“The tribe understands that the chamber of commerce serves as a nerve center of commercial activity with the city of Coeur d'Alene, and the tribe would like to be a full participant in the economic vitality of the region.”
“The Joint Finance Appropriation Committee for the state of Idaho considered a governor's request for $107,000 which would have funded two positions within a newly created office for Native Americans in the State Department of Education. What those people would do is coordinate educational activities for Indian students in Idaho, and hopefully assist in addressing some of the issues in regards to our students.”
“We've tried that with the local school district and the test scores still remain at the same level. We need to take a different statewide look at this to see what kind of resources we can pull from the entire state.”
