Apache drum beat., December 01, 1963, Image 1

About Apache drum beat. (San Carlos Apache Reservation, Ariz.) 1959-19??

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No. 22 San Carlos Apache Reservation
Season's Greetings and a
prosperous New Year to each and
every one front the
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Top LR, Inez Hill, coordinator, David Perkins, advisor, Buck
Kitcheyan, board chairman, Belva Haozous. Bottom L-R, Cecila
Sneezy, treasurer, Jean Haozous, Sylvia Rustin and Audrey
Rambler. Not in picture, Geneva Noline, Loretta Benally and
Edith McQueen.
Housing Project has begun
In November of 1962, the
Aided Self-Help Housing Prog
ram was introduced to the San
Carlos Apache Tribal Council.
This program was later changed
to “Mutual Self-Help Housing”.
One year has brought about a
great change in attitude toward
the program since actual con
struction has begun with ten
eager families.
Mutual Self-Help Housing as
the name clearrly defines, is a
method of using leisure time,
with the aid of the Community
and other sources, that he might
improve his present standard of
living.
This is the self-help method
of building a home plus the fin
ancial aid of the United States
Government. It is an effective
way tor Low-income families
to have enough courage to be
come proud owners of good dur
able homes that will put them
on the same parellel as their
surrounding neighbors. Home
ownership will take several
years of planning by individual
participants of the project while
we’ll carry through the Amort
ization period.
Cooperation has been the big
“key” to the success of the
Program. The Tribal Council
appointed a Local Housing Au
thority to act and promote the
program. The Bureau of Indian
Affairs has given every possible
assistance:
The Tribal Council and the
Local Housing Authority have
made every possible effort in
passing resolutions and provid
ing leeal date necessary to make
this project a success.
Educational Classes are being
held with the participants, giv
ing instructions and making
plans that might help in con
structing a home of their own.
Funds- for the initial fifty
Mutual Self-Help homes is un
der Contract between the Local
Housing Authority and the Pub
lic Housing Administration. The
Program calls for 25, 3-bedroom
homes to be built in the San
Carlos-Peridot Area and 25
homes in Bylas.
Our main objective is to pro
vide decent shelter for the
Apache people here at San Car
los. We know the need is for
a home that is adequate in size
and will give healthful, safe and
sanitary living. There is a need
for ample privacy and comfort;
and which is so located as to
meet the educational, cultural,
recreational, and employment
needs of the inhabitants.
Problems that have had much
discussion and construction, fin
ancing, ownership, and mainten
ance.
Once these shelters are com
pleted, there are the problems
of conservation and rehabilita
tion as well as the clearance of
badly-planned, damaged, and
wornout structures.
Individual participants will do
do their own homes from begin
ning to end with the technical
assistance from well trained and
will qualified lead men.
The interior of these homes
will consist of 3 bedrooms, bath
room, living and dining room
and kitchen. Furnished with
each unit will be an electric
refrigerator, gas heat water
heater, range and spare heater.
A patio type porch will be
connected to the home.
Appropriations of $441,000
for the 50 homes, which ave
rages out at SB4OO. per unit
will extend over a 17 year per
iod of time and each participant
on completion of his home will
be required to pay montly ad
ministration changes to eventu
ally relinquish the amortization
period.
SAN CARLOS, ARIZONA
Seneca Basin has
many potentials
by Kitcheyan
The question of how to de
velop our resources on the San
Carlos Reservation has been the
main discussion for some time.
People may seem to wonder
what are they doing, how do they
expect to accomplish while
they show no results from plan
ning? Let us take one step back
for a moment and try to visual
ize actually what takes place
in all this problem
General Manager, Hampton
Haozous, with the aid of the
bureau and oher people concern
ed to see the developments be
come effective for the benefit
of San Carlos Apaches, has been
having sessions of how to pro
ceed. First of all a tourism and
recreation study had to be tak
en of the certain area. This lo
cation happened to be Seneca
Basin, it is located on U. S.
60, 35 miles northeast of Globe
and 54 miles southwest of Show
Low. At the site of Seneca Ba
sin a 27-acre lake has been im
pounded by a recently complet
ed earth fill dam. The dam is
fed by intermittent stream and
spring located in the lower areas
of the watershed. A person
could drive in this area to see
the most beautiful scenery un
known previously to anyone. Be
low the dam about half a mile,
the creek (cieneza) drops 500
feet over the vertical rim of
Mule Hoof Canyon, a side can
yon of the spectacular Salt Riv
er Canyon.
In this Seneca Basin from the
study that was made it was
found that we have tremendous
physical potentials. U. S. 60, a
heavily traveled route provid
ing principal access from trans
continental U. S. 66 to Arizona’s
metropolitan areas, constitutes
a major asset of the Seneca site.
This will help expose and de*
velop the special scenic feature
of the area. From this study it
was also found we have recrea
tional potentials. Three import
ant factors mentioned relate to
the potentials: (1) recereation
attraction of the area are ex
tremely accessible from a major
highway. (2) developments of
the lake represents a commit
ment to exploit recreation po
tenials of he site and (3) de
spite the Indians’ social and
economic problems, their under
takings in outdoor recreation
have produced a highly favor
able public response.
The sites’ recreational assets
features the lake, the scenic
views of Salt River Canyon and
the suitably of the park and
is hinterland for hiking and rid
ing. To mention only a few of
what afore mentioned can pro
vide; the 27-acre lake insures
shore fishing is practical and
free choice of fishing from a
boat or from the bank Striking
canyon creates dramatic scenic
views and Seneca area eminent
ly meets requirements for sub
stantial hiking and riding activ
ity.
I remember a one time a
statement was made by one of
our leaders . . . “we should not
threaten our people of what
might happen if all these po-
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It is official! Signing of the Contract to start construction on
Community Centers were performed December 4. L to R are A.E.
Woods, project manager for Building Mart, Inc., Hugh Mc-
Intosh, Tribal Secretary and Tribal Chairman, Marvin Mull Sr.
Contract Signed
By Guy Mclntosh
On Wednesday, December 4,
the pre-construction conference
for the Community Centers was
held at San Carlos. Present at
the conference were Mr. Marvin
Mull, Mr. Hugh Mclntosh, Mr.
Clarence Kitcherside, resident
engineer and E. Wood, the pro
ject Manager for Building Mart,
Trip made
to the East
By Inez
During the last two weeks of
November I had the privilege
of going to the East with Pam
Coe.
It took Pam and I six days
to get to Philadelphia by driv
ing only during the day. While
we were in the state of Indiana
we by coincident ran into the
Don Deckers, former teachers
at Globe High School. We were
all surprised and glad to see
each other again.
While in Philadelphia I at
tended the Community Rela
tions Round-Up held by the
American Friends Service Com
mittee. The meetings we had
were very interesting because
people with different phases
of work were present. I spent
most of my time with the In
dian Group. The Indian Group
was a group of people who
worked with Indians in dif
ferent states. They told about
the work they were doing and
they discussed how improve
ments could be made with their
work. While I was at the
Round-Up I got a chance to
meet people and made friends
with them.
After the Round-Up Pam and
I went to New York. There we
met her sister, Polly. During
our three days in New York,
we went to Radio City Music
Hall, United Nations and we
also went to see the Statue of
Liberty. I was very grateful
to see the places that I’ve heard
and read so much about.
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Inc., Mr. Roger Davis, Field
Engineer for Community Facili
ties Administration, Mr. Charles
Rives, Mr. Joseph Haught, and
Mr. Guy Mclntosh.
Following a discussion of
Federal Government Require
ments that must be met during
construction Mr. Wood present
ed the necessary bonds and in
surance. Mr. Mull and Mr.
Wood then executed the con
tract and Mr. Mull issued the
Notice to Proceed with con
struction.
Immediately after the meet
ing, the Contractor went to the
site of the San Carlos Com
munity Center and began sur
vey work.
According to the contractor,
the Bylas and San Carlos Cen
ters will be completed at the
same time. Date of completion
will be on or before April 23,
1964.
The total amount of the con
tract is $183,978. Negotations
will be started in the near fu
ture to apply for additional
funds to provide paved parking
lots at each building.
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He was not
a mere man
by Kitcheyan
World wide diplomatic fig
ures have been making state
ments of the drastic assassina
tion of our President John F.
Kennedy. As a minority group
in views of the president we
existed. Mr. Kennedy was not
a mere maty, but a man of in
telligence and ambition who
stood for equal opportunity,
freedom and religion for all
mankind. In my ear still rings
the words spoken by John F.
Kennedy .. . “Think not of what
your country can do for you,
but what you can do for your
country.” The Apache Drum
beat may never attract the eyes
of the worldwide diplomatic
figures but I have reasons to
point out this phrase as it has
a meaning.
December, 1963