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/:lOn9S (e CHAtTER IV LA1ID ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES economic development and provides them with community services in the fields of education, welfare, employment assistance, and law enforcement. Although Utah has assumed responsibility for educating its Indian citizens, the Bureau of Indian Affairs operates three schools and a dor- mitory for Navajo children 'from -isolated areas. The Intermountain Board- ing School at Brigham City, Utah, enrolls over 2,000 Navajo pupils from Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah who lack adequate educational opportunities On the reservation. It includes elementary and secondary grades, as well as special accelerated courses required by over-age, undereducated child- ren. It also assists Indians in obtaining temporary and seasonal employ- ment. Two other boarding schools serve the needs of Navajo children on the Utah portion of the reservation, and a Bureau-operated dormitory at Richfield provides bo~rding accommodations for Navajo p~pils attending local public schools. Two Utah school districts, Uintah and Sevier, en- roll Indian children from nontaxable lands since the districts receive financial assistance for the purpose from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. . The Bureau conducts a welfare program on the Utah portion of the Navajo Reservation. General assistance is provided to needy Indians who do not meet eligibility requirements for the various public assistance programs. There is also a tribal welfare program on the Navajo Reserva- tion which offers emergency assistance, school clothing, work projects, ~~d meets certain medical needs. Unsanitary conditions exist in many Indian homes and communities be- caUSe of a lack of potable water and sanitary facilities. A project to provide 'Hater for a number of Navajo homes near Aneth, Utah, was partially constructed in 1962 as a joint effort of the Public Health Service and Utah Indian Affairs Commission. Completion of the project was planned in 1969. Public Health and Navajo Tribal officials are hopeful that the Aneth Project will set the stage for a continuation of a program reaching throughout the reservation area in Utah. It is believed that about 80 percent of the 4,000 Indians living in this area can be served with run- ning water, on-premise sanitary facilities, and individual waste disposal facilities. The remaining 20 percent will be provided protected water supplies within the areas in which they reside. The construction cost of this program is estimated at $2,000,00J. The normal procedure under the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act of 1959 (P.L. 86-121) is for the Public Health Service to provide funds for the purchase of m~terials and employment of engineering service and skilled labor required for instal- lation. The Navajo Tribe provides funds for labor and construction equipment. Soil Conservation Service . The Soil Conservation Service is the technical soil and water con- servation agency of the Depar~ment of Agriculture. It helps land owners 41