The Nome nugget., 1931-05-02
FINAL REPORT OF REINDEER C0MhTi'I EE

Tae,p two to b, chen ns vote D} i.e natives a>- nh.-d under the direction of th~ Dls..sat su2erin- it.rdnn' If the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
 The Reindeer Council should have executive and ldmjn.starJiy. control of the industry but .' .- understood toat no orders or !u- isrructions should b. given or is sued by individual members of the Council as Counci'm"n, Al! the in Istructions and pouSibilties or their performance rests with th IGoycrnor as Chairman of the Coun- Icjl and as Ex-ofioio Commissioner for the Department of the Interior Ar. Mozee. aS General Reindeer Superintendent w'N carry out ht~ instructions q, in tn" past and la. five District uperntendeNts o' Reindeer or Herd Managers will report through Mozae to the Gov crnor
 The appropriation at present ha@ only sufficient funds to employ MT. Mcgee and tree field assistant These four men, together with the assistance Of MT Morelander and a few Bureau teachers will ha' to take care of this situation tenn pogarily unti fund, can be obtain ed from the next Congress. The Governor sh,GId at an early dutr prepare new organ zation chart together with justification of the fruds required.
 As q further step, in the compir- Jion of thes" plans. each local dis trtct should be organized to coop crate with the Herd Manager in plannln2s the EOundups. drives to the slaughter pens and in other activities. The initiative in the dis trict live stock association organi zations should be taken by the local Federal school teacher. und- er Instructions of the District Sup .rntendeut of the Bureau of In dian AfaIrs This association tor associations) should hr fairly re- presentatjve of all the owners in YGlved.
 NJ, understandn2 If tEe Sixth recommendation of the committee iS that because of epidcmics and for other reasons there are now many orphans and others whose es tat"s as far as ownership of rein deer k involved are badly mixed i"r entirely wiped out som" of the native companies have taken steps Ia credit needy orphaus with OWL erShip of a few deer. would think each native man, woman and child of the district should have a mini mum of ten female deer which can
 be credited from mavericks at the first roundup The council should decide this gues..on of numbers , and the local district stock a-so- citation and the Herd Man4s"r should carry it into effect
 You will note in the Seventh [ hearing of March 7, that the Com missioner of the General Land } Office states that the Governor has been put in charge of their . part of the work of issuing graz 7 ting leases. He no doubt has now received both lh" reports of Mir.
 MoAee and of the representatives of the General Land office Where there are no conflicts as to range claims the leases should be issued Seward Peninsula and adjacent ar eaS within the five districts deS- cribed in the Report of the Rein deer Committee should be issued , by regular procedure at an early } date, keeping in mind the findings and recommendations of the Rein { deer Committee. and in accordance with the Act of March 1927.
 In other districts where there , are range conflicts and questions } of equity involved the Governor : should proceed with care and dli- geDce to obtain a fair and equit