any good. I believe that all of us should be turned loose because 90 percent of our children go to public schools. Anytime we are under the jurisdiction of the Government we are not free. People will not do business with us when they know that we are held down by the Government. The old people are already taken care of by the State. Please take early action on this bill. We know that the people who are going to Washington to testify against the bill are talking for a small minority of the tribe. Yours truly, Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE GORR. DEAR SENATOR: I would like to be on record of being in favor of bills S. 1413 and H.R. 5925. I am a member of the Colville Indian Tribe of Washington State. Sincerely yours, HERMAN A. FRIEDLANDER. REPUBLIC, Wash., March 31, 1695. SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, New Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. GENTLEMEN: I strongly urge you to use every means possible in getting bill S. 1413 passed as quickly as possible. This is the bill concerning the termination of the Colville Indian Reservation in the State of Washington. We no longer need or want bureau supervisors or supervision. Any Indian that could possibly be hurt by termination now would have been hurt 20 years ago, and would be in the same shape 20 years from now. I believe in the U.S. Congress and legislation, not force and demonstrations. Passage of S. 1413 will further strengthen this belief. HONORABLE SIR: We the Colville Confederated Indian Tribe of the State of Washington are ready for immediate, complete termination and liquidation over Federal supervision of the Colville Indian Reservation. I am over one-fourth degree Colville Indian, enrolled member of the Colville Reservation. I am in favor of S. 1413 and H.R. 5925, now in Congress. I am in favor of withdrawing from the Colville Confederated Indian Tribe. If providing that each Colville Tribal Indian member who wishes to withdraw from the Colville Confederated Indian Reservation Tribe is paid full share tribal assets value, anywhere between $25,000 to $40,000 value, land and timber, mineral, other mineral royalty reclaim, hunting and fishing rights. They should also be gold and silver mineral royalty claims receiving from the Knob Hill Gold Mines Co. of Republic, Wash. All Colville Tribal Indian members who wish to remain in the tribe and the withdrawing tribal members both shall receive royalty reclaim assets. I think that every tribal member, regardless whether remaining group or withdrawing group should be entitled to the mineral reclaim royalty rights. I am also in favor of S. 1413 and H.R. 5925, and I am in favor of withdrawing from the Colville Confederated Indian Tribe, providing if all promises are fullfilled, those tribal members who wish to remain in the tribe shall have the right to do so, and the withdrawing tribal members who wish to withdraw from the tribe shall have the privilege to withdraw, and be paid in their full fair share tribal asset value. Thank you. Sincerely, VICTOR R. CAMPOBASSO. COLVILLE LIQUIDATION PROMOTERS, Senator LEE METCALF, Chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Indian Affairs, DEAR SENATOR: Please enter this letter in the records of the hearing to be held by your committee on April 5 regarding Senate bill 1413. This organization recently corresponded with members of the Colville Confederated Tribes concerning their attitude toward the pending termination legislation. As a result of that correspondence we received written requests from 920 tribal members to add their names to letters to Senator Jackson, Representative Tom Foley and other Members of Congress, urging early enactment of the proposed legislation. Those letters were mailed and the names were added as requested, listing the names of 905 that had been received to that date. The original signatures of the persons supporting this legislation are in our files and can be furnished on request. We respectfully request that your committee give consideration to the majority feeling of the tribe as a whole and report favorably on S. 1413. In our experience we have found that both on and off reservation members are strongly sup porting the measure. Yours truly, ALICE M. HUBER, President. WICKS AND THOMAS, Okanogan, Wash., March 30, 1965. Re termination of Colville Indian Reservation. U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR JACKSON: This is to inform you that at a meeting of all attorneys in Okanogan County, Wash., regularly called by proper notice for purposes of discussing proposed legislation for termination of the Colville Indian Reservation, that the undersigned was authorized to forward a letter to all of the legislators from the State of Washington in the Federal Congress informing you that all members present at said meeting indicated a desire for termination of the Colville Indian Reservation by appropriate legislation and action as soon as possible. Each of the attorneys present at said meeting did express their approval of termination and urged you to work toward that end. DEAR SIR: I strongly recommend passage of S. 1413 and/or H.R. 5925 providing for the termination of Federal supervision over the property of the Confederated Tribes of Colville Indians. I feel the Colville Indian has the right under our Constitution to be free and demonstrations such as the present Civil Rights marches should not be necessary. The bill provides those Indians who so desire the right to remain in the tribe and to form their own local governmental body. The remaining members who wish to withdraw will have the money available for education, paying off mortgages, and similar items. Sincerely, EDWARD V. PELISSIER. SEATTLE, WASH., March 29, 1965. SENATE INTERIOR COMMITTEE, I was asked DEAR SENATORS: I intend to vote for termination as I don't live on the Colville Indian Reservation any more. I'll vote for S. 1413, also for 5925. to either write or telephone. I believe you will get this in time. I thank you. Yours very truly, ELLA S. GURRION. TACOMA, WASH., March 28, 1965. SENATE INTERIOR COMMITTEE: I wish to register my testimony in favor of the bill S. 1413. I feel this program will be a benefit to the tribe and is long overdue. Mrs. ROSALEEN B. ZYLSTRA. RENTON, WASH., March 27, 1965. SENATE INTERIOR COMMITTEE, (Attention of James Gamble). DEAR MR. GAMBLE: I wish to register my approval of S. 1413. I feel that this bill should be passed, as it provides for termination with the best interests of our tribal members taken into account. This bill protects the rights of those of us off the reservation as well as those of us on. I believe that this bill fully expresses the wishes of the majority of the tribe. I also request that the Colville Indian Association be ignored, as they are not elected by the tribal members to represent us on any legislation or tribal business. These are the reasons why I support this bill and want to cast my vote in favor of it. Sincerely, WILLIAM R. OPEL. OMAK, WASH., March 27, 1965. SENATE INTERIOR COMMITTEE, (Attention of James Gamble). I have read the contents of this bill S. 1413 over and we think it is a good bill. But one thing we think was left out which is the security of range for Indian cattle, which is very important to the Indian rancher; otherwise we think it is a good bill. If the majority of the Indians want termination we can't see why a few would want to hold them back when they that want to can stay on as Indians. I wish you would file our testimony for the proposed legislation. Thanking you. We are enrolled members of the Colville Reservation. Mr. and Mrs. H. RAY VAN BRUNT. TROY, IDAHO, March 29, 1965. SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEAR SIR: I am an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation. I am writing you to express my support for the termination bill S. 1413 now in Congress. Mrs. LAVERNA S. BRUNTON. WENATCHEE, WASH., March 29, 1965. SENATE INTERIOR COMMITTEE, DEAR SIR: I would like to express my wholehearted approval and support of termination bill S. 1413. It is the most practical and fair plan that has been presented. Yours truly, Mrs. DELLA SNIDER MURRAY, Member of Colville Tribes. OMAK, WASH., March 27, 1965. SENATE INTERIOR COMMITTEE: I am an enrolled number of the Colville Tribe and in favor of termination and for S. 1413. Sincerely, Mrs. HAZEL M. PICARD. WENATCHEE, WASH., March 29, 1965. DEAR SIRS: I wish to go on record in complete support of S. 1413 and H.R. 5925 now in Congress. Please do your utmost to pass this legislation and complete the termination of the Colville Indian Tribe. Our family, nine in number, also supports this legislation. Sincerely, Mrs. SHIRLEY SHAW SHELDON, (Also signed by eight other members). SEATTLE, WASH., March 29, 1965. SENATE INTERIOR COMMITTEE, Washington, D.C. DEAR SIRS: As a member of the Colville Tribe I wish to state that I am in favor of the present termination legislation as written in the bill and do hope that favorable action will be taken on it as soon as possible. Yours truly, FRANK S. BERNIER. Senator METCALF, Chairman, Subcommittee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR METCALF: Please back passage of bill S. 1413 that Senators Jackson and Magnuson have introduced in regard to Colville Indian termination. I am strongly in favor of passage of this bill. Sincerely, (A letter identical to the above was signed by :) T. H. Neal, C. E. Pierce, LaVerne West, Geneva T. Miller, Helen SPOKANE, WASH. Mr. JAMES GAMBLE, Senate Interior Committee. DEAR SIR: I am a member of the Confederated Tribes of Colville Indians and I am very much in favor of the passage of bill S. 1413. Sincerely, Mrs. CHRISTINE W. SAVAGE. OMAK, WASH., March 26, 1965. Senator LEE METCALF, Washington, D.C. DEAR SIR: I'm writing you in regards to S. 1413. I am in favor of it. I personally have worked with the Colville liquidators as a member (half Indian) enrolled on the Colville Reservation since they started, and since we, voted our liquidation council in. They have done a wonderful job for their people. I think we should have a referendum vote. Why should we be denied this? We vote in State elections and majority of our people pay taxes, we do. Our people asked for State law and order and our people all live modern. We would like to get our individual share an be able to invest it ourself. It's poor profit what we've been getting and I would like my statement included in the hearings. Mrs. HENRY J. ANDERSON. NESPELEM, WASH. SENATE INTERIOR COMMITTEE, (Attention of James Gamble). MR. JAMES GAMBLE: I am in favor of S. 1413 and the companion bill H.R. 5925 for passage in the Senate and House. I have been in favor of termination ever since its earliest procedure. Thank you, sir. Sincerely, FRANK B. ANDERSON. SEATTLE, WASH., March 26, 1965. Mr. JAMES GAMBLE, Senate Interior Committee, New Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. DEAR SIR: This is to inform you that I am in complete accord with the Colville Indian Termination bill, S. 1413, scheduled for hearings before the Senate subcommittee on April 5, 1965. I have worked with our tribal members here on the west coast as a discussion group leader in the preparation of this bill and it seems to fit the wishes of our tribal members. Sincerely yours, FLORENCE B. OPEL. MARCH 26, 1965. SENATE INTERIOR COMMITTEE, (Attention James Gamble). DEAR MR. GAMBLE: I am writing in reference to Senate bill 1413 on which hearings are to be held on April 5, 1965. I wish to register my approval of this bill. I feel that this bill should be approved as amended. This legislation is the result of 5 years of study and planning by our tribal business council and members of the tribe. Your committee will no doubt be hearing from the president of the Colville Indian Association, expressing their disapproval of this legislation. This is an organization comprised of a very few members of the tribe who have always voted against anything our tribal council proposes. These same few refuse to vote in any of our elections. A meeting was held on September 9, 1964, at which time I was chairman, for the purpose of discussing and explaining the legislation introduced last fall. The meeting was called by the business council. At that time, Mr. Edwards was asked by the business council to join with them on preparing this legislation. He was asked three times, and each time he refused. In fact, they will recognize no bill but their own. I have followed this termination preparation very closely, and have heard many arguments both for and against it, and have come to the conclusion that this present bill includes all the wants and wishes of the tribal members, includ |