The Nome nugget., 1931-04-25
FINAL REPORT OF REINDEER CONNIE TEE

T..ese two to be c!.Jsen Dy vote of the natives assembled under the direction of the Dis .ict Superin tendent of the Bur-au of Indian Affairs
 The Reindeer Council should have executive and administrative control of the industry, but ii i, understood that no orders or iu- strnctions should be given or is- sued by individual members of the Council as Councilmen. All the iu istructions and responsibilities of their performance rests with tn Governor as Chairman of the Coun- cil and as Ex-0fficio Commissioner for the Department of the Interior. MT Mozee. as General Reindeer Superintendent, will carry ont his instructions as in the past and the five District Suncr:nr"ndruts "f Reindeer. or Herd Managers will report through Mozee to the Gov prnor
 The appropriation at present has only sufficient funds to employ MT. Mozee and three field assistant'. These four men. together with the assistance of MT, Morelander and q few Bureau teachers will have 10 take care of this situation tenn pprarily until funds can be obtain ed from the next Congress. The Governor should at an early date prepare new organization chart together with justification of the funds required
 As d further step in the comple-
 ton of these plans. each local dis trict should be organized to coop crate with the Herd Manager in plannings the roundups. drives to the slaughter pens and in other activities. The initiative in the dis trict live stock association organi cations should be taken by the local Federal school teacher. und
 CT instructions of the District Sup erintendent of the Bureau of In dian Affairs. This association tor associations) should be fairly re
 presentative of all the owners in
 vClvoa
 My understanding of the Sixth rec" mnendation Of the committee is that because of epidemics and for other reasons there are now many orphans and others whose es tates as far as ownership of rein
 deer is involved are badly mixed or entirely wiped out, Some of the native companies have taken steps 10 credit needy orphans with own
 ership of few deer I would think
 each native man, woman and child
 of the district should have mini
 mum of ten female deer which can
 be credited from mavericks at the
 first roundup. The council should i decide this question of numbers a and the local district stock asso- Y. citation and the Herd Manager e should carry il into effect. { You will note in the Seventh f hearing of March 2, that the Com = missioner of the General Land Q Office states that the Governor a has been put in charge of their : part of the work of issuing graz v ting leases. He. no doubt has now . received both the reports of MT.
 Mozee and of the representative
 of the General Land office Where
 there are no conflicts as to range
 claims the leases should be issued
 as soon as possible. The leases foi
 Seward Peninsula and adjacent ar : eas within the five districts des-
 cribed in the Report of tue Rein v. deer Committee should be issued e by regular procedure at an early e date, keeping in mind the findings l. and recommendations of the Rein f deer Committee, and in accordance e l with the Act of March 1927.
 In other districts where there e are range conflicts and questions e of equity involved the Governor s should proceed with care and dili- d gence to obtain fair and equii- a ahle solution