Spílyay Tymoo, Wai t d Springs, Oregon
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November 9, 2006
Director of American Indian
Museum stepping down in 2007
In its first full year,
museum attracted
2.2 million visitors
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)
- The founding director of the
Smithsonian's National Museum
of the American Indian an­
nounced last week that he will
resign next year.
W Richard West Jr., who has
been the public face of the
museum during its planning and
first two years of operation, said
he felt it was the right time to
leave and that he is stepping
down in November 2007 by his
own choice.
“I wished to walk through
that door, rather than be ush-
ered through the door or car­
ried through the door,” said
West, 63.
After 17 years of planning,
West's vision for the first Mall
museum dedicated to minority
culture was realized on opening
day in September 2004.
The Harvard-trained lawyer
and Stanford-educated historian
left a lucrative legal career to
help create a window into Na­
tive American culture defined,
in large part, by Native Ameri­
cans themselves. West himself
is a member of the Cheyenne
and Arapaho tribes.
People who worked with
West on the museum's plans said
his resolve to make it something
different was unwavering.
“This museum is most accu­
rately described, and functions
as, an international institution of
living cultures,” West said.
In its first full year, the mu­
seum attracted 2.2 million visi­
tors. It has drawn about 1.2 mil­
lion people in the first nine
months of this year.
West said he waited until a
three-year strategic plan and
staff reorganization were in
place before announcing his
plans to depart.
He said he has purchased
land on the Indonesian island of
Bali with his wife, and he may
also consider making his next
move to Santa Fe, N.M.
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Tribal Council Resolutions
Trust settlement
Whereas the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Res­
ervation has a money damages
lawsuit against the United States
pending in the U.S. Court of
Federal Claims [Case No. 02-
126L] (“CFC Trust Case”) that
the Court has bifurcated into two
phases: Phase I covering the
Tribe’s monetary trust assets
mismanagement claims, and
Phase II covering the Tribe’s
non-monetary trust assets mis­
management claims; and,
Whereas the Tribe and the
United States successfully en­
gaged in an alternative dispute
resolution process (“ADR Pro­
cess) for Phase I, with the Judge
Edward J. Leavy, of the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeal serv­
ing as ADR judge, that resulted
in a pending $20,000,000 settle­
ment of the Phase I claims that
was approved by the Tribe
(Tribal Council Resolution
No.10,627, May 31, 2006), and
was under submission to senior
United States officials for ap­
proval in accordance with 28
C.F.R. section 0.161; and,
Whereas the Department of
Interior has given its final ap­
proval of recommendation to
the $20,000,000 settlement of
Phase I claims in June 2006.
The matter was then submitted
to the Associate Attorney Gen­
eral which is the final approval
that has to occur before the
settlement can be finalized; and,
Whereas the Tribes received
final approval by the United
States on August 31, 2006 re­
garding the Phase I claims
$20,000,000 settlement; and,
Whereas in accordance with
Resolution No. 10,652 upon fi­
nal approval by the United
States and receipt of the Phase
I claims funds is assured, a pro­
posed Supplemental Budget
shall be proposed to appropri­
ate the $20,000,000 setdement;
and,
Whereas attorney fees were
incurred and paid by the Tribe
to research, defend and settle
the Phase I claims case and the
attorney fees for Phase II are
estimated to be $1,200,000;
and,
Whereas the Tribal Council
has reviewed the Tribal budget
forecast of revenues and expen­
ditures and determined that ad­
ditional budgeted sources will be
needed in order to help mini­
mize impacts to the community;
and,
Whereas a Special Per Capita
distribution fund totaling
$4,500,000 to be distributed to
the membership $500 in 2006
and $500 in 2007 to tribal mem­
bers and their heirs and
successor’s interest as of the
2006 date of record in Vital
Statistics. If necessary, the Spe­
cial Per Capita distribution will
be appropriated from the Rev­
enue Reserve Fund until the
Phase I settlement funds are
received to replenish the Rev­
enue Reserve Fund in the same
amount withdrawn from the
Revenue Reserve Fund; and,
Whereas the Tribal Council
has reviewed the Economic De­
velopment Projects Fund and
the estimated amounts needed
to provide for Economic Devel­
opment in the future and has
determined that additional fund­
ing must be contributed in the
coming years to sustain the
fund; and,
Sources: Phase I Claims
Settlement $20,000,000.
Uses: Operations-Tribal Gov­
ernmental Needs:
Attorney Fees — Phase II
$ 1 , 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 .
2007 operations - tribal gov­
ernment needs: $2,986,000;
2008 operations - tribal gov­
ernment needs: $3,370,000;
2009 operations - tribal gov­
ernment needs: $3,913,000;
2010 operations - tribal gov­
ernment needs: $3,559,000.
Community Assistance: $0.
Debt Service: $0.
Econom ic D evelopm ent
Projects: $472,000.
Capital Projects: $0.
Transfer to the Revenue Re­
serve Fund: $4,500,000 For
2006 and 2007 Bonus.
Total Uses: $20,000,000.
N ow th erefore be it re ­
solved
by the Twenty-Third
Tribal Council of the Confed­
erated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon,
pursuant to Article V, Section 1
(t) of the Constitution and By-
Laws as amended, and Ordi­
nance 67, Article V, that the
foregoing budget is approved
from Tribal funds in the amount
not to exceed $20,000,000 and
is hereby appropriated for the
Tribal Governmental Needs,
Economic D evelopm ent
projects and transfer to the Rev­
enue Reserve Fund with an ef­
fective date of September 28,
2006 which is 90 days from the
initial supplemental budget post­
ing and at least 30 days from
the final adoption; and,
Be it further resolved, funds
will not be distributed until the
setdement funds have been re­
ceived by the Tribes; and,
Be it further reoslved that a
copy of the approved Supple­
mental Budget Resolution shall
be immediately posted in no
fewer than three public places
on the Reservation for at least
30 days; and,
Be it further resolved that
Next deadline to submit items for publication
in the Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, Nov. 17. Thank you.
the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon is hereby authorized to
proceed with the expenditure of
funds for the purposes and
amounts indicated in the
Supplemental Budget once the
setdement funds have been re­
ceived; provided that all consti­
tutional provisions are met and
the Secretary of Interior or his/
her authorized representative is
hereby requested to approve
such budget. (Resolution No.
10,663)
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Whereas the Tribal Council
of the Confederated Tribes of
the Warm Springs Reservation
closed the Reservation to big
game hunting by Resolution No.
6587; and,
Whereas the Tribal Hunting
and Trapping Code requires the
Tribal Council to review the sta­
tus of wildlife populations an­
nually; and,
Whereas the Tribal Council has
reviewed the attached limits, sea­
sons and other regulations as rec­
ommended by the Natural Re­
sources Branch and the On-Res­
ervation Fish and Wildlife Com­
mittee; now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Twenty-
Third Tribal Council of the Con­
federated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon
pursuant to Article V, Section 1
(i) and (1) of the Tribal Constitu­
tion and By-Laws and the Warm
Springs Tribal Code Hunting and
Trapping 350.210, that the “2006
Hunting Regulations” are hereby
adopted as provided in the at­
tached recommendation from the
Natural Resources Branch and
the On-Reservation Fish and
Wildlife Committee. (Resolution
10,660.)
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