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Carl J. Cornelius, 57, an Oneida Indian from Green Bay, Wisc. and a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee for 36 years has been named Deputy Director of Management Services of the Bureau by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce. He replaces Harold Bassett, who transferred to the Office of Management and Budget.

In announcing the appointment the Commissioner said: “I am particularly pleased to make this appointment because Cornelius has carried out each of his assignments in the Bureau in exemplary fashion. He is responsive to Indian needs and inspires the confidence of Indians. I am sure he will continue to dedicate himself to Bureau service”.

Cornelius is a graduate .of Haskell Institute, now Haskell Indian Junior College, in Lawrence, Kans., operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He began his Bureau career in a clerical capacity at the Fort Berthold Agency, N. Dak. in 1935; moved to Turtle Mountain Agency, N. Dak., in 1941; and Consolidated Chippewa Agency, Minn., in 1943.

He was promoted to Field Representative at the Consolidated Chippewa Agency and in 1952 was made Placement Officer in the new Employment Assistance Program of the Bureau.

Cornelius became a Program Officer in the Sacramento Area Office in 1952, and moved to Washington, D. C. in 1962 to accept an assignment with the Branch of Tribal Operations. He moved from there to Reservation Programs, and then to the post of, Program Analyst in the Division of Program Coordination and Program Analysis and Development.

He was awarded a Superior Performance Award by the Bureau in 1961. Cornelius served in the U. S. Army in World War II. He is married and the father of two children.

John A. Moore, 43, previously Superintendent of the southeast Alaska Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, with headquarters in Juneau, was appointed Assistant Area Director of the Juneau Area office today, effective June 13, by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce. He is the first Negro to achieve this post in the Bureau.

In announcing the appointment, the Commissioner said “This appointment involves at least two ‘firsts'. Not only is Mr. Moore the first Negro to be appointed Assistant Area Director but his post, which involves responsibility for programs, is new. He will be responsible for coordinating social services, housing, employment assistance, roads, real property management and economic development functions within the Juneau area of the Bureau."

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.

Charles W. Swallow, 41, an Oglala Sioux "Indian, was today named J" Chief of the Branch of Credit and Financing of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D. C. Announcement was made by Louis R. Bruce, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Swallow succeed Albert Huber, who retired.

Swallow entered Federal service in 1957 with the Bureau as a clerk in the Branch of Credit at the Rosebud Agency, S.Dak. In 1960 he transferred to the Home Loan Bank Board as a Federal Savings and Loan Examiner. In 1965, he pined the Small Business Administration as an Investment Company Examiner and later was promoted to Area Supervisory Investment Company Examiner. In this capacity he received a high quality performance award.

Born at Oglala, S. Dak., Swallow is married and the father of two children. He served in the U. S. Navy. He is a member of the Association of Federal Investigators and the American Accounting Association.

Duane C. Moxon, 51, has named Superintendent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Seminole Agency, Hollywood, Florida, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce announced today. He moves to that post from & similar one at Turtle Mountain Agency, Belcourt, North Dakota, when he served for nearly two and a half years. Moxon re-places Eugene Barrett, who retired at the end of May.

The new Seminole Superintendent has a B. S. degree in Agronomy from South Dakota state college and of his 28 years of Federal service, ten were as a soil scientist with the Department of Agriculture. In 1953 he became a soil scientist with the Minneapolis Area Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and served in a similar post at the Klamath, Ore. Agency and the Aberdeen, S. Dak Area office, both also Bureau installations. He served as a land operations officer with the Pine Ridge, S. Dak. Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

In 1968 he was awarded a quality increase for sustained superior performance.

Appointment of Fredrick M, Haverland as area director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Phoenix, Ariz., succeeding Ralph M. Gelvin, who died last September, was announced today by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay.

Mr. Haverland, now assistant area director for the Bureau at Muskogee, Okla., will take over his new duties on January 17. In the Phoenix position he will have charge of all Bureau activities in Arizona, Nevada and Utah outside of the Navajo Reservation,

A native of Minneapolis, Minn., Mr. Haverland comes to Phoenix with a background of 18 years' experience in the Indian Bureau. He started in 1936 as a junior road engineer at the Winnebago Agency, Winnebago, Nebr., and five years later was promoted to road engineer at the Truxton Canon. Agency, Valentine, Ariz.

In 1942 he transferred to the Poston project on the Colorado River Reservation in Arizona and in 1944 moved to Chicago as the Bureau's warehouse purchasing officer11 After two years in this position he was named administrative officer in the office at Billings, Mont., and in 1949 he was promoted to assistant area director, He remained in this latter job until last October when he shifted to the same position at Muskogee.

He was educated in the public schools of Minneapolis and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1934 with a degree in civil engineering. He is married and has two children.

Leonard L. Nelson, who has been serving as acting area director at Phoenix since the death of Mr. Gelvin, will resume his former duties as assistant area director of the office.

Secretary of the Interior Rogers C. B. Morton today announced the appointment of William. L. Rogers of San Marine, Calif., as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, a new position created to bring operations of the Bureau of Indian Affairs closer to the Secretariat of the Department of the Interior.

"Mr. Rogers brings an abundance of experience to one of the most important posts created in recent years at Interior,” Secretary Morton said. "We believe he will bring outstanding ability and enthusiasm to linking the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Land Management with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. “

Prior to his appointment, Rogers served as Deputy under Secretary for form.er Under Secretary Fred J. Russell and Under Secretary William. T. Pecora.

Before June 1970, Rogers was an executive for Aerojet-General Corporation for more than 27 years. He held numerous positions with that company - - from assistant department chief to vice president and general manager of its electronic division.

A registered professional engineer, Rogers is a graduate of the California Institute of Technology. He attended high school in Pendleton, Oregon, where he was horn, and junior college in Boise, Idaho. He is a Fellow Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, a life member of the Navy League and belongs to· Tau Beta Pi -- national engineering honor society -- and many other professional organizations. Rogers is 50 years old.

Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay today announced an extension in the term of office of John F. Davis as principal chief of the Creek Indian Tribe of Oklahoma until a successor can be duly qualified and appointed. The maximum period of extension is six months.

Mr. Davis, whose home is in Okemah, Oklahoma, has been serving as principal chief under a four-year term which expired January 2. Because of a dispute which has arisen among the tribal members regarding the office of principal chief, his term was extended so that the Bureau of Indian Affairs may explore the matter with the various elements in the tribe and determine a satisfactory method of selecting a successor.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is proposing a reV1S10n in Federal regulations in order to tighten environmental protection stipulations in f leases for the surface use of Indian-owned lands under Federal trusteeship.

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce said today the proposed change is being published in the Federal Register. It relates to section 11, part 131, Title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Interested persons have 30 days from the date of publication to submit comments.

Under the proposed change, all surface leases and user permits issued for Indian holdings would henceforth contain provisions to assure compliance with applicable air and water standards, minimize or correct hazards to the public health and safety, and provide for conservation and protection of the environment.

Lessees would be required to provide adequate measures to avoid, control, minimize or correct erosion, contamination or other abuses and damages within or surrounding the leased premises that may result from operations conducted under the lease. Prudent management practices, as well as application of recognized good farming and grazing techniques would be stipulated in leases for farming and grazing operations.

Moreover, leases would contain prov1s1ons for the lessee .to submit in advance general and comprehensive plans of any proposed construction of commercial or industrial developments, including architects' designs, construction specifications, and plans and specifications for installation and use of machinery and equipment.

Comments relating to the proposed reV1S10ns in regulations should be filed in writing with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. 20242.

The Federal Government has moved to protect Indian-owned livestock in Indian grazing areas of the southwest through joint action by Secretary of the· Interior Rogers C.B. Morton and Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin for the release of feed grain by the Commodity Credit Corporation.

The livestock affected are in numerous counties of Arizona and New Mexico that have been declared drought disaster areas, and in San Juan County, Utah. The CCC today authorized feed grain distributions to tribes owning the livestock.

Interior’s request to Agriculture stated: "Hundreds of thousands of Indian-owned livestock are without sufficient forage, feed and water in areas that have been officially declared drought-disaster areas in the southwestern United States. Most of the Indians who own these livestock are dependent upon them as the primary source of subsistence and income.

"The majority of individual Indian livestock owners are financially unable to independently secure the feed necessary to assure survival of their foundation breeding herds through the unpredictable duration of the prevailing drought conditions."

Secretary Hardin explained: "The grain donation is authorized under the Agricultural Act of 1949 which gives the President the authority to determine that a disaster area exists for purposes of federal aid. A subsequent Executive Order of March 1967, applying specifically to Indians, delegates to the Secretary of Agriculture authority to declare Indian reservations acute distress areas.

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce has been authorized by Secretary Morton to take all necessary steps to enable the Indians to use the free grain available through CCC. The Navajo, Phoenix, and Albuquerque area offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs have been instructed to inform the director of the Kansas City Commodity Credit Corporation of specific orders for grain transmitted by the various affected Indian tribes. The tribes are to pay costs of processing and of local distribution from several central points of CCC delivery.