The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-09-21
PRO Program Explained

ed geological formations along
the mountain front"
Gilman replied the first OBJ
iectiye is to obtain agreement
with the tribe to form a develop
ment company, after which they
would then meet with any inter
ested bodies. He estimated about
30 or 40 officials at various state
and federal levels would be APP
praised of the proposal. ITO meet
with the officials without the
agreement with the tribe would
be a waste of their time and
ours" he said.
The tribe would acquire owner
ship of the actual injection site
from present landowners to elm
mate many problems Of owner
ship. ).
A map indicated the industrial
park site is on the southeastern
part of the reservation with the
injection site In no particular
directional relationship, other
than that II will be Immediately
adjacent.
Industrial research would be
attracted to the area, bringing
an incalcuable incentive to edu-
cation, among many other advan-
tages, as we'll as a new commu-
nifty gradually increasing in size
to thousands of people.
Any future expansion of the
industrial park, other than the
area now under contemplation,
would be at the will of the tribe
through its veto powers in the
agreement.
Financial aspects of the prof.
ect would become the concern Of
the development company, with
the tribes portion in the part
nership expected to be supple
mented through loan benefits of
the Area RedevelopmentN Act re-
Gently enacted to help the ma
tons areas Of chronic unemploy-
ment.
Operational phases would re-
quire spending of So to 50 million
for drilling many wells, including
three exploratory wells to con-
firm existing data; to meet GER
tain safety specifications; So or
81 million for surface work; So
million for handling radio activ-
ity, and So million for operating
cost of plant, or a total Of about
SIS million.
A great portion of the latter
half of the four-hour meeting
was spent in question and an.
swer period, and subjects inquir-
ed about were too numerous to
chronicle here. The manner of
utilizing tribal land in the prof.
ect as contained in the agreement
seemed to bring about a question
of technical legality, which may
require a certain change in the
tribal constitution to rectify, un.
less another manner can be.
agreed on.
Near the close of the meeting
Leo Kennerly, former chairman
and several times a member OF
the tribal council, asked the tri
bal council to act "as soon az
possible" to approve the prop1s
ed agreement so that 1t can be
submitted for approval OF the
Secretary of the Interior.
At this point, Bill Kennedy,
member of a three-man commit
tee to study the proposal for the
past three months, asked for a
show of sentiment among the
Blackfeet in attendance to deter
mine whether they were in agree
ment with Kennerly's suggestion.
Only a very few failed to stand
up to approve. When those OPP
posing were asked to stand, no
one did. .....
Except for certain modifica-
tons, that may be needed, the
proposed agreement between the
tribe and the research company
would have been formally APP
proved then and there.
People from many towns and
cities were in attendance at the
meeting chaired by Meade M.
Swingley, tribal council chair
man.
Government personnel recog-
nized in attendance were r. S..
Daniels, Division of Pathological
Health. USPHS; L. d. Heckler,
Division of Indian Health, USP-
HIS; M. b. Caldwell Jr., Division
of Indian Health, USPHS; John
Franer, USGS, Great Falls; Dan
Mcdonald, BIA, Browning; A. d.
Stephenson, Realty, BIA, Brown
ing; Kathryn Brooks, Realty, BIA
Browning; Everette Darlington,
State Planning Board; Reuben
Fuhrer, Branch of Industrial De
velopment, Portland, and Howard
F. Johnson, Supt. Blackfeet Agen-
cy, Browning.
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