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Question, Cynthia Larson, Clallam, Washington.
Why are non-reservation Indians so neglected?

Answer: They shouldn't be. Why they have been neglected I'm sorry I can't tell you. We have been urged a good many times to begin rendering services to off-reservation Indians who have moved away. If you want to keep the Bureau of Indian affairs in existence 100,000 years that is a good way. I do think we should help you if you have a real problem. We can check with local welfare agencies if someone is being discriminated against.

Question, Helen Peterson, Sioux, Denver, Colo.
What can be done to expand off-reservation placement service and will anything be done in connection with other agencies?

Answer: I know that I feel a great deal should be done beyond what is now being done. We are limited very largely to one placement officer in each area. I honestly feel we can spend up to $3,00,000 in that kind of a program without having too much money. We should be having some folks explore large manufacturing companies to see if they are interested in training in connection with their facilities that could give them the necessary skills. In order to do that we would have to have some additional assistance. I know contracts have been made with the railroads. We are going to have some people located in areas outside the reservation areas. I don't mean that we will pick people up and move them around at will but believe we should be in a position to help these people to find opportunities to do so. We have good working relationship with state employment officers. If we get aid in that field it is something we have to work out shoulder to shoulder, area by area, reservation by reservation before we can start moving people around.

Question, Lorone Burgess, Flathead Reservation, Montana.
One Hill 57, Great Falls, Montana we have a group of people who have no land and receive no money. Their children are forced to go to school in the basement. They are people who settled there before Montana became a state. What about those landless people in Montana who are not getting service they feel they should have?

Answer: I have gone into that situation enough to know that many of those folks migrated from Canada. It would be difficult for us to take on the job of Canadian Indians as well as United States Indians. If they continue to live in Montana they should have the same service as people who have lived in Montana. I would suggest that you send your question to Mr. Pickinger at Billings. It will be difficult to get legislation to provide land to those Indians.

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