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, ~~t~t.~~ 002315 Bureau of Indian Affairs Increased emphasis continued throughout the Missouri River Basin to provide increased employment opportunities, education, low-cost housing, and other opportunities on Indian reservations in the area, and response from the Indian people has been good. :-.' Modern industrial parks have been constructed on several reserva- tions with financial assistance of the Economic Development Administra- tion and several new enterprises are operating on or near reservations. ~~~.::;;;:~.,t:~~:" ~;t~:~:~'i::;~;~f;~ . More significant possibly, than the new economic opportunities being brought within range of reservation Indians, is the growing reali- zation that full-time employment does not demean or degrade the male member of the Indian family. In consideration of this growing reorien- tation, Tribal leaders have made a concerted effort to recruit industry to reservation areas, and more and more Indian people are proving their value as a valuable economic force. Recognizing the growing value of tourism and recreation as an econ- omic trend, tribes are establishing themselves firmly in the recreation mainstream. Both the Crow and Blackfeet Tribe have recently submitted applications to E.D.A. for technical assistance and financial help to construct major recreation complexes on their reservations. Indian student interest in college, vocational, and post high school education continues to grow. Keeping abreast of that increasing interest has been the growth in scholarships, grants, and other education arrange- ments to provide continuing training for Indian young people. Significant also is the current improvement with reference to in- creased use of Indian trust land by Indian operators. Coupled with this increased use of Indian land by Indian operators is an impressive in- crease in lease income received by individual Indians and tribes. New, Indian-owned livestock and farming enterprises are being formed and are being successfully operated. Bureau of Land Management Missouri River Basin Project work throughout the year was concen- trated on land classification, cadastral surveys, and work associated with comprehensive basin studies. Land and resource examinations were conducted as part of the summa- rizing and updating of the Missouri Basin public lands inventory program. Some two million acres were reviewed in the Upper Missouri, Yellowstone, and Western Dakota Tributaries subbasins. Of that amount, more than 400,000 acres were land utilization project areas, previously unexamined as part of the Missouri River Basin Project because of their transfer from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Interior. .'. 13 . ........ ../": ~;~E-,';:".~:~:{~);:;:t(;[:"";~1~6~r";;:;':~;:'i; ~~~: :"':~;< ~:.: :;.{ :..,~.<}?, :;.~>;;:;:~;;~y~gf;:':;~(~::~:':~~ ';;~':::'; '~;"::~:;:..' <; ~:';.C<' ,', ":":'.':;"> -'-':',.:"1 ..;<...., . ~ ,. ~ "."