Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, October 03, 1989, Page 8, Image 8

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Native American's hold congress
By Ted Bridis
Assoc itill'd Press
OKLAHOMA (in (API
More lli.in 1 HIM) Imli.in leaders
representing l"i() tribes have
gathered in ( lUahuma ( ilv ibis
wirk. \\ iib (be establishment ul
ibe Museum of the Americ.au
Indian in the Smithsonian In
stitution at ibe top of their
agenda
That s something that’s
very signiln ant for tribes .11 mss
the I S Inliii t ion/ales pres
idenl id Ibe National Congress
ot \meric an Indians said Mon
day
I lie Inlli annual 1 oinention
oi ibe \( Al runs through In
day 1 onfereiH e delegates will
be attending seminars on issues
\ 11 a I to Ibe representative
lubes sin h as treaty and sover
eigntv lights, social problems,
environmental ethic s and reli
gious freedom
1 he congress is the largest
.nid most representative Indian
advoc ac \ group said (iail
( heliak of Oregon Chehak a
Klamath who now works in
Washington. I) ( with the
i ongress on environmental is
sues and nuclear waste man
agement
"We do advoc at v Ms
( hnhak said We work w itli
the Irilies on resolutions and
point developments Cultural
concerns will probably be the
main issue this tear bee anse ot
the deal with the Smithson
ian
The Smithsonian and the
Museum of the American Indi
an signed an agreement this
summer to transfer Indian rel
i( s from llic Heve I oundation's
collection in New York City In
the Smith.soni.m
Ms Chehak said this year's
convention is especially well
attended bet anse of (lon/ale/'s
decision against running for re
elert ion
"So mam ti ibes have differ
ent politic, il agendas." she
said "Some are traditionally
based Some are voiith -progres
sive Some see economit diver
silv as the answer to every
thing Some are i one erned
about i ultural values
(ion/ale/, said after two years
as president, it is time tor
t iiange Hut he said a smooth
transition ol power is not guar
anteed
"It will depend on who’s
elet led.’' he said.
Monument planned for Central Oregon
Hi \l) (AIM l ii'utliri mal
i innp.im offii i.ils ;ind IimIithI
I,mil m.m.iK'TS Iniv*' ri'.n Ih*i1 «in
.igiiTim'iil lliiil uppr.irs to i liMr
iIh- win f"i li'Kisl.'iliim In i iimIi■
I lie Wwlwrrv Volcanoes \,i
tionul Monument in (lenfral Or
•'gun
lift.ills of till' dr.il between
iillii inis of two nrotlirrm.il
companies and land managers
front tin? I! s I orrsi Ser\ i< r
and frdrral bureau ol l.and
Management wcrr withhold
pending final approval hut
lorrst Service geologist l.arr\
(Tiitwood fold The Ifullotin
nrwspapri thr companies will
In- allowed to louse some land
outside the proposed boundary
of thr inonmnenl
Rep Holt Smith KOre., has
said hr plans to mtrodui r a hill
( routing thr monunirnt h\ mid
(h lohrr if tin- rest of Oregon's
( ongressmen and senators sign
on as t o sponsors
l ire agreement is the last mu
jot < ompromise needed to t re
ate the final lull The two ( om
pantos ( uhformu Knergy t !o. ol
San I lutirisi ii and (.IT) New
heir\ ( latei Inc of San Mateo
t ulll will he allowed to lease
ahout i am at irs ol land in
surrounding Newborn Volcano
about _'i miles southeast of
Ueild in the Dost holes National
I orest
some surfat e development
will he allowed while other
areas will be restru Ion to tin
derground exploration only
said Drums Davis. .1 HI.M ge
ologist who helped i r.dl lltr
dr.ll
In return, the companies will
relinquish geothermal explora
lion lenses tlie\ hold on a total
ot I t t in .11 res ot land u itliin
the boundaries of the [imposed
monument
The national monument
would encompass l>J,<)<)() acres
ol national forest land stretch
mg from Newberry Crater. the
caldera of dormant Newberry
Volcano, northwest over a vari
rt\ ol volt-anil features to Hen
ham halls on the Deschutes
River
Though new issues could be
raised ns the tentative agree
moot is reviewed. Davis said
the "hard negotiations" over
the compensation issue jmilia
Ills are finished
Stuart (iarretl ol Hrnd. 1 hail
man ot tiny committee support
1 mi 1 real n» 1 >1 the monument
said the deal on compensating
the companies was "the last
piece of the puzzle" belore
(amgresx considers the propox
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Environment Week 1989
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