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of Indianhid ian .,' Affairs languagelanguageworkworkwork-workwork-shop

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shop last February .'

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duced five books for'for' schoolschool-

childrenschool-

childrenchildren and is,

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lowing Mrs . Slwooko for years ,.wonderwonder., what she is.. like andandsososo-

thisso-

thisthis writer was dispatched toto-

Nometo-

NomeNome to interview her .

She waswa'swas' born on Gambell ,StSt.. Lawrence IslandIsl nd , in a walruswalrus-skin

walrus-skinskin house ; the oldest of ninenine-children

nine-childrenchildren . Her father supportedsupported-thethe family very wellweJl by traptrap-trap-ping

trap-ping

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ping fo'xesfoxesfdxes' and selling whalewhale-baleen

whale-baleenbaleen and they livedJived in thethe-traditional

the-traditionaltraditional Siberian Eskimo manman-man-ner

man-ner

¬-exceptner with a few surprising excepexcep-excep-ons

excep-tions

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tionstons .

StSt.. Lawrence people werewere-always

were-alwaysalways quick to experimentexperiment-with

experiment-withwith something new , she exex-exex-

plains¬.-

plains . Her father., liked innoinno-inno-vation

¬.-vation andandwaswas one of the firstfirst-to

first-toto order the new-fanglednewfanglednew.fanglednewfanglednew.fangled-wooden

newfangled-wooden

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popularinwooden boats that were popularin that day .

"TheyThey" work wellwe] in openopen-water

open-waterwater but when that Woodwood-hits

wood-hitshits the ice they break ,

,"" sheshe-

recallsshe-

recallsrecalls . And so they went backback-to

back-toto their old skin boat..

Mrs ,. Slwooko was a brightbright-student

bright-studentstudent and graduated fromfrom.-eighth

from.-eighth.eightheighth. grade on the island .

Later she went to school inin-

Oregonin-

OregonOregon and Palmer . She likedliked-her

liked-herher studies but missed thethe-island

the-island. island .

On return she.shethe. married andand-devoted

and-devoteddevoted herself to raising aaa-

familyfamily - eight children ,;,'' oneqneone-adoptgdadoptedadoptgd-adoptgdadoptgdThend pt d :-. Then her husbandhusband-was

husband-waswas killedkilJed in an automobileautomobile-crash

automobile-crashcrash and she waswwass hard putput-to

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ItH1t didn'tdidnt' make her .richrich.,rich , butbut-

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itit did help fill the gaps .

Her inlaws , Mr . andnd Mrs .

Charles SlwookoSlwo ko , had beenbeen,

asas-

closeclose to Grace as her own parpar-parpar-

ents: ¬.-

ents ,(,andaod theythe took her twotwo-

daughtersdaughters , living .withwith.. them in .-

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NomeN.o'11eN.o11eNo11e. ' while theytheyattendedattended highhigh-highhigh-

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to help withwfth the groceries andand-

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it worked out well . '>

When Charles and his wifewife-

were.,

were killed in a planepJane crashtrashtrashItrash-

lastcrash-

lastI,

'last 'yearyearyear .,, Grace moved to NomeNome-

with

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withw- ith".with the rest of the family ,

*,<but plans to return to SttSt ., Law-LawLawiLaw-rence

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typeto-

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andwork-

andand two-twotwoothers-' others who preferprefer-

houseworkprefer-

houseworkhousework.,. and skin sewing toj(jb-

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booksbooks and papers .

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Proposed guidelines for bilingualbilingualelectionselectionsAttorney General Edward H .

LeyiLevi issued proposed permanentpennpermanent-guidelines

anentanent-guidelinesguidelines for the conduct ofof-bilingual

of-bilingualbilingual elections in 51351-3political

51-3politicalpolitical subdivisions in 3030-states

30-statesstates .

The -., guidelines , whichwhictl willwill-

becomewill-

becomebecome effective after a 30-day30day30day-period

30day-period

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period for public comment , areare-

theare-

thethe Attorney General'sGenerals' standardsstandards-for

standards-forfor enforcement of the 19751975-

Amendments1975-

AmendmentsAmendments to the VotingVotingRightsRights Act..

TheTh , Amendments-AmendmentsAmendmentswhich,,;- whichwlwhichwerechchwerewerewere-enacted

were-enactedenacted last August 6 , requirerequire-political

require-politicalpolitical subdivisionsbdivisionss to conductconduct-elections

conduct-electionselections ininother.otherother-other.- languages asas-

wellas-

wellwellwellasas English where there areare-specified

are-specifiedspecified languagelang\lagelanglage\ minorityminority-groups

minority-groupsgroups .

The proposed guidelines werewere-published

were-publishedpublished today in the FederalFederal-Register

Federal-RegisterRegister and upon republicationrepublication-willwill supersedes persedc the interiminterim-guidelines

interim-guidelinesguidelines issued last October 3 .

Mr . Levi said the interiminterim-gui4elines

interim-guidelinesguidelinesgui4elines have been modified inin-

putin-

partpartput:, i, as , a resultresultofof experienceexpcrienc'c'lexpcriencclexperience-11expcrienc'c'l-gained

experience1-gained

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gained in elections since thethe-enactment

the-enactmentenactment of the AmendmentsAmendments-and

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andandcomments from affected .commentsFoments", \ ,

jurisdictionsjuriswctions and interestedinterested-persons

interested-personspersons andandorganizationsorganizations .

The Attorney General stressedstressed-th

stressed-thatthatth t the objective of thethe-bilingual

the-bilingualbilingual election law is toto-

enableto-

enableenable membersmem bers of .sevenseven., seven-langUage

seven-languagelanguage minority groups. -.-.-American Indian , AlaskanAlaskan-Native

Alaskan-NativeNative , Chinese American ,

JapaneseAmericanFilipino American , JapaneseAmerican

', Korean American ,

and Spanish'Spanish' heritageherl tage -.-- toto-

participateto-

participateparticipate effectively in thethe-electoral

the-electoralelectoral process .

Changes must be submittedsubl11isubmitted-either

tedted-

eithereither to the Attorney GeneralGeneral-or

General-

oror foto the U.SUS. . District Court forfor-

thefor-

thethe District of Columbia beforebefore-they

before-theythey can be-putbeputbe'putbeput-' into effect..

Copies of the proposedproposed-guidelines

proposed-guidelinesguidelines may be obtained from

the Assistant Attorney General , .Civil Rights Division ,

Department of Justice ,WashingtonWasl ngton , D.CDC. . 20530 .

Written comments should bebe-

sentbe-

sentsent in duplicate to the samesame-address

same-addressaddress within thedie next 30 days .

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showshow Alaskan opposition to thetheSale'salesale .

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ininn the northern GulfGulfofof Alaska ,,directlydirec'tly'

threatens stablestable'AlaskanstableAlaskanstable'Alaskan-jobs

vUaskan'AlaskanAlaskan'Alaskan-jobs

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renewable-fisheryfishery resource . The short-termshorttermshort-tenntennshorttermt-ransient

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transient jobs OCS developmentdevelopment-willwill bring are further outweighedbyoutweighedbythe negative social impactimpact-

uponimpact-

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has-recommendedrecommended againstaga1nst it . SecreSecre-Secre-tary

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the-AlaskanAlaskan people to do

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immediat-econstructionconstruction jobs forfor-

unemployedfor-

unemployedunemployed workers at Tok ,

Alaska , was announced today byby-

Wilmerby-

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Assistant-SecretarySecretarySecretaf}' of Commerce forfor-

Economicfor-

EconomicEconomic Development ..

The Upper Tanana RegionalRegional-Council

Regional-CouncilCouncil on Alcoholism appliedapplied-for

applied-forfor the grant from the EconomicEconomic-Development

Economic-DevelopmentDevelopment Administration ,

U.SUS. . Department of Commerce ,.

The grant will be used to helphelp-

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multipurposec-ommunity

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will-includeinclude an administrativeadministrativecentercentercenter-and

center-andandandrecreationa1andrecreationalrecreationalrecreationa1 facilitiesfacilitie .

EDAEDAapprovedapproved the grantgr nt underunder-anan amendment3I11endment to the PublicPubli-cWorks

Publi-cWorksWorks and EconomicEconomic-Develo

Economic-DevelopmentDevelopmentDevelo ment Act authorizingauthorizing-funds

authorizing-fundsfunds fprfor(or useful public facilitiesfacilities-

inin areasareaareas of high unemployment..,

Council officials expect that12 unemployed persons will bebe-

hiredbe-

hiredhired for the project.. Work onon-

theon-

thethe project is expected to getget-

uget-

underunderu der way within 90 days andand-be

and-bebe completed in a year .

The Upper Tanana RegionalRegional-Council

Regional-CouncilCouncil on-ononAlcoholismon -. Alcoholism willwill-

providewill-

provideprovide $36,60036600$ , to complete the$183,000183000$ , total costcos'tcost' of thethe-project

the-projectproject .