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JANUARY 10, 1978
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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-
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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
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Springs
will be able to reach the
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operator
to place emergency
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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
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ments and Lila Telakish.
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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.)
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