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¡940 US. POSTAGE iLTER SLOCUM LS SECTION o LIBRARY IE _____ BULK RATE PERMIT NO. 2 WARM SPRINGS. OR. CR 97403 - Spilyay Tymo® Coyote Mews | JANUARY 10, 1978 N0.3 Simnasho Meeting Draws A Crowd The first in a series of Simnasho Community meetings was held February 7 at the Simnasho Longhouse where over 60 people discussed the develop ment alternatives and goals for the community. The Land Use Planning Committee and Plan ning Department presented numerous planning ideas and concepts for discussion purpos es. Renewed interest in future Simnasho area development has undoubtedly been sparked by the development of a domestic water system there. Prior to the construction of the rural water system, many felt that talk of Simnasho development was purely rhetoric and wondered if it would really ever happen. At Tuesday night’s meeting, Simnasho residents expressed their appreciation for the plan- Iped i rograi • Her for J PhoJ riortM vish ta Tribi J rea o iber W ree E m inutf it h ce. I e fiel ed ar , Dei neter; « en chi s mai: I Hild I re, an Wan ihwicí ; thre I Wan I of Tus I ymcn Wasl I eClaii I survir I aunts >o sur -chile it Refl in an¡ yowit Marci Sheil sons! •Scott tta Ni »s. ning committee and staff inter est in Simnasho. The consensus of opinion expressed during the nearly five-hour meeting indi- cated the following: — The rural character of the community should be maintain ed. Urban uses and facilities should be restricted. — Subdivisions for family housing should be developed at low densities. Homes should no*t be crowded together. — Employment opportuni ties may be considered within the community only if the rural character is preserved. — Services should be re stricted to rural community needs including fire and police protection, Post Office, a pos sible store and gas station, and a well designed school. — The cultural activities and facilitiestshould be main tained and improved. Certain problem areas were also discussed including the housing shortage, overcrowding, Longhouse needs ancLschool facilities. Considerable discussion cen tered around the pros and cons of rental housing, as.some felt it would be contrary to rural living while others felt rentals might be needed for those who could afford home construction. In a lighter vein, several people chuckled when noticing a racetrack on one of the concept plans. One lady responded, “We’re anxious to ride your race horse!” Further meetings of this sort will be held in the process of updating the Warm Springs Reservation Comprehensive Plan. There is also the possi bility of a Citizens Planning Advisory Committee being formed in the near future. From Pacific Northwest Bell It’s late at night, you are walking down a dark street and notice that someone is following you. You slip into a coin booth and fumble in your pocket for a dime to call the police — you don’t have a dime. You witness an automobile accident. You race to a coin The serenity of such winter scenes in the woods is often broken telephone nearby to call the by the rumbling of machinery and the voices of men at work. For the ambulance. You discover you story see pages 6 & 7. Sandy Rangila Photo have a five-dollar bill and no change. Starting February 22 coin telephone customers in Warm ] Springs will be able to reach the ■ operator to place emergency 1 calls without depositing a dime. The equipment conversion call ed Dial Tpne Firsit, will enable customers without the proper change to lift the receiver and immediately reach an operator. According to PNB Manager Glenn Kennedy, the conversion is part of PNB’s ongoing pro- gram to provide service im provements to telephone custo mers. Fifteen coin phones in Warm Springs will be changed to Dail Tone First, he said. Kennedy advised coin custo mers to read the instruction card posted in the booths for a detailed explanation of how to use the converted phones for any type of call. For more information con tact: Glenn Kennedy, 382-5050. Warm Springs Testimony Heard In Portland With the entire Tribal Coun cil, Tribal Attorney, and BIA Superintendent there, the Warm Springs Reservation was well represented at the formal hear ings conducted by the BIA Re organization Task Force in Port land February 2. Tribes from Alaska, Wash ington, Oregon and Idaho at tended as well as representa tives from NTCA and NCAI (National Tribal Chairman’s As- socation and National Congress of American Indians). Most of the Northwest Tribes were pretty well unified in their opposition to the elimi nation of area offices, a message conveyed in the Warm Springs presentation by Tribal Council chairman Gene Greene. Regarding the Portland Area office’s ability and willing ness to provide technical ser vices and their responsiveness to special needs, Greene said, “We seriously doubt that such services could be supplied as effectively from the central of fice in Washington, D.C. and strongly favor retaining the area offices as providers of technical assistance to,Indian tribes.” Greene said that the major problems of the Bureau lie not in organizational structure but in “...lack of continuity in direc tion, long-range planning, and (a need for) clearly expressed poli cies.” In conclusion. Greene said, Powwow Stiffs Tonight Barring foul weather, visit ors from Canada, Montana and the northwestern states will be gathering in Simnasho this weekend for the third annual Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow. Dance contests for all ages will begin tonight, February 10, and continue through Saturday and Sunday. Special events will be daily auctions and raffle drawings and a Robert Suppah Memorial Straight Dance and give-away on Sunday. Raffle tickets for the daily drawings and the big drawing on Sunday can still be purchased from the Powwow Hostesses, who are Carmel Squiemphen, Colleen Seelatsee, Trudee Cle i ments and Lila Telakish. The ¿annual powwow is spon- * f - - sored and planned by the Sim- nasho Longhouse Elders. “We are more concerned that the functioning of the Bureau be improved rather than (seeing) that the structure of the Bureau be changed. We believe that the function of the central office should be to formulate policies and programs to carry out the purposes of the Bureau. Deliv ery of services to tribes should be accomplished by the agency and area offices.” In other areas of discussion, there was a pitch from Seattle area Indians for funding urban Indians the way reservation Indians are, and an Alaska group brought up fishery con cerns. But the main topic was In dian education. Questions arose as to how to handle the educa tion of Indian children. Is it a state responsibility or a BIA responsibility? Portland was one location in a series of five throughout the country in which the eleven member task force is conducting hearings. Appointed December 6, they are charged with the responsi bility of studying the BIA and recommending ways of making it a more responsive organiza tion through improved manage ment, organization and practic es of the Bureau. The task force will study the the performance of the BIA are: suggestions and incorporate in planning, advocacy, trust pro put gained from the hearings for tection services, human resource development, natural resource their presentation of recommen dations to the secretary of the development, social service de livery, personnel and admini Interior this April. Among the areas to be stud strative services, and consulta ied by the task force regarding tion. New Attendance Policy Written Excuses Needed To Parents: In order to improve school attendance and more easily de termine excused and unexcused absences, we are beginning the following policy at Warm Springs Elementary: Written excuses will be re quired each time your child is absent, tardy of dismissed for funerals, trips or vacations. In dealing with unexcused absences, ORS 339.065 will be followed. Eight unexcused one- half day absences in any four week period during which school is in session shall be considered irregular attendance and shall be referred to the court. The first 4 tardies in this time period will result in a conference with the parent. The second 4 tardies will result in referral to the court. (Tardies will be included in the time period between 8:45 and 10:00 a.m.) W&MiER 28 g - 29 46 30 31 J .46 11^■46 fvfymwg 21 47 February 3 February 4 1 46 February & 1 February 6 February ? 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