STATEMENT OF TRIBAL FUNDS Mr. DODD. We have also provided for the information of the committee a statement of the funds to the credit of the various Indian tribes, and I offer at this time a statement of the funds remaining to the credit of the various Indian tribes as of March 19, 1937. That statement also is of considerable value, as time goes on, in answering questions, and it is of especial value to the committee as it con-iders the bill. (The statement referred to is as follows:) Statement of tribal funds as of Mar. 19, 1937 Procee is of labor, Navajo In trans, Artrona and New Mexico (0, R. and! L Interest on proceeds of labor, Navajo Indians, Arinera and New Mex.m 272 20 Statement of tribal funds as of Mar. 19, 1937-Continued Proceeds of labor, Augustine Indians, California. Campo: Proceeds of labor, Campo Indians, California.. Proceeds of labor, Capitan Grande Indians Proceeds of Capitan Grande Indian Reservation.. Interest on proceeds of Capitan Grande Indian Reservation Fort Bidwell: Proceeds of labor, Fort Bidwell Indians, California.... Proceeds of labor, Hoppa Valley Indians, California. Interest on proceeds of labor, Hoopa Valley Indians, California.. La Jolla: Proceeds of labor, La Jolla Indians, California. Interest on proceeds of labor, La Jolla Indians, California... Mission Creek Indians, California... Boboba: Proceeds of labor, Soboba Indians, California. Table Mountain: Proceeds of labor, Table Mountain Indians, California.. Proceeds of labor, Tule River Indians.... Interest on proceeds of labor, Tule River Indians.. Toloume Rancheria: Proceeds of labor, Tuolume Rancheria Indians, Califr.... 4,849 203 1, 462 355 307 19 142, 996 Interest on Confederated Bands of Ute 4-percent fund, Southern Ute.. 1,622 Interest on Confederate Bands of Utes 4-percent fund, Ute Mountain.. 517 1 113, 675 Interest on Ute 5-percent fund, Ute Mountain. 6, 804 1 Not available for support. 139751-37-pt. 1-52 Statement of tribal funds as of Mar. 19, 1937--Continued Tribes; fund titles FLORIDA Seminole: Proceeds of labor, Seminole Indians. Interest on proceeds of labor, Seminole Indians Interest on Seminole moneys, on deposit in banks, act, Mar 3, 1911, interest.. Interest on proceeds of townsites, Fort Hall Reservation, act, Mar 31, 1918 Proceeds of labor, Sac and For Indians, Iowa Interest on proceeds of labor. Sac and Fox Indians Interest on Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in low a fund (act, Mar 1, 1909 Potawat most Kanavan! Women fur 1, set Apr 4, 1910 Interest n: Potowa' mg of Kar was an 1 Wiser tan funi, act Apr 4, 1910 Intermi of procweels of starpcias Potawatomi landis Statement of tribal funds as of Mar. 19, 1937-Continued Fulfilling treaties with Ottawas and Chippewas of Michigan. Judgments, Court of Claims, Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michi gan Interest on judgment, Court of Claims, Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan.. Interest on proceeds of labor, Chippewa Indians. 20 Chippews in Minnesota fund. Interest on Chippewa in Minnesota fund (education). 7,652 Proceeds of lands and buildings, Chippewa in Minnesota. 713 Interest on proceeds of lands and buildings, Chippewa in Minnesota. 494 Blackfeet, Blood and Piegan Tribes of Indians, 4 percent fund. 58 1,782 66, 175 63 Interest on Blackfeet, Blood, and Piegan Tribes of Indians, 4 percent fund Interest on proceeds of townsites, Crow Reservation, act, June 4, 1920. Payment to Indians of Fort Belknap Reservation, Mont., for lands, Public, No. 375, Mar. 3, 1911.. 234 Interest on payment to Indians of Fort Belknap Reservation, Mont., for lands, Public, No. 375, Mar. 3, 1911.. Proceeds of townsites, Fort Belknap Reservation, Mont. Interest on proceeds of townsites, Fort Belknap Reservation, Mont.. Mr. LEAVY. Have these many new projects that have been com pleted or that are still under way, resulted in an increased personnel in your staff, or a permanent increase in your personnel? Mr. DODD. Yes, sir. Mr. LEAVY. How substantial is that increase? Mr. DODD. I would say that when all of the projects, including the hospitals, have been completed and are in full operation, and when ail the day schools are completed and are in full operation, the net increase in the permanent staff throughout the Indian Service will be approximately 300. I am there taking into account certain savings in personnel that have accrued by reason of the abolishment of a number of boarding schools and the replacement of those schools by day schools in the communities where the Indian lives. Where we have from 60 to 80 employees in a boarding school to accommodate 500 pupils, the number shrinks when we begin to assign that personnel, which consists largely of teachers and housekeepers, to the day schools. So it constitutes a shrinkage on one hand and an expansion on the other. I give that rough figure of 300, but it may be as high as 500. Mr. LEAVY. Can you give approximately the percentage of increase over what you had before? Mr. DODD. We have approximately 6,000 employees in the Indian Service now. Mr. LEAVY. It would be, then, 6,300 approximately? Mr. Dopp. Yes, sir. Mr. LEAVY. I can assume your answer to this question: Your efficiency has been increased in greater proportion than has the expense due to added personnel? Mr. DODD. I will put it this way: We are rendering a larger service to a larger number of Indians than we have had, because we have room for hundreds of more people in the schools and we are providing hospital accommodations to the extent of about 800 more beds than we had in 1932. CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICE Mr. LEAVY. Have any of these projects resulted in a consolidation of agencies, where agencies could economically be consolidated" Mr. DODD. Yes, sir. In the Navajo area we established a new central headquarters office, and consolidated five jurisdictions into one Mr. LEAVY. Looking to the future, is there a prospect of making further consolidations, or, at least, of having a less number of personnel serve a greater territory by use of automobiles over better highways? Mr. DODD. I think that in some cases that is correct. In that connection, I call your attention to this map prepared for the Indian Service, showing the various isolated areas in which we have to oper The minute we pull an agency out from a group of Indians, we are besieged with protests from chambers of commerce, the Congressmen from the districts, and others, because they feel that the service will be diminished. Mr. LAMBERTSON. I think the Indian suffers from too much con centration. Mr. Dopp. We have made consolidations in the past, and we are looking forward to others. |