ANB Representatives Urge Action to
Solve Alaska Natives’ Land Problems
JUNEAU—Prompt action to un
snarl the knotty" Alaskan Indian
- land claims problem was urged
Wednesday before the House sub
committee on Territorial and In
sular Affairs.
William L. Paul Sr., a director
of the Alaska Native Brotherhood
and secretary of the Tlingit and
Haida Land Assn., called on the
federal government to help in the
Indians’ battle to retain land
rights.
“As regards to land,” he told
the committee, “the Indian is a
ward of the federal government.
The guardian ought to exercise
his right to protect his ward.
“We cannot stand against the
concentrated opinion of the thou
sands of people who want our
land.”
Paul attacked the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, contending the bu
reau had thwarted attempts to
settle land claims. He said the In
dian group is not permitted to hire
an attorney for land claim action
without the approval of the In
dian Bureau.
Another witness asked more at
tention to existing industries in
Alaska in their efforts to obtain
contracts with the federal govern
ment.
J. C. Dodd, sales manager of the
Alaska Plywood Corp. and the
Columbia Lumber Co., told the
committee Alaska lumber firms
are being bypassed on federal de
fense projects in the territory.
Cyrus Peck, grand secretary of
the Alaska Native Brotherhood,
discussed the depleted salmon
runs in the territory and called
for new measures to permit na
tives to fish for food.
Peck charged the Fish and Wild
life Service had told the natives
they “could go to the streams to
take fish for our own personal
use . . . but when they catch us
they throw the book at us.”
Donald McKernan, FWS com
mercial fisheries administrator,
appeared before the committee to
outline the fisheries research pro
gram currently in progress.
McKernan told the committee
Alaska fisheries “are in a deplor
able state, to say the least,” and
listed three main causes:
1. Manmade depletion.
2. Natural causes.
3. Curtailment brought about by
the FWS in its efforts to rehabili
tate the runs.
Chairman Leo O’Brien (D-NY)
left the committee Wednesday and
returned to his home at Albany,
N.Y. Rep. J. Edgar Chenewoeth
(R-Colo) arrived in Juneau Wed
nesday and took his seat with the
group. Other members are Reps.
Gracie Pfost (D-Idaho), B. F. Sisk
(D-Calif), James B. Utt (R-Calif)
and Alaska Delegate E. L.Bartlett.
Marie Dionne Returns
To Catholic Convent
She Left 16 Months Ago
QUEBEC, —'Marie Dionne, one
of the quintuplets, is back at the
Roman Catholic convent she left
16 months agq.
Authorities at the convent of
the Sisters of the Blessed Sacra
ment said Marie, now 21, had been
permitted to return Sept. 12 as
a novice instead of starting again
as a postulant. She also resumed
her religious name, Sister Marie
Rachel.
She first entered the convent in
November, 1953, but left in May,
1954, because of poor health and
extreme homesickness. She can
not become a permanent member
of the order until she has served
as a novice for two years.
Only four of the quintuplets are ’
living. Emile died at 20 on Aug. j
6, 1954.
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Construction Contracts
Under Way at Eielson
To Top $15 Million Soon
ANCHORAGE (ft—Construction
contracts under way at Eielson
Air Force Base will pass the $15
million mark next month.
The district office of the Corps
of Engineers said the mark will
be exceeded when a contract is
awarded after an Oct. 26 bid
opening for a concrete fire station
and a warehouse addition.
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