Stevens . . .
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natives in interior and northern
A'ask^?
The question of a home for the
aged is primarily a problem for the
State. I believe. If federal assistance
is required and requested by the
Slate of Alaska to build a home for
the aged natives of Alaska, I will
Work with the rest of Alaska’s ]
"Washington delegation to receive
the aid necessary.
8 11 Rampart Dam is built, what do
ycu think should be done with
the people who now’ live in the
area that would be covered?
When Rampart Dam is built, the
people now living in the area
should be moved to another area
®1 their own choice. The State
should make available new lands
V'ithctit cost and they should be
assisted to start new communities
and be aided in starting new indus
try. such ns commercial fishing
and ‘imber operations, which will
be developed as the lake behind the
dam tills.
£. Would you work or use your in
fluence toward getting Congress
tc define the historic rights of
natives in Alaska?
Inupiat . . .
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TJnalakleet: Emma Willoya, Nome:
Howard Rock. Fairbanks and Pt.
Hope: Tony Joule and Jack Jones,
Kotzebue, and James Hawley, Kiv
alina.
The Association on American In
dian Affairs is sponsoring the meet
ing as it did the first such confer
ence last year and assisting with
the laces and expenses of delegates.
Dr. Henry S. Forbes, chairman of
the Association's policy committee,
and Arthur Lazurus. an attorney
of the association, will also attend. I
Native land and hunting rights,
econrmic development, education,
and employment' are included as
discussion topics on a tentative
agenda.
Yes. I will work to get the Con- j
gress to recognize Alaskan native I
claims and to establish a commis
sion to define the nature and ex
tent of these claims. It is too bad
that Mr. Omening has let almost
four more years go by without tak
ing any action on this problem.
10. What do you consider the three
outstanding problems of Alaskan
natives today?
The three problems of Alaskan
natives, I believe to be most acute
are:
a. Economic — This problem is
caused by the fact that people in
the villages have not been trained
to do the jobs which are available,
or, in many instances, have not been
hired when they were qualified. I
believe the village training pro
gram and an aggressive policy to
require local hire for all work in
Alaska will help solve this prob
lem.
b. Land rights — This is the
problem caused by the failure of
Congress to act to define the ex
tent and nature of Alaskan native
rights as it pledged to do in 1884.
c. Communication — Because of
the vast distances between the vil
lages and the expense of travel,
there has not been adequate com
munication to the villages. I feel
that we should act as quickly as
possible to build the roads neces
sary to link together these villages
and communities such as Kaltag
with Unalakleet, Circle City with
Ft. Yukon, Teller with Nome, Nome
with Fairbanks, etc. These roads
could easily be built, by those
trained in the.villages to run heavy
equipment.
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More high schools are needed in
the remoter areas and these should
have better, physical facilities such
as gymnasiums and also indoor
swimming pools. At my urging a
swimming pool is now programmed
for Mt. Edgecumbe.
A splendid educational program
for which I fought vigorously was
begun over a year and a half ago.
On August 10 a group of eight Alas
ka Native boys were graduated as
electronics technicians from the Ra
dio Corporation of America school
in New York and two others will
shortly graduate. Ten more are
training in the R.C A. school at Los
Angeles. The course costs $4,000,
which includes the living expenses.
There are some 500 such positions
available in Alaska on the D.E.W.
line, the White Alice system and
BMEWS. I have requested $600,000
in next year's budget to train 150
more Native young men. These men
(while free to go anywhere* will
return to Alaska with a profession,
and an assured good ,income for
life. I am very happy at the good
start that has been made. While 62
per cent of the class which these
boys attended failed tp make the
grade, every one of our native Alas
kans did so. Another program for
training airplane mechanics is be
ing planned.
7. What do you think about the
proposal to build a home for
the aged natives in interior and
northern Alaska?
I think it is a good idea, but the
home should not be exclusively for
Natives, any more than the Pioneer
Home should be exclusively for
non-natives.
8. If Rampart Dam is built, what
do you think should be done
with the people who now live in
the area that would be covered?
They will be relocated in better
locations, with better homes and
better community facilities accord
ing to their choice, but in all prob
ability on the shore of the lake
which will be formed back of the
Rampart Dam. This lake with Its
fresh water commercial and sport
fishery and transportation facili
ties will furnish the Natives better
employment opportunities and a
better economy and livelihood than
they have ever had.
9. Would you work or use your
influence toward getting Con
gress to define the historic
rights of natives in Alaska?
Yes.
10. What do you consider the three
outstanding problems of Alaska
• natives today?
1. Education so as to increase op
portunity for gainful employment.
2. The creating of economic op
portunity.
3. Better housing, better communi
ty facilities including especially
adequate unpolluted water supply
and sewage disposal and better liv
ing conditions in general.
Rivers . . .
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an indispensable companion pro
ject.
9. Would you work or use your in
fluence toward getting Congress
to define the historic rights of
Natives in Alaska?
Yes. I would work toward getting
the Congress to define the historic
rights of the Natives of Alaska as
I believe this to be the first step
to arriving at a just and faiV set
tlement for our Native people.
10. What do you consider the three
outstanding problems of Alas
ka Natives today?
As I see it. the three outstanding
problems of Alaska's natives today
are how to increase their individual
incomes and improve their stand
ard of living: how to finance the
village share of the cost of improve
ment of the villages in terms of
pure water supply, sewage disposal
and other sanitation provisions, and
| how to improve the educational
i picture for the children, along with
provision for adult education.
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number 1. I would do everything
I could and immediately to have
native historic rights clearly and
properly defined.
10. What do you consider the three
outstanding problems of Alaska
natives today?
More and better education, better
health facilities, and the need for
more and better job opportunities.
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Gets Ideas
Asked how she gets her ideas for
hats Ollie says she just looks
around her until she sees something
that catches her fancy. This is how
she conceived this year’s hat.
“We drink tea a lot and one day
T thought to myself, well, let’s try
it that way—let's make it a tea
kettle."
For the last four years, Ollie has
done most every type of work at
Jonas Brothers — taxidermy, fur
work, repair work, clerking, every
thing except paper work.
“When they give me paper work,
it can just pile up; it doesn’t bother
me a bit."
Last month she made 990 pairs
of sealskin slippers, numerous par
kas and special order mukluks, as
well as Klondike hats for men.
She also made parkas part-time at
home.
Mrs. Palmer explains that she is
saving money to start, with her
boss’ blessing, a little fur repair
shop of her own.
“I want a place for my children
to work, keep busy, and off the
street—just a little shop where they
can earn money and have some
thing to look forward to,” she said.
Mt. Edgecumbe High School draws
from 193 schools in Alaska. This
year it was able to take in 75-80
new applicants. There is no high
school available for about 700 na
tive students ready for high school
today.
WHO OWNS YOUR LAND?
One of the first things I will do as your congressman is to have Congress
give long overdue land titles to Alaska's natives.
This has been promised ever since 1867, but our past congressmen NEVER
introduced such a bill.
I will see that native hunting, fishing and trapping rights are protected.
I will work for more medical services, more local schools and better
housing in the villages.
I will get your share of federal public works with preference for local hire.
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