12 in the four high schools serving the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations indicating their interest in higher education and financial ability to continue (table 3).

C. Annual report of Committee on Student Aid for Indian Youth by the State Education Department of the University of the State of New York-for the number of students presently enrolled in college and vocational schools (table 4).

D. Socioeconomic survey taken by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and assistance by Miss Helen Wayne, supervisor of Indian affairs for the State of New York, and others, on adult education (table 4B).

E. Education Department of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, assistance in computing the table and estimating dropouts and length of courses in higher education.

2. Amount: The maximum grant of $2,000 per year will be made. available to eligible applicants; however, individual budgets will be approved on actual need basis. The sum of $2,000 is the average college and vocational school yearly cost, covering tuition, fees, and subsistence based on costs provided by the following colleges and vocational schools in New York State for the 1962-63 year:

Syracuse University, State University of New York, Agricultural & Technical Institute at Alfred, Cornell University, State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University, Houghton College, Ithaca College, Erie County Technical Institute, Bryant & Stratton Business College, Mohawk Valley Institute, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown Business College.

Further reference: "Lovejoy's College Guide," provided by C. Westcott, guidance counselor at the Salamanca High School.

"Lovejoy's Vocational School Guide," provided by Education Department of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The sum of $2,000 as the maximum amount is subject to review in future years by the board of trustees.

3. Length of time: The program's projected cost is based on a 20year period. However, if funds permit, the period will be extended. This will cover one generation. As a result of this educational background to increase economic status, they should then be able to finance their children's education. It is also estimated the Seneca Nation's commercial enterprise will be showing return to the Seneca Nation at that time which could partially be used toward education.

It is not anticipated that the fund will go beyond this period inasmuch as the number of participants is based on the four schools serving the two Seneca reservations which comprises 80 percent of the Seneca population and the remaining 20 percent was not contracted due to the various and distant locations of residence.

4. The adult assistance portion of the program extends over a 5year period covering a 1-year vocational training course or additional 1-year in college. Many vocational training courses will require less than 1 year, and $1,000 per adult is the estimated average cost of this additional schooling; however, funds for the college, vocational, and adult program are interchangeable as the need arises. It is estimated that at the end of 5 years, the number of adults wishing to participate will not be sufficient to warrant a separate category and can be inluded in the vocational and college portions.

5. Administrative expenses: Administrative cost is estimated at 10

percent of the annual budget to cover counseling services, clerical assistance, trustee expenses, and other expenses as the need arises. Thank you.

Mr. HALEY. Thank you, Mrs. Printup. Unless there is an objection, the tables to which you have referred in your statement will be made a part of the record at this point.

Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. (The tables follow :)

NOTE. The balance of the fund may be used in assisting those who began in 1983. It is estimated there will be 61 students in 1984 in their 2d, 3d, and 4th years, 32 students in 1985 in their 3d and 4th years, and 16 students in 1986 in their 4th year.

TABLE NO. 2.-Enrollment of Senecas in area schools, Allegany Reservation, Salamanca and Randolph Cattaraugus Reservation, Gowanda and Silver Creek

TABLE NO. 3.-Results of survey through questionnaires to students in Gowanda, Salamanca, Randolph and Silver Creek

Mr. HALEY. Did you have anything else?

Mrs. PRINTUP. In addition to this, I would like to submit a letter for the record. Our present situation of the Allegany Indian schools is the central school in Red House and that will close as of June 1964.

Mr. HALEY. Do you want to submit that for the record and comment on it, or just submit it for the record?

Mrs. PRINTUP. It is a letter from our attorney, Mr. Arthur Lazarus, Jr., to the office of Governor Rockefeller regarding the replacement of school buildings for Allegany Reservation children.

Mr. HALEY. Without objection, the letter, dated February 6, 1963, addressed to Mr. Edward Van Ness, office of Governor Rockefeller, Albany, N.Y., and signed by the attorney for the Seneca Nation, Arthur Lazarus, Jr., will be made a part of the record at this point. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered.

(The letter follows:)

STRASSER, SPIEGELBERGER, FRIED, FRANK & KAMPELMAN,
Washington, D.C., February 6, 1963.

Re replacement school buildings for Allegany Indian Reservation children.
Mr. EDWARD VAN NESS,

Office of Governor Rockefeller,
Executive Chambers, Albany, N.Y.

DEAR MR. VAN NESS: During our telephone conversation last Friday morning, you asked that I call to your attention specific matters in which the State of New York, through the good offices of Governor Rockefeller, might assist the Seneca Indians in adjusting to the tragic impact of the Kinzua Dam.

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By a fortunate coincidence, just such a problem was considered and voted upon by the Seneca Council at its regular meeting, which I attended, last Saturday afternoon.

As you are aware, the Kinzua Dam project will require the abandonment of the Red House School on the Allegany Reservation which now serves over 70 Seneca children. According to my understanding, the State department of education now has under consideration possible action to declare the school surplus, so that title thereto will revert to the Seneca Nation and the Indians thus will be entitled to compensation for its loss. The nation appreciates the generous motives behind this thinking, and is grateful that its serious financial need has been recognized.

In a matter such as education, however, the Seneca nation is less concerned with money compensation than with the adequacy of future schooling for Indian children. The Red House School is relatively new and, for its size, possesses good facilities. The Senecas feel strongly that children forced to move from this reservation school should not be transferred to a school of lesser quality. So strong is this feeling that the nation would be willing to forgo compensation for the Red House building in return for a commitment for improved substitute schooling in the city of Salamanca.

The Senecas have been informed by Donald Wing, superintendent of the Salamanca schools, that, in order adequately and properly to accommodate students from the Red House School, the city system must be expanded either through (1) necessary remodeling and the purchase of equipment for the present Jefferson School at an estimated cost of $345,000, or by (2) construction of a new school at the west end of Salamanca to serve both reservation children and some children from the city, at an estimated cost of $575,000. The nation's education committee carefully considered these alternatives, and recommended the building of the replacement school in part for the following

reasons:

(a) To remodel a building which already has a large enrollment would not be in the best interest of any child concerned due to the lessening of individual attention.

(b) There is a need to provide adequate space for future expansion of the school due to the anticipated growth of the reservation and the city of Salamanca because of increased employment possibilities. The Jefferson Street School being in the business district would not be likely to provide this required space for expansion.

(c) The new building would be closer and more convenient to the reservation, yet no further away for the city children.

The recommendation of the education committee was approved by the nation's Kinzua planning committee on January 29, 1963, and was unanimously endorsed by the Seneca Council last Saturday. We feel confident that Salamanca officials, including Superintendent Wing, would welcome the new school, particularly since the ward 1 school which now serves some of the area covered is ancient and woefully inadequate by any objective standard for educational buildings.

The Red House School will be maintained through June of 1964. Mr. Wing advises us, however, that a decision about its replacement must be made within the next 2 months if substitute facilities are to be ready by September of 1964. In addition to the necessary planning and construction, of course, it will be necessary to work out understandings and agreements among all interested patries, including the Seneca Nation and the Corps of Engineers.

My purpose in writing today is to request, on behalf of the nation, that Governor Rockefeller take all necessary steps to expedite a final decision on the educational facilities to be substituted for the Red House School, and to encourage its replacement by a new school building in west Salamanca. If State funds are required to supplement the funds otherwise available for this purpose. including the compensation which must be paid by the corps, we hope and trust that this money may also be forthcoming.

Since time is so short, and the subject of such vital concern to the Senecas, I look forward to a response to this letter at your early convenience. Again, let me also express my deep appreciation for your courtesy and interest in calling me last week.

With kind regards,

Sincerely yours,

ARTHUR LAZARUS, Jr.

Mr. HALEY. Does that complete your statement?

Mrs. PRINTUP. Yes, sir.

Mr. HALEY. Are there any questions? The gentleman from Ohio. Mr. ABELE. I have one question. Did I understand you to say that as of today of those that have completed the 4 years of high school over the age of 50 the percentage is 10 percent?

Mrs. PRINTUP. Forty-one or over, 10.3 percent.

Mr. ABELE. Forty-one or over?

Mrs. PRINTUP. Yes, sir.

Mr. ABELE. And what was the next figure you have?

Mrs. PRINTUP. Between 31 and 40, 41.2 percent.

Mr. ABELE. Next?

Mrs. PRINTUP. Thirty or under, 54.9 percent.

Mr. ABELE. Thank you.

Mr. HALEY. The gentleman from California.

Mr. MARTIN. No questions, thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. HALEY. Just as a matter of curiosity, young lady, are you a graduate of a college?

Mrs. PRINTUP. No, I am not; 2 years of business college I had. Mr. HALEY. High school and then business college for 2 years? Mrs. PRINTUP. Yes, sir.

Mr. HALEY. Thank you very much.

Mrs. PRINTUP. Thank you.

Dr. TAYLOR. Mr. Albert Jones?

Apparently Mr. Jones is not here.

Mr. Lafayette Kennedy!

STATEMENT OF LAFAYETTE KENNEDY, IRVING, N.Y.

Mr. KENNEDY. My name is Lafayette Kennedy, Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, Irving, N.Y.

Mr. HALEY. You may be seated and proceed.

Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, first I want to thank Congressman Haley for the part that he has played in trying to offset the construction of the Kinzua Dam, and the effort he is making on behalf of the people of the Seneca Nation at this time.

The purpose of this meeting today is to try to understand what the Indian people want. The individual Indian property owners should get what he asks for because this has been forced upon him. He should be compensated for everything that belongs to him. The nation as a whole, which includes about 4,000 Indians, in order to protect them and the future generations, should have an annual revenue so long as these lands are used for this purpose, under easement.

The price should be somewhere in the neighborhood of a million dollars a year because the cities and industries below the dam will benefit by this dam and make millions of dollars annually.

Now the breaking of the treaty not only jeopardizes the standing of the Seneca Nation and the Iroquois of the State of New York, but also jeopardizes all lands that belong to Indians on these resevations. It also affects the standing of the U.S. Government under the Constitution of the United States. It is a question as to whether any treaty with a foreign nation is any good at all.

This concludes my statement and I thank you very much.