Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Resolution C.E.T.A. (Work Program Support)
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DOCUMENT: ATNI8118.TXT
A F F I L I A T E D T R I B E S O F
N O R T H W E S T I N D I A N S
RESOLUTION 81-18
C.E.T.A.
WHEREAS: self sufficiency efforts of the member tribes of
the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians are being
initiated in many enterprise areas, many of which have not
advanced to the point of being self-sustaining, requiring
C.E.T.A., or other work program support to supplement
minimal program income during their initial establishment
periods; and
WHEREAS: many member tribes clerical, secretarial, office,
and field staff are manned by C.E.T.A. personnel, who along
with other work project employees and summer youth programs
account for 30 to 70% of the employment within the
respective Indian communities; and
WHEREAS: the loss of Indian work program support would cause
the developing self-sufficiency enterprises of many tribes
to cease operation, and, more detrimentally, would eliminate
many office staff who enable communication with political
and funding agencies who have the capacity to enable tribes
to survive during periods of drastic program loss or
modification; and
WHEREAS: member tribes are currently operating training
programs aimed at training the large percentage of Indian
people needing job skills in order to obtain employment and
the loss of these programs would have a drastic effect on
individual Indians who are or would be served under such
programs; and
WHEREAS: this disastrous impact on a multitude of Affiliated
Tribes of Northwest Indians member tribes efforts toward
self determination and tribal sovereignty would plunge many
of these people back onto reservation poverty and dependence
on any and all forms of public assistance with the
accompanying loss or destruction of much that has been built
up through tribal effort and significant federal investment
of funds on every reservation in the Pacific northwest.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians hereby petition the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and all succeeding levels of the Department of
Interior to join as an advocate for the tribes with
inadequate tribal government capacities by utilizing all
influence at the disposal of the Department to prevent the
proposed abolition of C.E.T.A. and other employment and
training programs that are crucial to our member tribes
capacities to operate economic development and natural
resource programs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that the Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians petition all their Congressional
representatives and members of the appropriations Committee
to vote against the disruption or abolition of the
employment and training programs such as C.E.T.A. that are
crucial to the development and welfare of all American
Indian Tribes.
CERTIFICATION
The foregoing resolution has been adopted at the special
meeting of the Executive Council of the Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians May 26, 1981 at the Sheraton Hotel,
Spokane, Washington.
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Connie Skanen, Executive Director Russell Jim, President
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