UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, November 29.1994
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Trafficway likely to bisect Baker land
By Carlos Tejada Kansan staff writer
The South Lawrence Trafficway probably won't go through the wetlands on the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University, a Douglas County Commissioner has predicted.
But the same commissioner, Jim Chappell, said the best route probably would be along 35th Street, south of the Haskell Wetlands and right through the middle of the wetlands belonging to Baker University in Baldwin City. Baker officers are worried the 35th Street alignment will seriously damage its wetlands.
Chappell said he would change his vote if an environmental impact statement that is being prepared showed evidence that another route would cause less harm. But, he said, the 35th Street route currently looks like the best option.
"I just have a hunch based on common sense," Chappell said. "It's very difficult to reconcile the spiritual issues Haskell has brought up."
Haskell students and faculty have said that building the $80 million trafficway along 31st Street would
destroy the spiritual quality of the Haskell Wetlands. Haskell students sometimes use the area for religious purposes.
But the 35th Street route would bisect 573 acres of wetlands that lie between 31st Street and the Wakarausa River.
Wetland debate
The Federal Highway Administration in Topeka is working on the supplemental environmental impact statement, which details the spirituality of the Haskell Wetlands and the feasibility of alternate routes. It probably will be ready in the first half of next year. The three-member county commission is waiting for the impact statement before it votes on the final route for the eastern part of the trafficway.
Source: Kansan staff research
Chappell, who made his view public last week during an interview on radio station KLWN, said he thought the spiritual issues raised by Haskell were unavoidable. Therefore, he said, the impact statement probably would come out in favor of the 35th Street route. A third route south of the Wakaraan River would cost $20 million more and would not move traffic as efficiently, he said.
County
But Roger Boyd, professor of biology at Baker and caretaker of the wetlands, said Chappell's announcement was meant to cause dissension among those who oppose building the trafficway through the wetlands.
County Commissioner Jim Chappell said the 35th street route was a better route than the 31st street route. Baker officials say the 35th street route would damage 60 to 120 acres of wetlands.
Dave Campbell / KANSAN
"I think Mr. Chappell is acting on a purelypolitical basis," Boydsaid. "It'slike running a flag up a flagpole to see who shoots at it."
Boyd said the united opposition by both Baker and Haskell had been jeopardized by Chappell's remarks. He also said that had been the county commission's intent.
Boyd said that moving the route south of the Wakarusa River, the route Haskell and Baker officials have publicly supported, seemed less likely after Chappell's remarks. The commission's predictions of traffic 20 years in the future were manipulated to make that alignment seem unfeasible.
"I certainly doesn't 'took very likely now," he said. "The county Ouija board tries to move to make it the least likely alternative."
Haskell officials were unavailable for comment yesterday.
Yellow Bird: professor says labels mask identity
economies and keep little for themselves. Yellow Bird said that First Nations peoples have been treated in that manner.
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"Right now, we can look at NAFTA as the new face of colonialism," he said, referring to the North American Free Trade Agreement. "We're going to make Mexicans dependent upon our economy."
Economy plays a large role in self-
sufficiency, Yellow Bird said.
"In future generations, we may see more communal economies on the reservations," he said.
dency, the nations can begin to be free, he said.
Yellow Bird said that he took his job at KU to be closer to his family in North Dakota.
Those economies would not allow the nations to be exploited by the United States government by providing all the necessities on the reservations. Without the financial depen-
"It was about 1,900 miles from Vancouver to my home," he said. "Now it's only about 750 miles."
Yellow Bird was actively recruited for the position, said Ann Weick, dean of social welfare.
"We are very interested in having a diverse faculty," Weick said, adding that minorities make up nearly 20 percent of the department's staff. "Mike was clearly the strongest candidate we interviewed. He is a very articulate speaker for Native American concerns. He also brings the perspective of Native American culture to the department."
Occupation:
Occupation Assistant professor, social welfare
Education:
Age:
40
Bachelor's degree, social welfare, University of North Dakota. Masters degree, social welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Doctorate, social degree, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Heritage:
Arikara (Sahnish) and Hidatsa
Family:
Wife: Pemina, writer and social activist Four children: Jason, Michael, Peter, Matt
Source: Kansan staff research
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