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Clyde W. Pensoneau, a member of the Indian Bureau staff at the Colorado River Agency, Parker, Arizona, will become superintendent of the Hopi Agency, Keams Canyon, Arizona, on May 23, Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay announced today.

Mr. Pensoneau, who has been agricultural extension agent at Colorado River since 1952, has 13 years of experience with the Bureau in extension and credit work. He joined the Service in 1941 as a farm aide at the Uintah and Ouray Agency in Utah. A year later he was promoted to farm agent. In 1944 he was transferred to the Carson Agency, Nevada as principal agricultural aide and after a year was named farm management supervisor at the Pyramid Lake Subagency, Nevada. In 1948 he was given supervision of extension and credit work at Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota and remained in that position until he transferred to Colorado River.

Born in Jones, Oklahoma, in 1914, Mr. Pensoneau graduated from the Oklahoma A & M College in 1941 with a degree in animal husbandry. At Hopi Agency he will succeed Dew Carnal, who is transferring to the position of school principal at Turtle Mountain Agency in North Dakota.

Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay today announced four personnel changes in the Bureau of Indian Affairs as part of the general reorganization of the agency, which has been proceeding for several months.

The transfers follow:

Raymond H. Bitney, superintendent, Western Washington, Everett, Wash., to same post at Menominee Agency, Neopit, Wisconsin, Effective June 6.

Melvin L. Robertson, superintendent, Northern Idaho, Lapwai, Idaho, replaces Bitney. Effective May 23.

Frell M. Owl, superintendent, Red Lake, Minn., replaces Robertson. Effective May 23.

James Arentson, superintendent, Menominee, transferred to Pipestone Indian School, Pipestone, Minn.

No replacement has yet been named for Mr. Owl.

Mr. Bitney, who has been at Western Washington since 1950, joined the Bureau in 1926 as forest assistant at the Klamath Agency, Oreg., and in 1930 was promoted to the superintendency of Neah Bay Agency, Wash. When this agency was abolished in 1933 he served for six years as superintendent at Red Lake. In 1939 he was transferred to the Taholah Agency, Taholah, Wash. From 1942 to 1946 he was in military service and spent 15 months overseas as Battalion Commander of the 796th Engineer Forestry Battalion. On returning to the Bureau in 1946 he was superintendent two years at Red Lake and two years at Klamath before going to Western Washington in 1950.

Mr. Robertson was born at Kalispell, Mont., in 1900 and has had 26 years of continuous service with the Bureau. From 1928 to 1948 he served in various capacities from timber scaler to forest ranger at the Colville Agency, Nespelem, Wash., and the Klamath Agency. In 1948 he was named assistant to the superintendent of the California Agency at Sacramento, Calif. and later was ma.de district agent at the Hoopa Subagency at Hoopa, Calif. He was appointed superintendent at Northern Idaho in 1950.

Mr. Owl, an eastern Cherokee Indian, also has a long background with the Indian After joining the Bureau in 1928 he served for 17 years at the Great Lakes Ashland, Wis., as teacher principal, education field agent, community and assistant to the superintendent. In 1945 he became superintendent of the Crow Creek Agency, Fort Thompson, s. Dak., and in 1950 was transferred to Red Lake. He was born at Cherokee, NC, 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.

Mr. Arentson, a native of' Harlan, Iowa, entered the Bureau in 1946. Prior to that he had 16 years experience with the State board for vocational education, Nashville, Tenn., and as special representative for the United States Office of Education.

Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay announced today he had signed two orders adjusting prices received by the Warm Springs Indians for the sale of timber on their reservation.

Under the order the Indians will receive approximate1y $250,000 additional income each year for the timber cut.

The Warm Springs Lumber Company will henceforth pay $26 a thousand board feet as compared to $16 it now pays. The Philip Dahl Company will pay $18 a thousand board feet instead of the $13 it now pays.

Early in March Secretary McKay said representations had been made to him that under the terms of the sales contracts the Indians have with the lumber companies the prices are to be adjusted in keeping vitl1 economic conditions in the lumber industry.

The Indians were represented as believing their timber justified a higher price.

Secretary McKay said the way to learn the facts in the case was to hold a hearing in Oregon, He sent Commissioner Glenn Emmons) Bureau of Indian Affairs; J. Reuel Armstrong, special assistant to the Solicitor; and William Guernsey, assistant director, Bureau of Land Management, to Oregon to ascertain the facts.

The Secretary held the adjustment which increased the price for the Indian timber becomes necessary principally because the average price index for Ponderosa pine in the Oregon area has shown a marked increase since the last adjustment.

It should be understood, Secretary McKay said, that the pattern set in the Warm Springs case is not to be considered a precedent in any similar cases involving sales of timber owned by Indians. Each such case will be decided on its own merits, he said.

Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay today announced that the Bureau of Indian Affairs will continue for the present operating its two area offices in Oklahoma at Muskogee and Anadarko.

Early consolidation of the two offices at a central location in the State was recommended last January by the Bimson survey team which made an organization study of the Bureau. Further consideration of the matter by Department and Bureau officials, however, has led to the conclusion that both offices are now needed. The decision was based on a study of present workload factors and the types of services which the Bureau is currently obligated to provide individual Indians and tribal groups in Oklahoma.

Appointment of Robert L. Bennett, a member of the coordinating staff of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, as superintendent of the Consolidated Ute Agency, Ignacio, Colo., was announced today by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay.

Elbert J. Floyd, whom Mr. Bennett replaces, has been designated as administrative officer in charge of a new area field office to be established by the Bureau at Zuni, N. Mex.

Both moves are part of the current reorganization of the Bureau and are effective June 6.

An Oneida Indian, Mr. Bennett was born at Oneida, Wis., in 1912 and attended the Haskell Indian Institute, Lawrence, Kans., from 1929 to 1931. He came with the Bureau in 1933 as a clerk at the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Ft. Duchesne, Utah, and five years later was promoted to senior clerk in the Bureau's Washington Office. In 1943 he transferred to the Navajo Agency, Window Rock, Ariz., and was promoted to administrative assistant later that same year. In 1945 he was inducted into the Marine Corps and served one year, returning to the Navajo Reservation as District Supervisor at Ft. Defiance, Ariz., for a few months in 1946, This was followed by three years of service with the Veterans Administration at Phoenix, Ariz., and two years as placement officer with the Indian Bureau at Aberdeen, S, Dak., prior to. joining the Bureau's Washington staff as Program Officer in 1951.

Mr. Floyd, Born at Hartsville, Mo. in 1900, came with the Bureau in 1925 at the Consolidated Ute Agency and served there for 17 years as laborer, farm leader, and agricultural extension agent. In 1942 he transferred to the Klamath Agency in Oregon as agricultural extension agent and remained in that position until 1950 when he was appointed superintendent at Consolidated Ute. In his new position he will be responsible for the Bureau's "Work on the Zuni Reservation and will be under the supervision of Area Director William Wade Head at Gallup, N, Mex.

"Self-Determination or disguised termination: let’s be certain,” This theme you have chosen for your 1972 convention is indeed an interesting one. Your choice reflects the uncertainty and skepticism that have disturbed people throughout history when changes have been proposed to alter the status quo.

It is only human that we should be reluctant to accept without question every new idea that comes our way. For as Indian people, our caution to discard the familiar and accept the new is particularly understandable when we look at our own past Federal-Indian history.

It is very easy for one to criticize the system to question the motives behind every new policy and program to pin labels on people with whom we disagree and to discount their ability to get something done. It is difficult, however, to work within the system to affect the kinds of changes we all want and need and to solve the problems we face together as Native Americans.

It is your right and duty to question any new policies that influence your lives and your futures. Words alone will not convince you that the real motives behind the self-determination policy are just simply that of assisting and enabling Indian people to control programs and policies and to shape their own destinies.

What I want to do today is to show that the administration has dedicated itself to self-determination without termination and that actions taken in the last few years prove our intent. In this case, demonstrated actions do indeed speak louder than words.

As evidence of our intent, let me cite several accomplishments of the last few years. BIA funding has more than doubled from $249 million about $521 million in just four years. Funding for education programs has doubled from $148 million to $301 million during this same time. And, the BIA road budget is more than four times what it was in 1969. Many of you know of the federal budget process and know that the increases we have gained have been no easy task. Often times, your support or lack of it has made me the difference.

Today 2/3 of the top executive positions in the Bureau’s Washington Office are held by Native Americans. The number of Indian serving as BIA area directors has risen since 1969 from 1 of 11 to 7 out of 12 in 1972.

In late June, Secretary Morton announced approval of our recommendations to extend the policy of Indian preference to filling all vacancies in the Bureau, weather by original appointment, reinstatement or promotion. Through this means we hope that more Indians will fill administrative and managerial positions in order facilitate and enhance the concept of self-determination.

We are also stepping up efforts to recruit Indian women into key positions. A quick look at our top level personnel shows few women. I believe we can and should improve this record.

A major step toward Indian self-determination has been the assumption of Federally-Funded and administered programs by the tribes or other Indian communities. In accord with the president’s special message on India Affairs, The Bureau is encouraging and assisting tribes in the assumption of BIA program operations with the right of retrocession.

The Zuni Tribe of New Mexico accepted the responsibility for directing BIA activities at the Pueblo in May 1970. Almost a year later, the BIA signed a contract with the Miccosukee tribe of Florida enabling them to administer BIA programs on the reservation.

There have been other examples of this policy in action, the most recent is the proposal for an eventful assumption of BIA responsibilities by the Navajo tribe. Members of my staff have been at Navajo for the last few months working with the tribe to prepare a study for a phased turnover of programs to the tribe. BIA staff will be involved at all levels working with the tribe so that tribal needs will be properly anticipated in the undertaking of this momentous task.

The moves at Zuni, Miccosukee, Navajo and elsewhere are the beginning of a true self-determination for the Indian people.

I know that many of you are waiting to see how the tribes who have assumed control of BIA responsibilities fare under the federal-tribal relationship. I want to state now, once and for all, that this policy is not a termination plan in disguise. The Federal government will not automate or ignore its trust responsibilities. We in the Bureau cannot and do not intend to force this policy on the tribal councils. We want you to decide whether you want to run your own programs and if so how much responsibility you are willing to assume. I can assure you that, should you decide to assume control of your programs, funding will not be ended. And if you wish the bureau to reassume responsibility for the programs, we will do so. We strongly believe that this policy provides the best way in which tribes can move effectively and quickly toward self-determination without of fear of termination.

Since 1969, we have almost doubled the number of Indian contracts and increased the dollar amount from $8.8 million to over $58 million for 1973. There is no question that with the added thrust of using contracting as a means of having Indians become more involved in the activities of their reservation that the number of contracts and the monetary amounts will be greatly increased in the next several years.

Many Indian tribes do not have money to carry on their most basic governmental functions. In response to many tribal requests, two BIA programs have now been formed to help Indian tribes develop a more meaningful system of self-government. The tribal affairs management program was initially funded in 1972 and 25 tribal groups shared in the $228,000 appropriated. During the five month period of this pilot program, the participating tribes developed administrative plans of operation, updated tribal membership rolls and formulated new or revised election procedures, among other projects. In 1973, 23 tribal groups will have $422,000 for similar programs throughout the year.

A second program, tribal government development program, has been funded for the first time this year with $900,000. This program is aimed at helping tribes with little or no financial resources to permit them to develop self-governing skills. We hope to provide money for a large member of needy tribes to develop their own tribal government, efficiently and adequately. Announcements have been sent to all the tribes inviting them to participate in this program. We anticipate that from 40 to 50 tribes will take part and that by December this money will be in the hands of the participating tribes.

The five point program we announced in January has progressed with great success. I would like now to address myself to each of these points and to tell you just what has been happening since our announcement.

Our first point and number one priority in 1972 was a reservation by reservation development program. The reservation acceleration program, better known as RAP, was introduced as a plan whereby tribes would influence changes in existing local BIA budgets to insure that BIA programs support tribal priorities.

Today, RAP has moved from a pilot status involving 11 selected tribes to a program of 37 participating tribes. Many of these tribes are at some state of negotiation. They are reviewing BIA budgets, programs and staffing at the agency, area office and central office levels. At this time, 15 tribes have submitted RAP documents to the central office for the third phase of the RAP process.

Salt River was the first tribe to negotiate with the central office. Through its RAP negotiations, Salt River was able to mobilize substantial BIA support for its plans for development and increased local control. The Bureau’s office of Education programs in Washington,, D.C. will be providing direct assistance to the tribe in developing plans for an education system envisioned in the community’s long-range development plans.

To assist with development on the reservation, we redirected our employment assistance program to train tribal manpower on the reservations, in Indian communities Oklahoma, or as close to home as participants may like.

One major means of employment assistance supporting the goals of local tribal development is by placing funds at the origin or local agency. This means that the control of dollars and the obligation and disbursement of employment assistance funds is at your reservation agency office, not in Washington nor in the area office. In this way, we fir programs around people, not people around programs and thus reinforce self-determination for Indian citizens.

Another new direction in employment assistance is the GI approach which grants funds to individuals at the point of origin and allows individual choices in institutional training. In fact, it offers literally the training resources of the whole country to clients of our programs.

Today we are facing the first open challenge to the question at the heart of the new directions toward self-determination. In order to give maximum dollar assistance locally, it has become necessary to realign our priorities in the employment assistance program. The closure of the Roswell employment training center represents a logical and predictable development in our total thrust toward the new directions announced for the employment assistance program in January. The issue at hand concerns Indian control over budgetary priorities vs. bureau-directed control, represented by non-Indian commercial interests. This issue transcends lesser questions about program services, costs and the like.

Money taken “off the top” to fund large natural contracts such RETC reduces not only funds available locally, it means the bureau has had to regress to its former pattern of controlling Indian by placing funds directly at destination services. The release of funds which would otherwise be committed to this project becomes available at agency levels, where increased local allotments enhance the possibility of funding a greater range of service options.

I know there is special concern regarding the Indian Police Academy at Roswell. I want to assure you that the police academy will be continued, but in another location closer to the home reservations of a majority of clientele. Further, I want to reassure all concerned that our decision to end services at Roswell will not adversely affect clients presently enrolled at the center. While we are accepting no new applicants, we will keep the full range of services available, and all participants can complete their programs as originally planned.

Number three in our five point plan concerns the water resources of Indians on the reservations. Secretary Morton and I established the office of Indian water rights to protect the water rights of reservation Indians. Since its inception on January 10, 1972. The water rights office has made allocations for studies on 16 reservations, seven suits have already been filed in the courts and several are in preparation. The most significant in terms of interest throughout Indian country is the case which is pending on behalf of the pyramid lake Paiute tribe in the supreme court of the United States.

Until fiscal year 1972, the road construction program on Indian lands was funded at about $20 million per year. In 1972, road construction was increased by $10 million. This year, the funding level has been increased to $54 million which will provide for construction of approximately 700 miles of road surfacing.

The final point in our plans for 1972 called for increased Indian control of Indian education, our efforts in this direction have been implemented in a number of ways. Let’s take a close look into some of these areas.

At the present time, 13 schools are being operated by tribal groups under contract with the bureau, funding for these schools is approximately $4.5 million.

Funding for higher education assistance has jumped from $3.1 million in 1969 to $18.4 million in 1973. This year we are helping more than 11,000 Indian students further their education in college or universities throughout the country. Despite this significant increase, the Indian enrollment in colleges is increasing rapidly and many more dollars are needed.

More than $2.3 million in contracts for the administration of the BIA higher education assistance program have been entered into with tribal groups including the all Indian pueblo council, the Omaha tribe, the Tlingit-Haida council and the Navajo Tribal council.

The administration of $4 million of JOM funds in the states of North Dakota, Nebraska and New Mexico has been contracted to tribal groups.

Today, all federal operated schools have Indian advisory school boards. Special training programs for school board members, coupled with increased experience in school board operations, has greatly increased the effectiveness and influence of these boards. This experience also lays the groundwork for the further step of contracting for school operations.

In other areas we progressed toward our goal of self-determination. For the past two years we have been involved in promoting and assisting in the creation of an American Indian national Bank. This is a much needed institution for, as we all know, accessibility of financial services and especially the amount of credit available to Indians in the private sector has been severely limited. The American Indian bank will be a full-service bank, qualified to deal with problems unique to Indians, but operating by standard procedures observed by a sound financial institution.

As many of you already aware, the bureau has been conducting a joint investigation with the federal trade commission into the practices of traders on the Navajo Reservation. The investigation supports several conclusions. First, there are significantly higher prices on the reservation than off and they cannot be accounted for by increased shipping costs. Secondly, there have been violations in the areas of truth in lending and pawn. Third, the federal regulations were found to be deficient in a few areas. Fourth, enforcement of the existing regulations has been poorly accomplished.

The bureau is now taking the measures to correct the situation, we are working with the tribe to develop viable economic alternatives which will permit lower prices for the Navajo consumers. Violations of Statutory provisions will be actively corrected by strict enforcement of the regulations. An enforcing agent is now on the reservation who reports directly to my office. New regulations are being drafted and will be issued in both English and Navajo.

The investigation at Navajo does not end there. This is only the beginning. What we have learned and the corrections that are now being made will be applied to similar situations throughout Indian country. We will do our best to make sure Indian consumers are totally protected wherever they may be.

The achievements gained during the past three years have not been easy, several of the decisions I have had to make as commissioner of Indian affairs have not been popular with some. However, these decisions have been made with extended deliberations and consultation with members of my staff, BIA area directors, and most important, with tribal leaders who people are most affected by these decisions. It’s been one of the trademarks of my tenure as commissioner to consult directly with tribal leaders and I promise you that this will continue.

As Native Americans we must all remember that now is the time for us to work together toward a better way of life for all Indian people. Now is the time for each of us to begin that crucial, self-revelatory process of knowing ourselves and understanding and trusting one another. We must prove that we can handle with dignity the new opportunities and the new responsibilities that are ours.

Cooperation may well be the one ingredient we are neglecting, your organization NCAI can go a long way in helping to bring about this cooperation. You must use your stature and influence as the largest and oldest national Indian organizations to exert renewed leadership and to call for cooperation throughout the Indian world.

I believe you can. I believe you will.

Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay today announced that the Bureau of Indian Affairs on or before June 15 will conduct a poll by mail among members of the Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma in order to have an expression of their views regarding the selection of a principal chief. The term of the present principal chief expires June 30.

The polling will include two major groups of adult Choctaws: (1) surviving members whose names appear on the final roll of the Tribe compiled in accordance with a 1907 statute, and (2) the heirs of deceased members included on this roll. The Indian Bureau estimates that there are approximately 50,000 tribal members including both adults and minors.

The Bureau's questionnaire is designed to bring out the views of the tribal membership on five main topics, One is whether the Office of Principal Chief should be continued after June 30, 1954. The second asks whether the Chief should be selected by the Secretary of the Interior after a secret vote among tribal members by mail or a secret ballot at the polls, The third raises the question whether the Chief should be appointed by the Secretary without a vote of the tribal members. The fourth asks whether the Chief should be paid for his services. The fifth gives the voter an opportunity to express his preference concerning the rate of salary and expenses for the Chief. Under present regulations the Chief receives an annual salary of $3,000 and an expense allowance paid from Choctaw tribal funds.

The questionnaire also gives each voter an opportunity to designate his choice of a candidate to fill the office after June 30. If the decision is made to continue the office, an election will subsequently be held involving the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes on the questionnaire.

In a message addressed to the tribal members accompanying the questionnaire, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Glenn L. Emmons pointed out that the term of the present Principal Chief, Harry J.W. Belvin, was extended through June 30 so that the Indian Bureau staff would have an opportunity to study the need for a continuation of the Office. Since the salary and expenses of the Principal Chief are paid from tribal funds on deposit in the United States Treasury, Commissioner Emmons added, members of the tribe should have an opportunity to express their views on the questions under study and their answers will be helpful to the Bureau staff in reaching final decisions.

Under present law the President of the United States is given the authority to appoint a Principal Chief for the Choctaws, This authority, however, has been delegated to the Secretary of the Interior.

Three additional personnel moves involved in the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs were announced today by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay.

W. Wendell Palmer, superintendent, Wind River Agency, Fort Washakie, Wyo., will be transferred to the same position at Klamath Agency, Oreg., replacing Erastus J. Diehl who retires June 30. Glenn R. Landbloom, Bureau extension and credit officer at Aberdeen, s. Pak., will replace Palmer. Both transfers are effective June 13.

Palmer entered the Indian Service in 1950 at Wind River. Prior to that he was with the Bureau of Reclamation at Minot, N. Dak. and Bismarck, N,.· Dak. During World War II he was with the War Relocation Authority and operated his own farm at Malad, Idaho, from 1945 to 1947. He received a B.S. degree in agronomy from the University of Idaho in 1923.

Mr. Landbloom was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1909, and has been with the Bureau for 16 years, entering the service as a trainee at the United Pueblos Agency, Albuquerque, N. Mex., under a Rockefeller Foundation grant, He has held various responsible Bureau positions in Montana and South Dakota and was in the military service from 1942 to 1945. He is a graduate of North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, N. Dak., with a B.S. degree in economics in 1932 and an M.S. degree in agricultural economics in 1938.

Mr. Diehl, a native of North Platte, Nebr., started with the Bureau in 1932 as a dairyman and farm leader at the Fort Hall Agency, Fort Hall., Idaho. He was assigned to the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Fort Duchesne, Utah. He was also superintendent of the former Western Shoshone Agency, Owyhee, Nev., and superintendent at Fort Peck Agency, Poplar, Mont., before transferring to Klamath Agency in 1950. He is a graduate of Utah State Agr1.cultural College, Logan, Utah and a veteran of World War I.

Commissioner Glenn L. Emmons of the Bureau of Indian Affairs announced today that the museum of the Northern Plains Indians at Browning, Montana, will continue to be operated by the Bureau without any change except a reduction in staff required by reduced appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

It had been proposed to transfer management responsibility for the museum to the Arts and Crafts Board, created in the Department of the Interior by the act of August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 891).

Commissioner Emmons stated that due to widespread misunderstanding concerning the operation of the museum by the Arts and Crafts Board and an indication that the State of Montana might be interested in taking over the museum in the near future, he considered it inadvisable to effect any change in the management until the Montana Legislature, at its next session, has had an opportunity to consider assuming responsibility for the institution.

Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay today announced the award of four contracts for the construction of school facilities on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. The total amount of the awards is $1,647,791.

This is the first step in the development of the Navajo Emergency Educational Program.

The awards are as follows:

A description of the projects follows:

Crystal, New Mexico, day school

Construction of two 64-pupil dormitories (one with dining and kitchen) two 2-bedroom and one 3-bedroom duplexes, one 2-car carport and one light plant and storage building, remodeling of existing school building and the installation of water and sewer, gas and ell and electrical distribution system.

Greasewood, Arizona, day school project
Construction of two 64-pupil dormitories (one with dining and kitchen) one 2-bedroom duplex, one 5-unit efficiency apartment, one root cellar, one light plant and storage building, and one 4-car garage, remodeling of the existing school building, and the installation of water and sewer, gas and oil, and electrical distributing system.

Kaibeto, Arizona, quarters and school remodeling
Construction or one 2-bedroom duplex, remodeling of the existing school building, and the extension of existing steam and hot water, sewer and water and gas and electrical distribution systems.

Nazlini, Arizona, quarters and school addition
Construction of one 2-bedroom duplex; addition or two classrooms to existing school buildings and the extension of existing services.

Pinon, Arizona, day school project
Construction of two 96 pupil dormitories, one 4-classroom school building, four 2-bedroom and one 3-bedroom duplexes, one light plant and storage building, one 6-car carport, one dining and kitchen building, remodeling of existing school buildings and the remodeling and addition to existing clinic and quarters buildings; installation of water, sewer and other services.

Shiprock, New Mexico, quarters project
Construction of eight 2-bedroom duplexes, and three 5-unit efficiency apartments, extension of $team, hot water, etc., services.

Steam Boat Canyon, Arizona, project, day school
Construction of two 64-pupil dormitories with playrooms, one dining and kitchen building, three 2-bedroom and one 3-bedroom duplexes, one light plant and storage building, one 2-bedroom house with carport, one 6-car carport, and one root cellar, remodeling of existing school building and two quonset buildings, installation of water and sewer, etc.

Wide Ruins, Arizona, quarters and school addition
Construction of one 2-bedroom duplex, addition of one classroom to existing school building and the installation or water, sewer and other services.

Standing Rock, New Mexico, day school
Construction of 64-pupil dormitory, installation of water, sewer and other facilities.

The Navajo emergency educational program is designed to provide facilities for a larger number of children, not now attending school.

By reprogramming funds appropriated to the Bureau for construction throughout the Service, the first step in the Navajo educational plan has been taken. It will expand facilities at the nine locations on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico as well as to provide trailer school facilities at about 36 small, isolated communities.

The facilities when completed will provide accommodations for about 2,150 additional children, who would otherwise be deprived of educational opportunities. Teachers and other educational personnel will also be housed in the facilities.

About 14,000 of the 28,000 children of school age on the Navajo are not now attending any school, While the construction projects awarded today will take care  of 2,150 children, Secretary McKay said that 4,850 other Navajo children will be provided with school facilities in the trailer schools, public schools adjoining the reservation and in other Bureau schools off the reservation. This total of 7,000 children, he said, should be able to begin school next September.

The initial phase of the emergency program will entail the expenditure of $5,600,000 with other school facilities to be provided in the near future.

In addition to the four successful bidders today, 5 other contractors submitted bids for the projects.

They were:
Daum Donaldson Construction Co., Phoenix, Arizona
Lemke, Clough and King, Inc., Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Ashton Building Co., Tucson, Arizona
H. J. Whitted, Gallup, N. Mex.
M. M. Sundt, Tucson, Arizona