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Show # 1044 Page45 resource that it has. And it's been my feeling that that is the way it should go, and I think I've said that in writing. Ah, Pete? Z: Yeah, Roger, my point was, you know, ah, was this, I think DNA is making the ah, the transition right now. It's now beginning to turn the corners into that direction. But I'm concerned not only with, you know, ah, DNA, but other programs. C: Right. Z; And ah, I asked ah, Bill Jankle over here ah, this morning, ah I says ah, How many ah, Indian people, or how many employees do you have in the program?' And he said ' Fifteen.' ' And ah, how many of them are Indians?' ' Ten.' * Ah, How many of them are lawyers?' ' Five, and they're all here.' What about those Indians that he left behind. And I think if we are going to develop the reservation, and if we are going to develop the Indian communities we've got to bring these people along. And, ah, then I think if it wasn't for DNA, we probably could have, you know, maybe one Indian here. But my point is this, that we need those people, and we need to motivate them. Ah, there's a lot of ah, talk about, you know, we need more Indian lawyers, and sure we do. There's a lot of talk this morning about, you know, the trustee relationship between the BIA and the Indian tribes. What about lawyers and clients? |
