# BRULE SIOJA TRIBAL COUNCIL

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lJ.iJNUTES
BRULE SIOJA TRIBAL COUNCIL
, . 'REGULA R t iEbTIh G
NOVEh BER '7 & 8} 1962

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The r e gl~ Jar m(.)e t ing of the Lower Brl..'.1.e Sioux Tribal Co Uncil was hel d at
the tribal office at LOVIe r B:;,~ul~. South Dakota on November 7 & 8, 1962. The
meeting was called to order on N;v e mb~r '7, 1962'by the Chairman,J • \Ii. Thompson,
at 10:10 a.m. with quorUm present. Roll call as follm.. s:
Pre s e nt
J. 1[.[. Th ompson" Chairman
Doro t ~1 Y Sees The ' Elk, Chaplain
Tho:nas Ti"TO Hawle covered by a General Counse l. J . W. Thompson
replied that in , the past only t he prob l ems of abso lute ' neces si ty and importance
were ' ta ken b efore t he General Coun sel. Th ere was a d isc u ssi on on the' fees for
Generq.l Cou nsel. 1I.l!' . J. ~~ . ~homps an info rmed t he Council that he wa s 'of the
opini on that Mr . Sonosky's fees .wou l d not be any higher thah the fees of any
other Attorney .
The Council was reminded that ~~ . Sonosky would be present during the afternoon
session at whic h time t he Council cou ld as{lvir . Sonoskj-2about serving as General
Counsel.
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RENmvAL OFC O~TRAC TS uF E~P LOlEE S - The Chairman stated that one commi t ment he
made when he ran for Council wa s that he wou ld s et up a po sition fo r lVIr s. Ka y
Gourneau. J. \.:J. Thompso n st a ted t hat p rev i ously, Ivlrs. Gou rne au was emp loyed
as a t r ibal cl e rk , howeve r, she was r e l eas~d f or t he reason that she was not
qua lif i ed t o take on t he work required in th~office.

Contracts of the present employees we re reviewed by the. new Council members.
J. \'J. Th ompson moved to renew the employment contracts of the present employees:
Ellsworth Langdeau, Helen R. Th ompson and Joyce Estes. Mo t i on seconded by
Richa rd Thomp son. No objectivns to. the motion. Iviotion ca r ri ed by a vote of
6 fo r and none ag ainst .
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REVISI ON OF BUD GET - It was br ought to the Council's attention that at the
ti me when the Tribal Budget for fiscal year 1963 was prepared, our Big Bend
Legislation was not yet passed by Congress, therefore, funds t he Tribe will
receive fro m our legislation were not includ~d in the budget. However, now
that our Bill has been signed by the President and funds for payme nt to the l a nd
owners have been appropriated by Congress, it will be n ecessary for the Council
to r'37i se th e ir budget to include these funds since t he funds will be deposited
in th e Tribe's name in the U.S. Treasury.

It wa s ag reed by the Council that the Budget Corr.mittee should have a special
me eting to revise the b udget to include the funds r eceived f or Indian land and
als o to revise the budget to rr.eet other Tribal 00uncil expe nses for the r emaining
fi sca l yea r.

J . W. Thompson moved to have the Budget & Finance Corr.mittee work out budg et
r evisions a nd present the revised budget to the Council. i~lotion s econded by
Ben La Roche and carried by a vote of 6 f or and none aga inst.

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AP POI NTIviENT OF CO d:-J.ITTEES - J. W. Thomrison moved that 1:.11e Chainnan make t he
appointments to the diffe r ent Committe~s. Motion seconded by Clarence Thompson
and ca rried by a vot e of 6 for and none against. It wa s stated t hat the memb e rs
to se rv e on the B udget & Finance Committee should be app ointed at th is time
in or der that this Committee could meet to revise the Bu dget. The Chairman
appo inted J. W. Thompson to serve~qpe Budget & Financ e Committee along with
Clarence Thompson and Richard Thompson who previously served on t his Committee.
The Chairman stated that he would pI?efer to make app ointments to the ot her
Committees at a later time.

PURCHASE BRIEF CASES - It was _suggested that brief ca se s be purchased for each
Coun cil melI)ber. Notion by J. ~J. Thcmp·son, sec onded by Andrew E stes that the
Tribe purchase briefcases for each Council memb e r. IYlotion carr-i ed by a vote
of 6 for and none against.

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APPROVE RIGHT-OF-ENTRY TO CORPS OF bNGI NEERS -:- Ben LaRoche requ e sted i nforrna t ion
. on the location for the new town site . He wa~ informed th at t he new town s ite
was select ed a few years ago by the Tribal Council and that it. would be impossible
to mOVe t he new town of Lower Brule to a nei ghboring town a s he suggested
since the new town must be located on the r e servation. Motion by Richard Thompson
to adopt a re .s olution approving a Right-of-Entry to the Corps in order that the y
can begin construction in the new townsite. Motion seconded by Clarence Thompson
and carr ie d by a vote of five f or and one agai nst . Ben LaRoche voting against.
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REASSIGN EE~ T OF GRAN TS OF EXC HANGE ASSlGNlv£N TS - cl. W. Thompson move d to adopt
a resoltiticntfi q,t t he Tr i b al Co uncil h ereby reass i gn Grant s of Exchange
AsS i gnments .of :Lmds to current owne rsh ip in o:r:der' that .. payment . can be made
tot h ~h.e~.t ~ of the' original assignee s. ,; !vIot ion s e conded by Andrew Est es ami
carried bY ' a vote of 6 fo r a nd none aga lnst •
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MRBIREPO~Tl64 -:- Report 164 r.eceiv~d from the MRBI .waspresenteci for Counc il
appr oval.' . This .Report wa s p repare d by t he MRBI en1;.itled "Appraisa l of I ndi an
Trust' 'P ropertie s Ac quired by P .L. 87-734 and P . L ~ 87-735 for the Big. Bend Dam
and Reservoi r Projec t, Lowe r Br ule & Cr ow Creek Res er vati ons, S . Dak ." The
Report contains the own er ship sc hedules a nd appraisals of" lam.Rnd propert y i n
the taking of the Big Bend Re s e t-v oir • . It was d ecided by t he Counci l to discuss
thi s report with Mr . Sonosky i n t he a f terno on session bef o re tc ,ki ng any :ac t ion.

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RESOLUTI ON 'to PAY HEIRS OF OB.IGIl'!AL ASSIGNEES - Ben LaR.oc he moved to adopt.
r e$olution autpori~~ .ng the' secretary of the I nt e r ior to pay to t. he hol ders of
in:~erests i n . such clopert ie 's: :or thei r heirs, ,f r om settlement f U~1ds p r ovided· ,;
urtri¢r P.L'. 87':'73 ~' '( /6 stat . 698 ), t he amount all ocated t o such 'h omes i te and
excha~g e. as~,lgrirrien::'s i n sett l ement.
t he tak i ng . ivIotion, seconde d by .Ric har d
Thompson and' carried by a vote of 6
no ne a gains t.
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DOlIJATION TO ' RELIANCE AND KENN EBEC FIRE LEPARTlv£N'l'S - :.:Richar d ThQmpson move,d t o
donate. $100 each to the Re li ance & Ke nnebe c Fire Depar~inents . lVl100 t o pr ovide fo r a d inn er fo r all 'Ile terans on
November 11, 1962. }iotion by Ben LaRoche, se conded by J . W. Thompson tha t 'the
Tribe donate ~ 25. 00 fo r thi s pu rpose. hotion car r ied );>y a vot e of 9 f or and
none agai nst .
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H· JU SE REPAIRS - Th ere was a discussion on house rep ai r s for ' t he aged and indi 6ent
m e~ber s .
Motion by J. W. Th omp son, se c onded by Andrew Es tes t o ta bl e the
bus i ness of house repairs. IV
J,otion carried by a vot e of 5 for and none a ga ~ nst .
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DEPART}iliNT OF FISH & GA.,JE - The Council was inf or med th at the Fish & Game
Department may be able to get a shipment of ant el ope t9 stock the r eservation
but f i rst the Coun cil mu st sign a r e lease which wou l d gr ant the s tate of South
Dakota the r ight to st oc k antelope on the reservati on. J. W. Thomp s on move d
t o authorize the Chai rman t o s i gn a rele a se t he re by g ranting th e State of S.Dak .
a nd other Fede ral Age nci es , that might be i nvolved, the r i ght t o s to ck the
reservation wit h ant e lop e . Hotion seconded by Cla re nce Thomp son and carried
by a vot e of 5 fo r and none a gai nst .
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GAlViE liJARDEN - Re quest s for the Game vJar den po s ition we r e made by Clarence
Th ompson and J . iv . Thompson. The Council was info rmed that St ephen Swift
Hawk had been authori zed by t he Cha irman to serve as par t-time Game War den
in the Ft . George Area until Ja nuary 15, 1962.
Ben LaRoche moved to emp loy a fu ll time game warden for the wh ol e r es ervat io n.
The Counc il was r emi nded that whoever is appo in ted as Game Warden must have
some knowledge on hunting rule s and reg ula ti~and must als o be abl e to f urn ish
hi s own transpor t at ion~ Ben LaRoche'S mot ion died f or , the lack of a ,s econd.
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REQUEST TO CANCEL HAY LEA SE - Andrew Estes reque s ted t hat the Council c~n c el
his hay l ea se on 40 acres of t r i bal land desc r ibed a s SW*Si,:.J* , Sec. 14 , 107-73, a s
someone else cut hay on this land, to can cel the hay lease on th e NEi;NEi;: ,
Sec. 16, W~ NVJi , Se c. 15, 107-73, con t ain~ ng 120 a cres • . jviotion by Be n La Roche
and seconded by Clarenc e Thompson to cance l the above lea ses. ~otion ca r rie d
by a vot e of 5 fo r and none a gain st.

Ric hard Th ompson e nt e red th~ meeting at this time. 10: 4 5 a .m.
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DONATION TO 1,J];lYIO RIAL FUND - J. VJ . Thomp son moved t o d onate qp25! 00 to the Lavern
Ea dig an hemoria l Fund. Purpose of the Fund is to sponsor and conduct f ield
pt bjec t s p ro moting the so cial , economic and cultural development of I n di an and
Eskimo communities . Hot ion sec ond ed by Clare nce Th omp son and carried by a vote
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CIVIL JURI SDICTI ON 1'iliET I NG - The Cou ncil was in fo rme d of a mee ti ng to be he ld
at Pi e r re on Novembe r 15, 1 96 2 on Ci vil J uris d iction .
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TRIBAL CARS - Ther e was much discussion on t he Chairman 's Delegation of Aut h orities. Much discussion referred to the tribal cars. J. W. Thompson sugg es te d
tra ding bot h vehicles in for a n ew car. The Cha i rma n sta te d that he would pr e f er
to sell bot h vehicles and not get a nev,r one. J. W. Th ompson moved to put both
cars up f or bid to the publ i c up on the r ecommendat ion of the Ch airman. Noti ce
fo r bids to be posted f or 30 ~ day s. lVlot ion seco nded by Ben LaRoche and ca rr i ed
by a vote of 6 for an d no ne aga inst.
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ORD IN AN CE ON LI STURB l l\JG PEACE - A let t er wa s re ad to the Council fr om llilr. John
Crow, Deputy Commissi"'1er: which commendedt he Courlc ll for its acti on in addi ng
Ordinance LB..;63.., B, Disturbing t he Peace; to its Law & Order Qode .
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LAN D PURCHASE - A letter fro m Pierre l1.gency was read inquiring. if t he Council
st ill wanted to submit their app lication for a loan in th e amount of :)p600,OOO.OO
for purc hase of the Guy Smith Ranch. J. 1v. Thompson i nformed the Council of
t he act ion t aken by the,' pre v ious Council ' relative to th ei r land purchase pro gr am.
Cla re nce Thompson moved to discontinue the .T ribe ' s app lic a tio n for a lo an for
l and purchase . Motion seconded by Ben LaRoche and carrie d by a vote of 6 for
a nd n one aga inst.
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APPRAISAL S- A le tt er from the Acting Area Director was r ead , wl1ich infommed th e
Counc i l tha t · the Pierre Agency appraiser was temporari ly as s i gn, ed t o a ssist
wit h appraisal work on the Pine Ridge jurisdiction on July 23 , _ 1962. ' However,
Mr. Freiberg will be released froni this assignment :on Oct. 26, 196 2. h.f ter
t hat dat e he will be free t o continue his apprai sa.l work 0n t he Lowe r Brul e &
Crow Creek Re s el~ ations.
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LETTER FRON F' OR}JE R COUNC I LiVlAN - The following let te r was read to t he Council
and made part of t he minutes as requested:
October 8, 1962
Mr . J. 1,'1 . Thompson, Chairman
Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Council
Lower Brule, Sou th Dakota
My Dear Er. Thomps on:

Because I was a re cent member of the Tri bal Council, will you please make
th is letter a part of t he next re gular minutes.
The r e sults of th e r e cent tribal c ouncil ele ct ion are ind eed heartwarming .
I think the ent ir e Lowe r Brule Indi an me mbership, -bot h on and of f , are t o be
highly c ommended f or t hei r c hoi ce of next term counc ilmen. While t he pr ese nt
counci l (of which I was a part unt il r e cently ) has done some gre at wo rk, it i s
e vident through th e re cent elec t ion returns that we will have a gr oup of men
who a re ca pa ble of doing even more: not only because some of them a r e previous
councilmen and may now have new id eas, but because th e wh ole group is going to
have more re s ource s wit h whic h to work. This is why th e ir wo rk i s go ing to be
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(iette r from F,rankEs t es con t .)
I s in,c e .r ely 'b ope ' t hat t he pra.y~,r$ Oi t he Counc i 1 Chap la in t: h:r ~gh God ' s
speed will ccm.tin ue to ' be wit h bo th cOl,ulc i ,1 s . '
Very Truly You r s ,
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:r~r~ nk C . ,Estes
st . Ignatius , Mon ta na
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NAT I ONAL CONGRESS OFllv'JERICAN nmIANS - Let te r -from the Ex ecutive Director of t he
NCA l was r ead reque's t ing ap prov al a nd end orsement of en Operation Consitution,
which woul d be an effort to try to e limi n at e the maltreatment and viola tion s of
th e Constitutiona l Ri ghts of t he Ame ri can I n dian .
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AC30CIATE JUDGES - Si nc e the te r m of t h~ ~~ Sot~at e Judge expired in Oc t . 1962,
J . : W. Thompson moved to ap po int Al -6lmia ° rr ucHt5n g~7Ass o ciat e J udge$ .lvlotion seconded
bY ' Andrew Est e s an d c ar r ied by a vot e of 6 for and n on e a ga ins t.
Motion by Ri c ha rd Th ompson to app oi nt Alfre d Zeigler, motion se co nd ed by Be n La
Ro c he and carri ed by a vo t e of 6 f or, a nd none against.
, . rPPointments :
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Re cre ation Committe e
Thomas fwo Hawk
Andrew Est es
Cla rence Thompson
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, Educ a t i on Comm;i ttee
Ben ~ aRoche .
J . ,\ilT. Thomp son .
Richard Th omp so n

Cr ed it Qommi tte e
Ric h ard Tho nin son

En rolime nt Comm i ttee
' Toma s Tw~ )la wk
Ric h ard Tho!1lPs on .

J . W. ThollJPson

Prog ra mmi ng Commi tt ee
' Cl are n ce, Thomp son
And rew Este s
J'. W. Thomp s on

Land & Conservation
Cla renc e Thompson'
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Richard Thompson
Thomas Tw o Hawk

Industrial Development
' Clare nce Thompson
Ben La Ro ch e
J .: ,w • Thomp son , "

: Law & Orde r
Thomas Two Hawk
Cl~ renc e 1:pomp son

Cla r erice . Tho~pson

, Budget & Financ.e
Ri char d Thompson
Cl ar enc e Thompson
J . W-~ Thompson

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Richard ThqropsQn
• Clarence Thompson
Andrew Es tes
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Health Be Wel f a re Co mmitt ee
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IvJEETING AD J OURN ED - Cl a rence Thompson moved tha t the meet ing a dj our n. ho ti on
second ed by Andrew E st es an d carrie d by a, vo te ; qf 6 fo r and none aga in s t.
Meet i ng a djourned at 12:45 p . m.
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I hereby c ertif y that the f orego ing"is a t r ue 'and correct t ranscript of the
Counc il minutes of the , r egular mee ting h eld on November 7 & 8, 196,2 at . Lowe r
Brule, S . Da k.
Hovembe r 20, 1962

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J . W. Thompson, Sec ret a ry-Treas u r er
Lower Brule Sio ~ Tr i b al Co ~ i l
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L01:1ER BRULE SIOU X 'fE,IEAL COUNCIL
NOVEiBE R 13,1962
SPE C I.~t r:EET 1NG
A spe c ial mee tin g of the Lower Eru J.e Si oux TT'iba.l Counc i l was held at

the tribal off i ce at Lower Brul e , Sout h Dako ta, on Fovember 13 , 1962 . The
meeti ng was c alle d t o order by the Ch airman, Ri chard La Roche, at 10: 15 am
wi t h quorum p res e nt . Roll ca ll was as -:' nl:i.ONS:

Present
Richa rd La Roche, Chai r man
J .1:.T . Thompson, Secy-Treas .
Ri chard ,[,hompson , Sgt . at Arms
Clarence Thompson
Ben F . La n oche
Helen R. Thompson, Exec -Secy ( non-voting member )

Absent
And rew Estes , Vice - Chairrr.an
Thomas Two Hawk, Chaplain

Also Present
S upt. Edward Edzardf3 ,; ·P:i.etrlre lI.'geqcy
Stephen Ei ngham , Credit Officer , Area Office
Thomas Kilbri de , Hou si ng & Home Fi nance Age n cy, Chicago
Carl Smith, Loan Specialist , Pier r e Age ncy

Chai rman stated that the pu r pose of the meeting was to discuss the
'·orkable Program for Conununi ty I mpro vement and that ~.r . Thomas Kilbride ,
Special Assistant to the iiegio nal J'. dmi nis t ra tor of the Housing & Home Fina nce
A"' ency and l':r . Ste phen Bingham, i~r ea Cred it Of fi ce r we r e here to explain to the
council what will be necessary to car~J o ut the F orkable Program.

- 1LI,T,r & ORDEn - The Chairman s t ate d tha t th e Superintend ent had inf ormed
him that the Chief Jt~dge of the Lower : ru l e Sioux Tribal Court had never b een
officially sworn i nto tha t of f ice e nd t hat he v!Ould li ke to do so at t hi s time .
The oath of office was then admini stered to C l yde~ s tes, Chief Judge, by
SuperinteBdentgdzards .

- 2FTtOGRAf. FOR CO hl-;UN ITY n ~ p 7~OVEl~NT ( iORI(j~BLE prtOGRrl·l) The 'orkab l e Program
was discussed at lengt h and l·~r . Kil bri de and l·a- . Bingham informed the c ouncil
of just what was involved in this program and what it would be necess ary for
the council to do to car r y out the nec essa ry pro vi sions . The f ollowing a re
some of t he iEportant poi nts b rought out :
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There are two separate distinct facets; one i s the ...rork ab le progr am which
is a t ribal responsibilit y and the other is th e low re nt housing project and
t hat i s t he r es pons i b ility of t he Housing Aut hor ity which the tribal counc il
cTcated on August 21, 19 62 by tri bal ord inance No . LB- 63-C .
T:1e low rent housing rrojects c.1'E) under t he Ho u sing and Home Finan ce
.' f'ency but before they can come in and b ui l d the low rent pub l ic houBing units
pc.ge 1

thi s agency has to be c ertain there is e reservation b ett e rment pr ogr am
und ertak en locally. This is where t he " :: " .·! ~ ;:;. ole Pro gra,m for Community
Improvement come s in. There are seven ,, ', "-L.; : ts of t he Prog ram; (1) Codes a nd
Ordinances-- es tablishir.g va ri 0u8 codo s ',i ,~ ", ;~! .J :; building codes, electric al
code s , etc. Thes e codes \\.'i 11 b e.: T(vi o-'w '; ..1 ' ,- ~he Code Review Sub-Committ e e
which the council has ;already apP8i ntc3J'3.i1d ' IJresented to the council for
a doption. ( 2 ) Compre hensive Commun i ty Plan which inch:d(;~ l e nd use. The
Pla nnin g Cori.mittee will work out thi s pa rt of the lJ'To r kable Program. (J)
Neig hb0rhood Analyses-- would in c lude c, housin g invent ory and this is u sually
d on e by th e P lannin g Commis si on and '·~0lJ.:'r:i show -t he area s on the rese rvation
and t he ki nd of housi ng in the a reas wl ~ 8 ::'h e :i.' good, poo r, e tc. (4) Admi nistrative
Or gani zation-- csta ~ li s hing someone to ~Q rE:3ponsible for t he Workable
Program which i n tri s ca s':; would be tb e 'l;)~ ibal council, to put it to work i n
t he c OJT.!1lUnH. ~7 ':~h rou gh a f:." =-, c'r,i ve eaminis -c ration of cod es , planning measures
a nd oth e r a stivi ties. ~ j) l''ina ncin g--p:>:'oviding funds for improvements and
a ct ivities esse nt iCl, ~ . to t he pro gram. (6) Housing f or Di spla c ed Families-dev e l opin g hOt:s ing resources t o meet the ne e ds of families displace d . This
' i ,' 2 :J? le r g') ), ;y' t a ken ca re of th r ough the public housing proj e cts.
('1) ;";'i.t. i ze r: ?~ r~ i cip e ti o n-- One of the most important elements of t he program,
rl S2 'Jd. n g t h?G '(,,":') c Cll1':rlunity as a \\lIbole, re pr es en t a tive or ga nizations and
ne ig h'oo rr..ood gr o'..:ps a r e infor me d and h llve full opportunity to take part in
de ve lop i!1g QU." :; ca rrying out the p rC 6 r J i3 hme nts and th e futu r :::cen\ber 1 4, 1962 a t Lower Brule for the purpose of
preparing t he Adm in istration Progra m and Fa mily Improvement Plan Program a nd
Relo cation.
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ZONING IN THE NEW TO VJNSITE - There was muc h discussion on the possibility of
peopl e moving before the townsite is r e2.c.y . Huch di scu ssion wa s on the need
for zoning in the townsite wh ich would pr event. reloc at ion in a disorderly
manner.
J. H . Thompson moved to adopt a resolution to establish a zoni ng area, ",lfhich
is to extend 2 miles out on each side of the new townsite plan and to forbid
tr ad in g or buying tribal Jand by anyone within this 2 mile zoning area, in
order t o pr e~ ent moving or co ns truc t ion in the new to"msite until after the
area is ready for const ruction. Notion seconded by Andrew Estes and car r ied
by a vote of 6 for and none ag ainst.
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REHAB CO NT. - )Vir. HcLaughlin suggested
the following qualifications be set for
the
Fo reman: Knowle dge of housing construction, water development, supervision,
and sh oul d be able to get along with people. He stated that the l'mEI has made
the services of lvir. She vling available for this Purpose and that lvir. Shev ling
worked on th e Standing Rock Reservation and he performed wonderful service.
It was sug ge sted that if housing , is needed for add itional employees t hat
the Council could use funds fro m the Gene ral Fund in advance for housing and
refund tte General Fund when the Eehabilitation funds are received. The Chairman
state d that Building Ma terials, Inc. in Chamberlain is willing to construct
one or two houses as models which could be sold to the Tribe or individuals.
The other pha ses of the Rehabi li tation Program were di s cussed. Hr.
Abrahamson pointed out many ideas for Industrial Development on the res e rvation.
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SCH OO L - Mr. Cecil Collins entered the meeting and inquired about using t he
tribal hall f or basketball p rac tice and games, and other school activities
duri ng the school year. Nr. Collins sta te d that the School would b.ke to use
the hall from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for basketball practise, from honday th r u
Friday and sometimes later than 8:00 p.m. on Friday nights for games. He
further stated that they would clean the hall after use and make payment for
any damages that are c aus ed while in use by the School. It was su gg ested that
the rent for use of th e ha ll by the School be set at ~; ; l50.00 and th at the
School submit a sche dule of all school events in ord er that other community
orga nizat i ons would know what days are open for use of the hall. J. vi. Thompson
moved that the School be a ll owed to re nt the hall at ",150.00 f or the remaining
school year acc ording to the above agr eeme nts just discussed. I'loti on seconded
by Andrew Estes and carried by a vote of 6 for and none against.
(8 )

LAW & ORDER - A letter from the Chief Judge, Clyde G. Estes was read in which
he s ta ted that some plans were baing made in moving the Law & Order Office to
the tr i bal hall which is nmv- being remodeled for office space. Hr. Estes
reque sted that if this is true, he and the Folice officers would like to have
a large window ins t alled, because at the present time there is only a small
wi ndow on the we st side.
(c8ntinued)'
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LAW· &' ORDER continued ,;'';- Richard Thompson moved that the Tribe 'in stall a large
wi ndow ' in ' 'this room which is to be us ed by t h e Law &"OrderDept . i·.iotion
s eco nd~ ?- by Clarenc ~ Thompson andcar:cied by a vote· of '6 f or and none agains· t ~
. ', . .

. The' Law & Order Committe e request e d t hat the Counci l make a r ecommend~tion
t o , the State Commission' o f"Indian Affai rs , at the state Commission meeting on
Dec. 10, 1962, that ti g hter restrictions be made on 1:Jelfare clients receiving
ADC. No action was t ake n by the Co-uncil ' on this request .

(9 )
HOUSE REPAIRS - The ' Chairman st a te d that ev eryday he has been receiving request s
for house repairs. The C01.1ndl was of th eop:ir..:i'Jn that aho lJBe ' r8~a ir grant
should be giv en to " the ' aged me w.be rs : on the :r-8 s'~r-va.ti on SO th:it th~,y coul~ ma ke
a ' f ew emerge~cy re pa irs to thei r h om -ss fcr t~e \;i. m, l';) r • . 'fheCr:ai rn,an r Equeste d
that the bal a,nc8 l E:t after all nf.:::d m2[,'.be:cs on t'1e ::"E'se rv a t.i c:u rec3iv O.OC a nd t .hcl.t the balan ce
be tr ansferred t o the ' Ge neral Fur:d . fJlotl. on second'ed by Cl arence Thomp.sonand
carri ed by a vote 0[ · 6 for and none a gah'1st . ; ,

; (1 0)

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LAND PURCHA SE - Richa rd Thompson moved to a do pt a resolution a pproving the
purchase of the follo wjng described 1 2nJs at the ir a ppr2.isG d val1.1e:
Exchange Assi gn err.e nt#lO-::' (rai,t of) 'J' honi.;;.s Two Hawk , Lo t s 3, 4 , S~r.~* S.e c . 1 ,
107-77, 1 58.8; acres , a ppn,ised (J,t ,

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LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBAL COUN CIL
REGULAR· MEETING
JULY 3, 1963
RICHARD LA. ROCHE , CHAIRMAN
PRESID:nJG
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:mDEX CF MINUTES

SUBJECT
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
SURPLUS CCMNODITY PROGRAM
LAW & ORDER

FAHILY INPROVi:;NEN T PLANS
BU I LDING CODE-EPIS COPAL CHURCH
LAND PURCHASE PROGRAM
LETTERS
YOUTH RE CREATION
SALE OF TRIBAL HOUSES
FA}lILY IMPROVEMENT PLAN
EASEPlENTS FOR REA
HOLIDAY JULY 5TH
LAlIJD AND ORDER
RECREATI ONAL DEVELOPMENT
FENCE RECREATION AREAS
DEF:nJE TAK:nJG LINE
LAND PURCHAS E
1964 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET
EXTEND SYMPATHY
RETI1BURSE FOR LAN D PURCHASE
vJATER IN NEW TOWNSITE
FffiE PROTECT I ON
ANNUAL FAIR AND RODEO
ENRO LIlvlENT

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Alower_brule_sioux%3Afa75493d90967b44. Public record. Not legal advice.