Media Contact: Nedra Darling, OPA-IA Phone: 202-219-4152
For Immediate Release: June 18, 1957

Award of a $73,494.33 contract for construction of additional floor space in the dormitory facilities for Indian children at Snowflake, Arizona was announced today by the Department of the Interior.

The successful bidder is D. H. Walker Construction Co., Inc. of Phoenix. The only other bid was submitted by Bob Roberts & Associates in the amount of $87,430.

The dormitory is operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for Navajo children attending the public school at Snowflake. Approximately 120 Indian students above grade 5 or 12 years of age are enrolled there.

Included in the project are additions to existing buildings, relocation of quarters trailers, construction of a storage building, and minor utilities.