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FM PECK HpATION VOLUME6 NUMBER 2 JANUARY 30,1975 NEW SUPERINTENDANT ARRIVES Burtcn Rider. Fort Peck Agency Superintendant Burt,n Ryuer, L)4,ic Fort Peck Agen- cy's new superintendent. Mr. Ryder, a veteran ef 22 years with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is an Aosiniboine-Gros Ventres who was born and raised on the Fort Belknap Reservation. Mr. Ryder formerly worked in Minne- apolis, Minn. in the BLA Employment As- sistance office. His wife Margery a San- tee Sioux-Navajo, is currently teaching in the Minneapolis public school system and will join him in February His daughter Jane, 15, is attending school in Texas and will finish the year there. A graduate of Haskell Indian College, Mr. Ryaer also attended Bacone College, Oklahoma and Normandale College, Bloom- ington, Minnesota. No changes are planned in the current operations of the Agency, Mr. Ryder sta- ted. He also stated that he would work with the tribal government and help them reach the goals they're working towards. John Buffalchorn, former superintendent, will continue working Peck ey in the capacity cf Ithalager.# Executive Board members inspect weapons confiscated from reservation youth by Federal Bureau of Investigation officers. included on the display board are two choke chains, one bicycle chain, a braided leather belt with a large buckle attached and a wooden club with nails protruding from one end. pictured 1. to r. - Sylvia Roberts. Carson vialkinr Eagle, Jim C1ck Doe. :tanley Yellowrobe and Joe Day.# YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FORMED An estimated fifty-nine per cent in- crease in recorded juvenile offenses o- ver 1972 is expected for 1975 on this reservation. In 1972, 840 juvenile of- fenses were recorded in tribal court, compared with 926 recorded in 1973 and 1238 in 1974. The projected minimum num- ber of offenses, based on average yearly increases over the last three years, is a record 1437 offenses for 1975. In response to the extremely high ju- venile delinquency rate, a group of con- cerned individuals has formed an Indian Youth Development Program (imp). The committee, all volunteers, pre- sented a position paper to the Programs Committee of the Tribal Executive Board Thursday, Jan. 23, for a statement of aupport. The iiD1 wes approved by the committee and by the Tribal Executive Board in a regular eeeting held Monday, Jan. 27. Ron Tea:oet, jD worker, acted as epokesman fler the eeoun, he stated that the most ieeortent re:,een for the high JD rate 14:is the lack earentel super- vision, eeaning that the IY1 — w)ule'n't be able to totally elleviate the juve- nile probleea. However, he felt that the lack of recreatie)nal facilities for reservation youth to be a major factor and the focal point of their program. The program is deeigned to encourage those students who are presently in school and those who may have dropped out for some reason or another to parti- (continued on page 1 J' rpjpr TiSUF.... MORE OLD PICTURES POETRY BY VERDIS GREY BULT EVERYYJNG YOU WANTED TO KNOW AP,t7 ATT A PUZZLING PART OF A PAGE WOLF POINT MERCHANT MAKES BIG MISTAK'I'. Pat Beauchman, Wolf Point J.u.F:. Mairman INDIAN OARENTS DISSATISFIED WITH WOLF POINT SCHOOLS Concern over school -wide discrimina- tion and control of Federal funds has prompted tribal education officials to consider formation of a reservation-wide education commission. Pat Beauchman, chairman of the Wolf Point J.O.M. (Johnson-O'Malley) Commit- tee, felt that discrimination from grade school up through high school is causing many Indian youths to drop -out of the Wolf Point School system. A meeting held with members of the Wolf Point School Board and Supt. Casey Stengel wasn't satisfactory, Beauchman felt. \We were trying to get honest answers from them, but we just weren't getting them,\ he stated. Beauchman questioned the lack of par- ticipation in athletics by Indian stu- dents, stating \we're using athletics as a springboard, we have to start some- where.\ He felt that because of the dis- crimination against the Indian students, they have no desire to participate in athletics. Currently, only one Indian student participates in varsity basket- ball as apposed to an estimated one- third Indian enrollment in the school system. A meeting attended by parents and tri- bal education officials was held in Wolf Point Jan. 21 to determine what further action would be taken. The formation of a reservation -wide Indian Education Com- mission to control Federal funding that the schools receive was proposed. It was decided that a public meeting would be held in each community to determine if Indian parents were in agreement with this proposal. Currently, reservation schools are the recipients of various Federal educa- tion programs. P.L. 874 provides a cer- tain amount to schools for each student that lives on Federal land plus money for each parent that works on Federal land. This act applies to both Indian and non -Indian. Also, if a non -Indian students parents derive more than one- half of their income from the use of tribal land or Federal Trust land (farm- ing, ranching, etc) that student is covered by P.L. 874. (cent noel on page
