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[Federal planners must consider] possible conflicts 

 between thie proposed action and the objectives of 

 Federal, regional. State and local ( and in the case 

 of a reservation Indian tribe ) land use plans, 

 policies and controls for the area concerned. ['tO 

 C.F.R. § 1502.16 (G); Emphasis supplies.] 



The regulations implementing the National Forest Management 



Act provide several instances where federal land managers must 



consider the interests of Indian tribes. For example, 36 C.F.R. 



§ 219.7 states as follows: 



The responsible line officer shall coordinate regional 

 and forest planning with equivelant and related plan- 

 ing efforts of other Federal agencies. State and local 

 governments and Ind i an t r i bes . (Emphasis supplied.) 



The foregoing regulations reflect a rational, balanced ap- 

 proach to developing forest management plans. They require con- 

 sideration of all reasonable competing interests, including Indian 

 interests consistent with the government's special responsibility 

 to them. Unfortunately, S.3't5 trashes this procedure for a one- 

 sided management approach that subordinates, ignores or completely 

 destroys every other interest except those of resources preser- 

 vat Ion i sts. 



if) PHILOSOPHICAL REASONS : Tsimpshian Indians of the Metlakatla 

 Indian Community have existed in our part of the world for cen- 

 turies. Our Community has survived warfare, racial and political 

 attacl<s on our separate sovereignty, power struggles with an 

 aggressive new state government and the constant shifts in federal 

 and state policies that affect our social and economic welfare. 

 Only recently, however, have we been so consistently subjected 

 to efforts to locl<-up our recourses, often by people who have no 

 direct ties to our state or our Community. 



We must express our sincere frustration at being the victims 

 of the actions of outsiders, no matter how well intentloned. We 

 are suspicious of the statistical data and historical information 

 used to Justify this latest encroachment. We believe outside in- 

 terests are exaggerating a fiscal mistalce In ANILCA to foster 

 wholesale destruction of the forest related economy in Southeast 

 Al aska. 



In plain fact, S.3'+6 is a wilderness bill. It would with- 



