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Vol. 1, No. 15 Monday, May 6, 1963 Fairbanks, Alaska
NATIONAL SUPPORT WON
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DISCUSSING ALASKA TASK FORCE STATEMENT—Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udali, left,
and Lawrence E. Lindley, General Secretary of the Indian Rights Association and Chairman of the
Council on Indian Affairs, are discussing a statement on the Alaska Task Force Report adopted by the
Council at the conference. —Photo by Theodore B. Hetzel
'Good Radars'
Reds Flash
Beam on Wales
From about eight miles from
shore, a beam was flashed on April
1 toward the village of Wales, ac
cording to word received by Tundra
Times.
“It must have been the Russians
because it was dark and I guess
they got curious about us,” said Mrs.
Lincoln Riley, of Wales.
Wales lies just about 52 miles from
Siberia, just across the Bering
Straits from the Soviet Union.
“Those neighbors of ours are just
too close sometimes,*’ said Mrs.
Riley.
But she pointed out that the peo
ple of Wales watch closely for the
Russians.
“The people of Wales are good
radars,” she added.
Bowhead Whale
The first bowhead whale of the
season was taken at Pt. Hope on
April 29. Nicholas Hank’s crew got
the small whale, about 30 feet in
length.
! UDALL SAYS
Rampart Withdrawal Hearings
Will Be Held in Alaska
By Thomas Snapp
Times Staff Writer
Hearings will be held in Alaska
on the proposed withdrawal and
reservation of 8,955,520 acres for
development of the Rampart Can
yon hydroelectric project, accord
ing to Secretary of Interior Stewart
L. Udall.
Udall made the statement to Al
fred Ketzler, chairman of the Dena
Nena Henash Interior Indian organ
ization and assistant editor of Tun
dra Times, in an exclusive confer
ence in Washington, D.C. on April
23.
Ketzler told Udall and represent
atives of 16 national groups on April
23 that the geological survey had
proposed the withdrawal and that
not enough time had been given for
Interior Indian villages concerned
to file comments and objections.
He said the proposed withdrawal
notice was published in the Federal
EDITORIAL
Heartening Statement
It was heartening to learn of a statement that came
out of Washington, D.C. recently. Not only that; it con
tained humanism, a quality that should be asserted a bit
more in the functions of our national and state govern
ments.
Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, of our state, voiced con
cern about the lack of concerted investigations of the ef
fects of radiation on Indians and Eskimos in Alaska, and
the contamination of the unique food chain on which the
natives depend for their livelihood.
The senator has answered a wish many of us have
had for some time: the need for clarification of the radia
tion menace in Alaska.
One cannot but feel grateful for remarks of a positive
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Register on March 22. Put that vil
lages were not informed until April
10. which left only about 10 days to
file objections.
“This was too short a time,” Ketz
ler said, "particularly when it was
stated hearings would be held in
Alaska only if circumstances war
ranted it.”
Udall Surprised
Secretary of Interior Udall and
Assistant Secretary John Carver
both expressed surprise at the pro
posed withdrawal. Udall said he
didn't know about it until the day !
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16 Groups Representing
Millions Support Natives'
Land Claims and Rights
The Council on Indian Affairs—
an organization of 16 national
groups representing millions of I
members—came out last week in
strong support of Alaska Indians, 1
Eskimos and Aleuts in their native
land rights and claims.
It urged Secretary of the Interior i
Stewart L. Udall to forcefully as
sert native land ownership, includ
ing entitlement to subsurface re
sources.
The Council went on to urge the |
Interior Department to recommend, i
and Congress to promptly adopt,
legislation authorizing the fair and
just settlement of native land claims I
in Alaska, including provisions:
1. For guaranteeing the natives
title to lands occupied or used by
[ them.
2. For protecting lands subject to
! native claims from State selection
or the creation of third party rights
prior to the determination of title.
3. And for payment of just com
pensation wherever appropriate.
Special Guest
Alfred R. Ketzler, chairman of
the Interior Indian organization,
Dena Nena Henash, was a special
guest of the Council in Washington.
D.C. on April 22-23.
Secretary of Interior Udall and
Assistant Secretary of Interior John
Carver attended some of the ses
sions of the council and met pri
vately with Ketzler. The meeting,
one of three meetings of the council !
each year, was devoted solely to
“Alaska native affairs."
The Council on Indian Affairs is |
made up of the following national
groups: American Civil Liberties
Union; American Friends Service
Committee; American Missionary
Association: Arrow, Inc.: Association
on American Indian Affairs. In$.;
Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions;
Division of Home Missions. National
Council of the Churches of Christ,
Committee on Indian Works;
Friends Committee on National Leg
islation.
General Federation of Women's
Clubs; Indian Rights Association;
National Congress of American In
dians: National Council of Churches,
Department of Racial and Cultural
Relations; National Council of the
Protestant Episcopal Church;
Southwestern Association on Indian
Affairs, Inc.; Unitarian Service
Committee, Inc., and the United
i Church Women.
| Adopted Resolution
So strong was the feeling of the
Council that it broke tradition and
formulated and adopted a resolu
tion that it presented to Secretary
of Interior Udall regarding Alaska
native land rights.
In its resolution, the Council .
pointed out:
“Under the Alaska Territorial Act
of May 17. 1884. the United States
promised the Indians. Eskimos and
Aleuts ‘shall not be disturbed in the
possession of any lands actually in
their use and occupancy or now
claimed by them.'”
“That the 1884 Act further pro
vided that the final disposition of
native rights and claims should be
subject of future legislation by
Congress;”
“That almost eighty years have
passed and the land, hunting and
fishing rights of Alaskan natives
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CONVERSATION AFTER CONFERENCE—Left,. Alburt Rosenberg, American Friends Service Commit
tee; center, Alfred Ketzler, Chairman, Dena Nena Henash; and Miss Tillie Walker of the United Scholar
ship Service, are seen discussing the results of the Council on Indian Affairs conference. Miss Walker is
the person to contact for Information about college scholarships and she can be reached at 1450 Penn
sylvania Avenue, Denver 3, Colorado. Miss Walker is a Mandan Indian from North Dakota.
—Photo by Theodore B. Hetzel "