Friday, November 9, 1973
University Daily Kansan
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Indian Self-Determination Favored
By LINDA HALES
Kansas Staff Reporter
The U.S. Department of the Interior is
the agency that develop a policy to
sustain and protect wetlands in Rogers
THE UNIVERSITY SINGERS, a freshman chair, will present its first concert of the fall semester at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Swarthout Recital Hall.
FAWAZ TURKI, a Palestinian scholar,
will speak about the Palestinians, Zionism
and ArabIsraeli wars at 8 p.m. tonight in
the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
THE ASTRONOMY ASSOCIATE will present a public lecture, "Exploration of the Outer Planets and Other Things," by T.P. Armstrong, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics, in tonight at 24 linters Hall. An observatory "planet party" will follow the lecture.
THE SIoux CLUB of Haskell Indian Junior College is sponsoring a luncheon of various Indian foods from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Lawrence Indian Center, 1912 Massachusetts St. The public is invited.
DICK WRIGHT, director of radio station KANU-FM, will speak on early medieval church music at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at St. John's parish hall, 12th and Kentucky streets. The lecture is sponsored by the St. Lawrence Catholic Student Center.
C. B. Morton, secretary, the interior said vested at Haskell Indian Junior College.
Morton recalled a presidential address to Congress in 1979 in which Nixon said, "we shall abandon a policy of termination. We shall embark on a policy of self-determination," in reference to the American Indians.
ABOUT 1,200 HASKELL STUDENTS and faculty heard Morton, who was accompanied by Roger Rogers, assistant interiorer, and Kent Prizzel, solicitor general.
The government and the Indian community are working together, Morton said,
"I think self-determination for one group of people might mean one thing and for another group of people it might mean another thing," he said.
"I think we have to digest this program in an orderly fashion."
Morton said self-determination didn't mean the government would abandon a program in which Indian management of Indian programs. Nor, did it mean that trust responsibilities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) would be turned over to the tribal governments, he said.
"IT DOES MEAN a recognition of the responsibility of each to the other," he said, "and a change across the board that is mutually agreeable."
MORTON SAID HE HAD COME to Hassell more to listen and learn than to
He said he wanted to know where the Indian people were going and where they
"What is the thought process that shapes the sculptural way their future?" asked Katie.
If the answers to these questions can be agreed upon, Morton said, services performed by the federal government could be accelerated so the development of the Indian community could proceed more quickly.
educational system for Indians and improved vocational instruction were needed.
Morton she had asked Frizzell to settle the Department of the Interior's backlog of land, water rights and tribal dispute cases. The department could deal with the problems of today.
SEN. ROBERT DOLE, R-KAN, had something about Hobbs. "Morton said," he
The result of Dole's prodding, he said,
was the diversion to Haskell of an additional
$250,000 from other federal programs for
1973.
"He has been right behind me with a very shark stick," said Morton.
Another $2 million from the 1975 budget has been soubled by Morton for new dormitories.
Morton said more roads, a better
Morton said he didn't want to "get caught up in the brick and mortar syndrome," but
be thought some significant improvements in Haskell's physical plant could be made.
BECAUSE PROVIDING A GOOD EDUCATION is important, Morton said, the department of the Interior has asked for an additional $50 million to Haskell amounting to 18 per cent a student.
"We have responded positively, I think, to requests for additional funds," he said.
Morton said the BIA needed to deal with factional differences that arose among tribes.
"It has been the attitude I have tried to instill in the leadership of the bureau," he
Morton said he had selected an Indian from Alaska, Morris Thompson, to be the new commission of Indian affairs. He said he was confident that the commission improved by the U.S. Senate by next week.
Drug Abuse
rence's drug, problem wasn't as severe as some have claimed.
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"The drug problem here has been better publicized than it has in other areas," he
Berkowitz said it was important that the community represent all communities. Douglas Count,
"We know there are drug problems in buildin'Associated with Baker University in Florida."
Messberg and Lawrence City Commission Jack Rose agreed to prepare for the commission within 10 days a list of questions that should be included in the advisory group.
OTHERS REPRESENTING the county at the governor's conference were Gordon Alley, associate professor of education; Katie Ayers, assistant police Department, and Evie Unkefer,
director of Headquarters. Inc.
--vice chairman of SenEx, said the committee should be free to serve as an advisory court to the chancellor and that this sometimes called for closed meetings.
The commission decided that before a bond election on the proposed Massachusetts Street bridge can be held, the city and county must:
- Decide the exact location for the bridge.
- Sponsor a study of traffic patterns on the bridge.
—Contract with consultants to prepare a preliminary design for the bridge.
The commissioners plan to meet next week with the Lawrence City Commission to decide which group will contract for the traffic study and preliminary design study.
WALTER CRAGAN, county commission chairman, expressed concern over traffic safety near the new bridge from the south. He proposed that New Hampshire Street be designated a one-way street with traffic flowing north and streets one-way with traffic going south.
SenEx to Admit Senators to Meetings
He said this would provide easy access to parking and downtown businesses without creating traffic jams on Massachusetts Street.
Members of the University Senate will be allowed to attend meetings of the University Senate Executive Committee (SenEx) unless a member of SenEx requests a closed session, according to a decision by SenEx Wednesday.
Seaver said some of the letters received by SenEx were a special concern of some of
Although SenEx has had closed meetings for the past seven years, the committee has decided to open their meetings to University Senate members on a trial basis for the fall semester. The policy will be reviewed by SenEx at the end of the semester.
The policy of SenEx states that a meeting of SenEx may still be closed at the request of any member. According to James Seaver, professor of history and chairman of SenEx, the committee decided to retain this option for dealing with matters concerning personalities and other information that the committee considers private.
George Williams, Lawrence director of public works, said the city commission wanted the new structure as close as possible to the location of the present bridge.
County Commissioner Arthur Heck said the county had made no plans for cutting roads, even though he was on his way.
Rich Lauter, Evanston, Ill., senior and
the members. According to him, some of the letters are of a very personal nature and some members didn't think that the contents of these letters should be disclosed
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