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sincere efforts, somehow things get lost in the cracks. And some- 

 times you have to keep ringing that bell, you have to keep 

 scrinching in and making sure that somebody hears and pays a lit- 

 tle more attention to the problems affecting Native Americans. 



So I would really like to pass that word onto all of our tribal 

 leaders and friends out in Indian country. Come and visit the mem- 

 bers. Make appointments with them. There's nothing sacred about 

 that. 



Sometimes you need to not depend too much on our consultant 

 friends. You come and see us. And if you think you have broken 

 English, I can speak broken English too, you know. 



They call it pidgin English in Hawaii, but I really would like to 

 offer that sense of encouragement to our friends. 



And again I go back to Mr. Poynter's comments that were made 

 earlier. I couldn't agree with him more. And this is the directing 

 that the Chairman definitely is going to take, a very active role. 

 He's going to plan a series of hearings in the coming weeks and 

 months. 



It is our hope that we will prepare a comprehensive legislation 

 that will affect the needs of Native Americans dealing with wildlife 

 and services and dealing with their economic needs. 



So I'm very encouraged. And this is not taking anything away 

 from Chairman Miller and what he's had to do on an ad hoc basis 

 since he took over the chairmanship of this Committee. 



But just the fact that Congressman Richardson in his initiative 

 and the concerns that he's had over the years, that we've worked 

 very closely together, and the fact that we now have an official sub- 

 committee doing this, is a big, big change, dramatic change in 

 what's happening here in the Congress. 



And I would also suggest to have you write letters directly to the 

 Chairman, and give him a sense of encouragement. You know, 

 sometimes we get very depressed down here. And we don't know 

 from our heads down to our toes if we're doing the right thing our- 

 selves. 



So give us a sense of direction. Let us know what's going on in 

 Indian country. Sometimes, with good intentions, our friends down- 

 town as well as even here, we don't know what's going on. 



But I think a direct communication, phone calls, or whatever it 

 is that needs to get the attention not only of the Congress, but as 

 well as of the Administration, we need to do it. 



I expressed my sense of frustration, I recall, last year. For four 

 years, it's been on the books and by-law, that we're to establish a 

 National Conference of Indian Education. Well, we did it but it was 

 on a last minute basis, and was kind of a quick put together thing. 



We had the conference, so we have another study, after about a 

 thousand other studies and conferences and meetings and commis- 

 sions and councils, all retreads, in my humble opinion, knowing 

 that the same problems that we're going to be talking about this 

 year in and year out. 



But I really really hope that we're going to get some results this 

 time. 



I want to commend Mr. Frank for his directness, and certainly 

 you couldn't have said it better. 



