II. Colusa Indian Community farming enterprise: (1) Plant investment: A ranch of 214 acres was purchased on December 14, 1940, for $25,400. The plan was to farm this area as a single unit. The initial purchase of farm machinery and equipment was $2,000. Subsequent purchases have raised the total to $10,000. (2) Plant indebtedness (fiscal year 1952): $395.15. (3) Annual gross income (fiscal year 1952): $11,674.11. (4) Annual net income fiscal year 1952: Expenses for fiscal year 1952 exceeded income by $4,938.60 (loss). (5) Organization and management: The Colusa Indian Community are organized and chartered under IRA. By applicable sections and articles of their constitution and bylaws, a chairman, vice chairman, and a secretary-treasurer, who compose a business committee who conduct such business and duties as may be authorized by the general council. By some unwritten understanding as far as this agency is aware, the person who is elected as chairman of the band automatically becomes the active manager of the farming enterprise. He is a working manager, who assumes the same part as any manager of a farming enterprise. He consults the business committee on minor purchases and expenditures and calls special meetings of the general council upon matters of major importance. III. Fort Yuma tribal farm: (1) Plant investment: None. (2) Plant indebtedness: None. (4) Annual net income: $1,600. (5) Handled by tribal council who hires farm manager. IV. Agua Caliente (Palm Springs) bathhouse-tribal enterprise: (2) Plant indebtedness: None. (3) Annual gross income: $6,838. (4) Annual net income (not computed). (5) Operated by an Indian, hired and paid by the tribal council. (2) Plant indebtedness: (3) Annual gross income: $31,058. (4) Annual net income (not computed). (5) Operated by an employee of the tribal council. VI. Àgua Caliente (Palm Springs) toll gate to Palm Canyon-tribal enterprise: (1) Plant investment: $1,800. (2) Plant indebtedness: None. (3) Annual gross income: $8,769. (4) Annual net income (not computed). (5) Operated by an Indian, hired and paid by the tribal council. B. Only service by tribe is reimbursable loans from small revolving fund. A total of 17 loans have been made since the tribe started making loans from tribal money. Three loans have been paid in full and 11 are in a delinquent status. Application for loans are made to the tribal council who approve them as a group. C. None. 10. EXTENSION A. (1) Our one extension agent was on June 2, 1949, instructed to extend his activities to cover the entire State of California and concentrate all of his efforts on credit, repayment cattle, and reimbursable collections. One agricultural aid and more than one-half of the time of the district agent is spent on extension work at Fort Yuma Reservation. Advice and aid are given farm facilities directly. A large volume of leasing is done to non-Indians, mostly in heirship status. (2) There were no State contracts during fiscal year 1952. B. (1) The service rendered is summarized, for fiscal year 1952 as follows: Revolving credit-2 loan agreements with the United States. Repayment cattle, 44 individuals and 2 organizations, paying 165 Collection made $5, 100.00 9, 352, 14 19, 419.9 (2) Thirty farm families directly and 100 families who have inherited interests in lands being leased. 11. FAMILY INCOME How many families are self-supporting? (This only includes those resident the reservations.) Number (estimate): 1,200. (a) From farming and stockraising on the reservation (receive majer support from this source) (estimate): 150. (b) From reservation resources other than farming and stockraising (forest, wages) (estimate): 200. (c) From a wage economy off the reservation (estimate): 850. How many families receiving welfare support? reservations.) (Includes only residents o (a) Total support (social security) (estimate): 300. (Of this number, about 50 were receiving welfare assistance from BIA until it was terminated on June 30, 1952.) What is the median income per family? (a) From agriculture (estimate): $2,500 to $3,000. (b) From other sources including wages (excluding welfare) (estimate: $3,000 to $3,500. 12. ROADS Miles of bureau-maintained roads: (1) Primary: 380 miles. (2) Secondary: 282 miles. (3) Trails: None. Roads needing further improvement to meet State standards if funds available. (1) Mileage: 402 miles.1 1 Scale of logs cut on right-of-way permit; not under permit per 25 C.F.R. 61.27. This does not include roads on the Agua Caliente Reservation. 3. Value of grazing privileges, calendar year 1951: $29, 742. 4. Grazing capacity (animal-unit month): 6,061 (per month). 14. SOIL CONSERVATION How A. During the fiscal year 1952 there was no allotment of SMC funds. ever, one SMC position has been retained, with the incumbent spending part time on SMC activity. B. The general nature of the SMC service rendered by this branch is summarized as follows: 1. All the Indian lands were, where possible, inluded in the existing soil conservation districts. As of July 1, 1952, initial action had been taken in all cases. 2. Field agreements were executed with the directors of the soil conservation districts to assure the Indians maximum cooperation and assistance. Agreements are in effect with 10 soil conservation districts which cover 37 reservations consisting of 201,845 acres. 3. Education meetings were held with all groups having any appreciable agricultural land, to advise of what assistance was available from the local sources, which include: The soil conservation districts, the Production and Marketing Administration, the county farm advisers, and the county agricultural commissions. Since 1948 all of the county committees of the PMA have agreed to include the Indians as cooperators. 4. Prepare complete technical farm conservation plans for the small rancherias, for individuals on the large reservations and for allottees on some public domain allotments. 5. Furnish the necessary technical assistance and/or supervision to put the plans into effect. This has in many cases required the designing of dams, diversions, irrigation systems of all types, and many other structures and/or controls. All of the above require actual layout and staking in the field, which was also. furnished. 6. When necessary and applicable, a demonstration of a specific practice or control would be established by assisting in the cost with SMC funds, usually to the tune of about 50 percent or less, usually for the purchase of seed or fertilizers. 7. Also, when necessary, to complete an important project in a farm plan, some SMC funds, when available, have been used to rent heavy equipment for short periods of time. This has been done, however, only when the project could not be financed by the cooperator. In addition, some funds were used to purchase chemicals for weed control. 15. IRRIGATION A. Number of Bureau Personnel: 7. B. Projects planned for completion and estimated cost. some projects partially completed as of July 1, 1952. This list includes 1 Domestic water system. Many of our systems are combination domestic water and irrigation. Grindstone Creek (domestic water and irrigation). Guideville (domestic water). Lookout (domestic water)... Manchester (domestic water). Miscellaneous small reservations, 20 (domestic water). Pinoleville (domestic water)................ Point Arena (domestic water).. Robinson (domestic water and irrigation). Hoopa (irrigation). Middletown (dcmestic water) Cedarville (domestic water). Potter Valley (irrigation and domestic water). Quartz Valley (domestic water). Resighini (domestic water and irrigation). Round Valley (domestic water and irrigation). Santa Rosa (domestic water and irrigation). Smith River (domestic water). Strathmore (irrigation and domestic water). Trinidad (domestic water). Tule River (irrigation and domestic water). Tuolumne (irrigation and domestic water). XL Ranch (irrigation).. Well, pumping plant, reservoir (3,000 feet of pipe). 6,000-feet diversion dam... 600-foot well, pumping equipment, reservoir (6,000 feet of pipe). Well, pumping equipment, reservoir (6,000 feet of pipe). .do.... Development of springs and wells for domestic purposes. 6 wells and pumping plants (1 well for every 2 or 3 families). Well, pumping equipment (6,000 feet of pipe). Well, pumping plant, reservoir (4,000 feet of pipe, 5-mile canal and pipelines). 8,000 feet of pipe, 8 to 20 inches.. Pumping plant, chlorination equipment (5,000 feet of pipe). Well, pumping plant, reservoir (5,000 feet of pipe). feet of pipe). 12 wells and pumping equipment..... Pumping equipment, reservoir (4,000 feet of pipe). Diversion dam reservoir (7,500 feet of pipe). 110 wells, pumping equipment............. Well, pumping plant, reservoir (2,000 6,000 Well, pumping plant, reservoir (5,000 9.000 feet of pipe). Well, pumping plant, reservoir (2,000 feet of pipe). Diversion dam (31-mile canal; 200 structures). 15.000-foot drainage canal. 16. EDUCATION A. STATISTICAL DATA Number of children of school age. Using the criteria of 33 percent of the total population being of Number of children attending Federal Indian schools: (1) Day schools... (2) Boarding schools.. 12, 883 None 157 Total enrollment in boarding school located in reporting area (no 650 Number of children attending public school under Johnson-O'Mal- 2, 625 These children have 4 degree or more Indian blood. (1) Cost for Number of children attending public schools at no cost to Government. (1) Cost to Federal Government for care during fiscal year 1952 Number of school-age children not in school and why: (1) There is no record of any Indian children of school age who are not in school. There are a few, boys especially, who have passed their 16th birthday and quit school to work. However, this is permissible by law when necessary for financial reasons within the immediate family. A few boys and girls are married and have quit school. Also, there are a few mentally retarded not in school. Some probable reasons why some may drop out of school when Number of Federal schools now operated in reporting area.. Ďuring fiscal year 1952. Proposed for transfer during fiscal year 1953. Number of Bureau-owned or tribally owned school buildings which are $315, 989 3, 300 24 None 1 None None None $318, 500 B. EXTENT TO WHICH EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ARE BEING FINANCED (1) By tribe: None. (2) By individual Indians through taxation: 5 It is impossible for us to give a numerical answer to this question. Of the 38,650 more or less, Indian population in California, only about one-fourth reside on trust property. This one-fourth is subject to all State and local taxes, except the land tax. The balance, or about one-fourth of our Indian population are subject to all taxation. Records at Fort Yuma indicate that the 1,110 persons on that reservation pay $4,800 through taxation. C. EXTENT OF INDIAN PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL BOARDS, PTA ACTIVITIES, ETC. Throughout northern and the eastern edge of California, many of the school boards include Indian membership. This is undoubtedly true also in southern California, but primarily in locations where the schools are in the smaller towns, near a reservation, such as at Banning and the Lakeside-El Cajon areas. In a few areas the Indians are in majority on the school boards; Bishop and Covelo may be included in the latter; at Fort Yuma, a fullblood woman is chairman and the other four members are whites. At Hoopa Valley, the school board is entirely Indian. Participation in PTA activities by the California Indians is more difficult for us to determine, since we do not have anyone specifically assigned to educational work. However, we do know of specific isolated participation and it is safe to assume that this activity is statewide. At Fort Yuma the Secretary of the PTA is an Indian. The membership consists of about one Indian to three non-Indians. |