers, building of protective barriers, and reconstruction of docking facilities. Employment equivalent to 40 man-years of work will be created in Keweenaw County.

Jordan River Hatchery - Employment equivalent to more than JO man-years' work will be created under a $400,000 improvement program at the Jordan River National Fish Hatchery in Antrim County. Work will cover construction of concrete raceways, raceway roofs, supply and drainage lines, roads, and picnic areas. Landscaping will be included and fencing installed.

Hiawatha National Fish Hatcher - Under a $60,000 investment, new buildings will be constructed, raceways improved, and betterments effected in utility lines, roads and parking areas, and recreational facilities. The equivalent of five man-years of employment will be created in Chippewa County.

Mississippi

Natchez Trace Parkway - Betterments totaling $528,000 are scheduled for four counties of this scenic area between Nashville and Natchez. They will involve screen planting, drainage improvements, picnic area development, vista clearing, and construction of a visitor center. The four projects will represent the following investments! Attala County, $50,000; Choctaw County, $72,000; Leake County, $180,000; and Madison County, $226,000. The resulting employment in these four projects will total 53 man-years.

Vicksburg National Military Park - With an investment of $400,000 many improve­ments are to be made in this historic area, including boundary survey and marking, slope stabilization, vista clearing, and the provision of better driveways and parking areas. The equivalent of 80 many years of employment will be created in Warren County.

Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge - Development of recreational facilities, wildlife betterments, and other conservation measures are scheduled for this refuge and will create 40 man-years of on-site employment under a $400,000investment in Noxubee and Oktibbeha counties.

Choctaw Reservation - Under a $210,000 program, employing the equivalent of 42 man-years of labor in Attala, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, and Newton counties, reservation roads will be graded and surfaced, costly erosion will be controlled, and improvements will be made in soil productivity and timber stands.

Montana

Blackfeet Reservation - Reemployment of 27 man-years will result in Glacier and Pondera counties under a $165,400 program of grading and surfacing reservation roads, controlling erosion and improving soil productivity, and timber stand improvement.

Crow Reservation - Ten man-years of employment will result from a $90,800 investment in boundary fencing, road improvement, erosion control, and improvement of soil productivity. Work will be in Big Horn and Yellowstone counties.

Flathead Reservation - Reservation roads will be graded and surfaced, and timber stands will be improved under a $50,500 program in Flathead, Lake, Missoula, and Sanders counties. Nine man-years of work will result.

Fort Belknap Reservation - In Blaine and Phillips counties, the construction and improvement of a community center will involve a $46,500 investment and provide the equivalent of four man-years of employment.

Nebraska

Omaha Reservation - An investment of $25,400 will be made in Burt, Cuming, and Thurston counties for erosion control, improvement of soil productivity, and boundary fencing. Four man-years of work will result. Winnebago Reservation - Boundary fencing, erosion control, and soil improvement in Dixon and Thurston counties will provide four man-years of employment under an investment of $25,400.

Camden Project - A surplus Army vessel, now stored at Charleston, S. C., will be moved to Camden County, New Jersey, to be outfitted as a supply vessel for the Fish and Wildlife Service to carry materials between Seattle and the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. The conversion will cost $100,000 and will create 12 man-years of employment in the Camden area.

New Mexico

Isleta Pueblo - An investment of $68,000 will be made in the construction and improvement of community centers. Six man-years of employment will result in Bernalillo, Valencia, and Torrance counties.

Jemez Pueblo - In Sandoval County, $36,300 will be invested in boundary fencing, erosion control, and improvement of soil productivity, employing the equivalent of five men for a year.

Laguna Pueblo - Under a $105,800 program in Bernalillo, Sandoval, and Valencia counties, 15 man-years of work will result from the grading and surfacing of reservation roads, erosion control, and improvement of soil productivity.

Nambe Pueblo - Construction and improvement of community centers will require

$30,000 and provide three man-years of work in Santa Fe County.

Navajo Reservation - At an investment of $400,000, road construction, timber stand improvement, erosion control and improvement of soil productivity will provide the equivalent of 66 man-years of work in McKinley and San Juan counties.

Picuris Pueblo - The $30,000 construction and improvement of community centers in Taos County will result in three man-years of employment.

Pojoaque Pueblo - An investment of $25,000 will bring about construction and improvement of community centers. The equivalent of three man-years of work will result in Santa Fe County.

Ramah - Road improvements will be made in this Navajo Community for $30,000. The equivalent of four man-years of work will result in McKinley and Valencia counties.

San Ildefonso Pueblo - With an investment of $25,000, erosion control and soil productivity improvement programs will result in five man-years of work in Santa Fe County.

Santo Domingo Pueblo - Thirteen man-years 1of work will result from the con­struction and improvement of community centers; boundary fencing; erosion control; and the improvement of soil productivity. Work will be done in Sandoval and Santa Fe counties. The investment will total $102,300.

Ohio

Mound City Group National Historical Park - Recreation facilities will be provided under an $85,000 project in Ross County. The equivalent of 12 man-years of employment will result.

Oklahoma

Platt National Park - This improvement project will be in Murray County. A $75,000 program will rehabilitate buildings and provide other betterments for the benefit of tourists. Approximately nine man-years of employment will be generated.

Tishomingo Refuge - At the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County, $50,000 will be used for road betterments, water-management facilities, building fences, rehabilitating buildings, development of recreational areas, and soil and moisture conservation measures. The equivalent of five man-

Tishomingo Hatchery - At the Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery, recreational facilities will be installed and many betterments made to hatchery facilities, including replacement and repair of buildings, subdivide ponds, install fencing and curbs, and improve roads. An investment of $121,000 will create 10 man-years of on-site employment in Johnston County.

Iowa - The Iowa Indians in Lincoln County will benefit from the investment of $70,000 for construction and improvement of community centers and the resultant creation of five man-years of work.

Kickapoo - The construction and improvement of community centers for the Kickapoo Indians of Lincoln County will cost $70,000 and create five man-years of work.

Seneca-Cayuga - A program of erosion control and improvement of soil productiv­ity to benefit the Seneca-Cayuga Indians of Delaware and Ottawa counties will involve $30,000 and require six man-years of work.

Oregon

Gold Beach Project - Recreation facilities at Sixes River and timber stand improvements on 185 acres at Bosley and Edson Buttes will create four man-years of work in a $26,000 project in Curry County, Oregon.

Salem Project - A wide variety of recreation and forest improvements near Salem will create 25 man-years of work in a $285,000 program. Recreation sites at Santiam River, Elk Horn Valley, Canyon Creek and Mill Creek, and 25 family recrea­tion sites at Salmon Falls will enhance tourist and visitor attraction Surfacing five miles of the Gooseneck Road, and 15 miles of the Mt. Horeb Road will aid visitor access and timber harvest routes. Timber stand improvements are also listed for the Salem Project in Marion and Polk counties.

Albany Project - A $200,000 project in Linn County, will require 12 man-years of work in surfacing seven miles of the Yellow Bottom segment of the Quartzville road system, improving timber harvest and visitor access. Site improvement measures will be taken on 175 acres of public forests.

Warm Springs Reservation - Timber stand improvement and road improvement will be made for $64,000, creating 10 man-years of work in Jefferson and Wasco counties. Pennsylvania

Fire-Control Project - An $84,000 coal-mine-fire control project will be undertaken by the Bureau of Mines in Northumberland County. The fire threatens a residential area at Coal Run, near Shamokin. The Coal Run project will provide 25 man-years of employment.

El Canton Surface Mined Reclamation Demonstration Project - A $98,000 project on State-owned land in Clearfield, Clinton, and Elk counties will test and demon­strate methods for reclaiming extremely hilly country after completion of surface mining. Twenty man-years of work will be required.

Lamar National Fish Hatchery - This Federal hatchery near Tylersville, Clinton County, will undergo $150,000 in improvements that will include construction of concrete raceways, a water-supply line to various facilities, building of a retain­ing structure and spring intake, and installation of recreational facilities for the public. The equivalent of 12 man-years of employment will result.

Gettysburg National Military Park and Cemetery - An amphitheater and sidewalks will be provided in a $29,000 project in Adams County. Man-years of employment will total three.

years of on-site employment will be created.

Independence National Historical Park - Non historic structures will be leveled and historic sites and structures restored under a $273,000 project in the city of Philadelphia. A total of 35 man-years of employment will be created.

South Dakota

Cheyenne River Reservation - An investment of $68,000 will be made for erosion control and the improvement of soil productivity in Dewey and Ziebach counties. Ten man-years of employment will result.

Crow Creek-Lower Brule Reservation - The grading and surfacing of reservation roads will require $38,000 and provide five many-years of work in Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman, and Stanley counties.

Tennessee

Great Smoky Mountain -With an investment of $219,000, a wide range of improvements will result in this National Park area in Sevier County, including road sealing, vista clearing, rehabilitation of historic buildings, and construc­tion of trails and trail shelters. About 40 man-years of employment will be provided.

Natchez Trace Parkway - A $131,000 investment will be made in Wayne County and will include construction of water lines, improvements to grounds, and installation of boundary posts. Nine man-years of employment will result.

Utah

Navajo Reservation - In San Juan County an investment of $85,500 will be made for erosion control and improvement of soil productivity, resulting in 12 man-years of employment.

St. George Project - Widespread improvements on several thousand acres of public rangelands will create 21 man-years of work in a $300,000 project in Washington County. Included will be 105 miles of fence, two stock wells, and 15 spring developments. Sagebrush-control measures will improve forage on 4,000 acres of the national land reserve.

Sanpete Project - In Sanpete County, $32,000 will be invested in public land improvements, creating the equivalent of three man-years of employment. Five cattle guards will be built and 20 miles of fencing installed.

Carbon and Emery; Project - Improvements on public land in Carbon and Emery counties will involve an investment of $180,000 and will include construction of 16 family recreation units, replacement of the Bureau of Land Management office building at Price, construction of a storage warehouse, and the cutting of thousands of posts for fencing. The equivalent of 14 man-years of employment will result.

San Juan Project - A total of $400,000 will be invested in public land improvements in San Juan County for construction of recreation facilities at Anticline Overlook, Canyonlands Panorama, Needles View Point and Hatch Point, and building 47 miles of access road. More than 32 man-years of employment will result.

Virginia

Blue Ridge Parkway - This heavily used recreation and scenic area will undergo $255,000 in betterments in Carroll County covering soil and moisture control, vista clearing, and addition of picnic facilities. In Grayson County, $111,000 will be invested in similar work. The equivalent of 51 man-years of employment will be created.

Washington

Olympic National Park -In Grays Harbor County, $115,500 will be invested in improving campgrounds and trails and providing other recreation facilities. A total of 16 man-years of work will result.

Lummi Reservation - In Whatcom County, $91,000 will be invested for the control of erosion and improvement of soil productivity; improvements also will be made to a community center, Nine man-years of employment will result.

Spokane Reservation - A $95,000 program for grading and surfacing reservation roads, erosion control, and improvements of soil productivity and timber stands will result in 15 man-years of employment in Stevens County.

Yakima - With an investment of $175,800, reservation roads will be graded and surfaced, erosion control measures taken, and improvements will be made in timber stands and soil productivity. The equivalent of 29 man-years of work will result in Klickitat and Yakima counties.

West Virginia

Harpers Ferry National Monument - Under an investment of $250,000, trails will be improved, vistas cleared, buildings reroofed, and a general cleanup arranged. More than 25 man-years of employment will result in Jefferson County.

Leetown National Fish Hatchery - Installation of recreational facilities and many improvements to the hatchery in Jefferson County, such as building construc­tion, development of a water supply, and a fire-suppression system, and rebuilding of catch basins will result from a $203,000 investment which will create the equivalent of 15 man-years of on-site employment.

Wisconsin

Northwestern Wisconsin Reservations - Several counties will benefit from an investment of $154,000 in timber stand and road improvements, and the creation of 27 man-years of employment.

Puerto Rico

San Juan National Historic Site - A total of $400,000 will be invested in repairs at Morro Castle, Son Cristobal, and El Barico and in constructing parking areas and in general cleanup. A total of 40 man-years of work will result.

Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands National Park - This tropical park will have $291,000 in improvements. Historic ruins will be made more presentable, better trails and roads will be provided, vistas cleared, and a general cleanup of facilities conducted. About 30 man-years of employment will be provided on St. John, on which the park is located, and on nearby St. Thomas, St. Croix, and Buck islands.

SANTA FE INSTITUTE WORK TO BE SHOWN

The Riverside Museum in New York City, famed for its sponsorship of emerging talent and important art trends, has scheduled a showing of “Young American Indian Artists" November 14, 1965 through January 16, 1966.

Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall and members of Interior's Indian Arts and Crafts Board will be among the sponsors of the exhibit.

Work of young Indian students at the Institute of American Indian Art at Santa Fe, New Mexico, will be featured. The Institute, administered by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs, was established in 1962 to foster the artistic talents of Indian youths from all parts of the United States.

The nine-week exhibition at Riverside will include approximately 120 selected paintings and items of sculpture from the works of 50 artists.

SECOND SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR NAVAJO FOREST PRODUCTS

Navajo Forest Products Industries, a tribal enterprise of the Navajo Tribe, reported recently on completion of its second successful year of operation. The enterprise consists of a $7.5 million sawmill, built three years ago on the New Mexico side of the reservation, and related wood processing operations. It employs 460 workers and the annual payroll is more than $1.1 million.

The Navajos reported a cash balance of $837,763, an increase of more than $290,000 over last year. Total assets increased by $190,000, now topping $10 million.

TAOS RIGHTS TO SACRED LAKE RECOGNIZED

The Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico had aboriginal title to their sacred Blue Lake according to a ruling by the Indian Claims Commission on September 8. The lake and surrounding lands, a total area of approximately 50,000 acres in northwestern New Mexico was designated national forest by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and is now in the care of the United States Forest Service.

The Claims Commission held that the Taos are entitled to be paid for some 37,000 acres for which they received no compensation when the area was taken by the Government in 1933. The award recommended is for $297,684.47, less the value of the use permit granted earlier to the Pueblo and less existing offsets.

The Taos Pueblo Indians are known to have lived near Blue Lake as long ago as 1300 A.D. and later received specific land grants from the Spanish. Every August the adult population of the tribe has carried out ancient and secret religious ceremonies at Blue Lake, excluding non-Indians from the area. The shrine is also used daily by individual Indians for private religious meditation.

DURANT STARTS PRODUCTION

Durant Electronics Corporation, at Durant, Oklahoma, has announced the start of production of electronic parts for the parent company, Strombecker Corporation of Chicago. At least one-third of the present force of thirty workers are Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.

The Company expects to begin parts assembly operations soon, hiring an additional 30 to 40 Indian workers. It then plans to negotiate an on-the-job training contract with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to provide training for about 95 Indian employees when full-scale assembly operations commence.

SCENIC ROADS SPECIALIST FOR BIA

A specialist in scenic roads recently joined the staff of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Bureau, Which carried out a $23 million road construction and maintenance program on Indian reservations during fiscal year 1965, is mapping policy on scenic roads, overlooks, and other features to beautify reservation roadways.

PER CAPITA DISTRIBUTION FOR EASTERN SHAWNEES

Members of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma will share this month in a judgment of more than $110,000, awarded them by the Indian Claims Commission and authorized for distribution by Congress on August 20, 1964. The 813 Eastern Shawnee members whose names appeared on the approved tribal membership roll on that date will each receive about $135. Shares of deceased eligible members will go to their legal heirs.

The sum represents additional payment for lands ceded to the United States during the last century.

REA PROJECT SUCCESSFUL AT METLAKATLA

At Metlakatla, on Annette Island in southeastern Alaska, the Indian community has successfully operated a hydroelectric power system since 1957. Financed with $1.8 million from the Rural Electrification Administration, the system supplies light and power to the members of the Metlakatla Indian Community, and to Island residents and businesses. A primary user of power is the Metlakatla commercial airport, which is owned by the Community and leased to commercial airlines and Government agencies.

The 1965 annual audit of the power system recently indicated total assets of more than $2.1 million and net profits of more than $100,000 annually for the past three years. The Indians have reduced the original REA loan to about $1.4 million and have prepaid nearly $150,000.

Approval of a coal-mining lease to the El Paso Natural Gas Company covering 8,762 acres of tribally owned land on the New Mexico portion of the Navajo Indian Reservation was announced today by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.

The Texas Company has indicated its intention to use the strip-mined coal in a conversion plant, to be located on the reservation that would produce motor-fuel components and gaseous hydrocarbons. If the plan proves feasible, up to 200 jobs would be provided, mainly for Navajos.

The acreage being leased is part of a larger area of 85,760 acres on which the company was granted an exclusive prospecting permit by the Navajo Tribe nearly four years ago. Exploration by the company has shown about 519,000,000 tons of strippable coal in the whole area and approximately 135,000,000 tons in the acreage being leased.

Details of the lease were worked out jointly by tribal and company representatives. The royalty rate is 15 cents per ton for all the mined coal consumed as fuel in the coal-conversion plant or converted into motor fuel components on the reservation. The rental is $1 per acre per year, the standard rate for such leases on Indian tribal land. The lease provides for restoration and rehabilitation of coal-stripped areas.

Approval was also given to the company's offer of a $90,000 bonus for a three-year option to lease an additional 13,880 acres in the prospecting area. P.N. 21894-63

Forty-nine additional conservation projects under the Accelerated Public Works Program which will involve a total investment of $4,970,000 among 18 States were announced today by Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall.

The projects will generate nearly 500 man-years of work in localities certified by the Area Redevelopment Administration as having a high rate of unemployment.

Included in the allotments announced today is more than $1 million in road­ building jobs on public lands in western Oregon to speed the salvaging of millions of board feet of valuable timber downed by a heavy storm in October 1962.

High on the list of new projects are improvements to recreational facilities in National Parks, Indian Reservations, and public-land areas to enhance their use by the public. Improved roads, new camping facilities, more adequate parking facilities, and intensified range-improvement programs are included in the betterments.

The allotments announced today bring to $37,072,600 the amount to be administered by the Department of the Interior under the Accelerated Public Works Program which was signed into law by President Kennedy September 14, 1962.

Following is a State-by-State breakdown of the latest projects:

Alaska

Upper Yukon Project - This project in Election District 20 will provide a mile of road construction and 10 family recreation units on the public domain, generating the equivalent of two man-years of work with an investment of $21,000 The Upper Yukon Project will open Eagle Lake to the public.

Valdez-Chitina-Whittier Project - Ten family recreation units, two boat docks, and two miles of access roads will feature a $16,000 develop­ment at Mankomen Lake in Election District 8. The equivalent of one man-­year of work will be provided.

The Upper Yukon and the Valdez-Chitina-Whittier projects are the first investments for recreation on the public domain in Alaska since statehood in 1959

Arizona

Colorado River Reservation - An investment of $21,300 in Yuma County will provide 3 man-years employment in the control of erosion and improvement of soil productivity.

Arkansas

Pea Ridge National Military Park - This $95,000 restoration project in Benton County will create 9.5 man-years of employment. Included in the project will be the preservation of the historic sites of the Battle of Pea Ridge, which was fought in 1862, and the construction of roads and trails through areas of this military park.

California

Ukiah Project - The Ukiah area of Mendocino County will have a

$120,000 program of public-land improvements creating 8 man-years of on­site labor in constructing the Red Mountain access road and developing a forest stand on 400 acres.

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area - A supplemental Accelerated Public Works allocation of $160,000 has been earmarked for this new recreation area on Whiskeytown Reservoir, near Redding, Shasta County. Approximately 15.5 man-years of work will be required for constructing parking areas and a marina access road in Oak Bottom, parking areas and walks at the beach and Contact Station at Brandy Creek, and a parking area at Whiskey Creek.

Eureka Project - A $150,000 road-building project adds to the $70,000 previously authorized for development of the highly significant Kings Range recreation area in Humboldt County. The project calls for survey, design and construction of 5 miles of access roads into the area, creating eight man-years of work.

Colorado

Alamosa Project - Improvements on the national land reserve in Alamosa County will create six man-years of employment under an invest­ment of $54,000 on Federal rangelands. Scheduled are 7.5 miles of fencing, three wells, three detention dams, 200 check dams, chaining and seeding on 1,200 acres and plowing and seeding on 1,000 acres.

Huerfano Project - Range improvements on the national land reserve in Huerfano County will create employment equaling four man-years. The $40,000 project involves seven spring developments, 12 miles of fencing, five detention dams, one well, and chaining and seeding on 1,000 acres.

Conejos Project - In Conejos County, an $81,000 public-land improve­ment program will see 1,000 acres seeded, 750 acres subjected to brush control, and five miles of fencing installed. Six water-development projects also are scheduled along with the building of two detention dams and JOO gully plugs to curb rapid runoff of surface water. Eight man-years of on-site employment will result.

Kentucky

Mammoth Cave National Park - A project involving an investment of $92,000 and the equivalent of 10 man-years work will be used for constructing sewage processing improvements at this historic cave in Edmonson County.

Montana

Butte Project - A $160,000 project having statewide implications will center in Silver Bow County, an area with substantial unemployment. Ten man-years of employment will be devoted to fabricating 200 cattle guards and 200 wooden gates for use on the national land reserve throughout Montana.

Carbon Project - Public land in Carbon County will be the scene of $50,000 in improvements, including 20 miles of truck trail construction, building of a bridge at Silver Tip, correcting seepage on 20 reservoirs, and installation of a water-control structure in Weatherman Draw. Four man-years of employment will result.

Nevada

Pyramid Lake Reservation - Eight man-years of work will be provided by an investment of $56,800 in Washoe County for erosion control, improvement of soil productivity, and construction of a community center.

Walker River Reservation - A total of $25,000 will be invested control erosion and improve soil productivity in Mineral County. Four man-years employment will result.

Mineral Project - In Mineral County, 47 miles of fencing to protect grazing areas will be installed on public land at a cost of $50,000. Six man-years of employment will be created.

New Mexico

Jicarilla Reservation - Grading and surfacing of reservation roads, erosion control, and improvement of soil productivity will result from an investment of $98,000 in Rio Arriba and Sandoval counties. The projects will create the equivalent of employment for 14 men for a year.

Mescalero Reservation - In Otero County, timber stand improvement and soil and moisture conservation will be undertaken through an investment of $100,000, Eighteen man-years of employment will result.

San Juan Reservation - Erosion control and improvement of soil productivity are scheduled for Rio Arriba County under an investment of $55,000, resulting in 4 man-years of employment.

Taos Reservation - Taos County will be the site of construction and improvement of community centers, erosion control, improvement of soil productivity, and boundary fencing. An investment of $100,000 will finance this work and provide 12 man-years of employment.

Grant Project - Large-scale range developments in Grant County will increase forage production on the national land reserve in a $120,000 program. Creating employment equaling 24 man-years, the project involves 450 erosion-control structures, mesquite eradication on 13,000 acres, and rodent control on 120,000 acres.

McKinley Project - Stock watering facilities on the national land reserve will be improved by investment of $150,000 in a project in McKinley County, where 20 livestock wells and storage facilities will create employment equaling 8 man-years.

San Juan Project - Employment equaling 32 man-years and an invest­ment of $400,000 will provide a new district office at Farmington for the Bureau of Land Management, five family camping units at the Angel Peak Recreation Site, and 20 livestock wells and storage facilities on Federal rangelands.

North Carolina

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site - The equivalent of five man-years work will result from a $40,000 investment to be used for erosion control, removing an old road, fences and several old build­ings at this scene of the earliest, ill-fated attempts to establish an English colony in America located in the present-day Dare County.

Great Smoky Mountain National Park - A $160,000 project will be undertaken to improve the visitor’s facilities in this National Park area in Swain County. Sixteen man-years employment will be provided for the construction of trail shelters and picnic area roads, vista clearing, and the removal of hazardous trees along trails and roads.

Qualla Reservation - The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina in Cherokee, Graham, Jackson, Swain counties, will benefit by an investment of $119,500 in the construction of water and sewer systems, creating 10 man-years employment.

North Dakota

Fort Berthold Reservation - Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer and Mountrail counties will be the sites of grading and surfacing of reservation roads at an investment of $30,300 and will benefit by creating four man-years of work.

Oklahoma

Eastern Shawnee - The Eastern Shawnee Indians of Ottawa County will benefit by the creation of eight man-years of work and an investment of $40,000 in the control of erosion and improvement of soil productivity.

Five Civilized Tribes - The Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek and Seminole Indians who make up the Five Civilized Tribes will be helped through projects carried on in several counties, as follow:

Adair County: A $90,000 investment and 12 man-years of work will reduce erosion and improve soil productivity.

Cherokee County: Grading and surfacing of reservation roads and soil and moisture conservation measures will be taken through an investment of $40,000 and will result in 4.5 man-years of work.

Haskell County: Soil and moisture conservation measures will produce 2 man-years of employment under an investment of $10,000.

Hughes County: An investment of $20,000 will provide 4 man-years of work and carry out a program of soil and moisture conservation.

Love County: Soil and moisture conservation will be financed by an investment of $6,000, providing one man-year of work.

Mayes County: An investment of $55,000, creating 5.5 man-years of work, will center on grading and surfacing of reservation roads and soil and moisture conservation.

McIntosh County: The grading and surfacing of roads, and moisture conservation will take place with an investment of $115,000 and provide 25 man-years of employment.

Quapaw: The Quapaw Indians of Ottawa County will benefit by an investment of $30,000 in erosion control and improvement of soil productivity. Six man-years of work will result.

Platt National Park - A supplemental project to rehabilitate camp­grounds in this Park area in the scenic foothills of the Arbuckle Mountains in Murray County will involve a $35,000 investment and will provide five man-years of employment.

Oregon

Yamhill Project - Part of a series of emergency road-building projects to aid salvage of wind thrown timber from the October 12, 1962 storm in Oregon, eight man-years of employment will be created in Yamhill County in a $140,000 project to grade four miles on the "B" Section of the Bald Mountain Access Road.

Little Camp Creek Project - Another road project aimed at salvaging millions of board feet of downed timber, 2.2 miles of the Little Ca.mp Creek Access Road in Douglas County, will require six man-years of employment with an investment of $95,000.

Union Creek Project - This Douglas County project will employ the equivalent of 14 man-years in a $225,000 grading job on the Union Creek Access Road. Scene of much damage in the autumn windstorm, Douglas County is an area with substantial unemployment.

Cow Creek Project - Eleven man-years of employment will be created by an investment of $175,000 in grading 2.4 miles of the West Fork of the Cow Creek Access Road, necessary in removing salvaged, timber.

Coquille Ridge Project - Increased employment equaling 17 man-years will be created in the North Bend-Coos Bay area of Coos County in this $268,000 project to grade 4.6 miles on the North Fork, Coquille River Access Road, and another vital link in the timber salvage operations.

Quartzville Project - Two miles of the Yellowbottom Road, 2.5 miles of the Yellowstone Road, and three miles of the Boulder Creek Road will expand the Quartzville Project in Linn County, creating

17 man-years of employment under an investment of $250,000.

South Dakota

Pine Ridge Reservation - Bennett, Shannon, and Washabaugh counties will be the sites of grading and surfacing of reservation roads, ero­sion control, and improvement of soil productivity. The work will result from an investment of $183,300 and will create 26 man-years of work.

Tennessee

Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Seventeen man-years of work will result from an investment of $174,000 to be used for vista clearing, rehabilitating structures, removing unwanted undergrowth, slope stabili­zation, and the construction of nature trails and trail shelters in Sevier County.

Utah

Provo-Orem Project - Access to public lands for both Government and general public use will come from a truck trail project in Utah County. Along with a need for 25,000 juniper posts, the Provo-Orem Project will provide 35 man-years of employment with an investment of $224,000.

Washington

Olympic National Park - A $70,000 project to construct visitors' facilities in Mason County will create seven man-years of employment. This amount will supplement the $115,500 in an earlier Accelerated Public Works program allotment for adjacent Grays Harbor County announced January 18, 1963.

Wyoming

Wind River Reservation - An investment of $43,800 will be made to bring about erosion control and improved soil productivity in Fremont and Hot Springs counties, creating six man-years of work.

Rock Springs Project - In Sweetwater County, in the vicinity of Rock Springs, $116,000 will be invested in building 78 miles of fence and in creating eight family recreation units for use by the public. The equivalent of eight man-years of employment will result.