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« JA N U A R Y 13, 1978 PAGE 11 H Destroyed6 ^ew For the second time in twenty years, Lillie Heath’s home on the Deschutes River near Kah-Nee-Ta was burned to the ground. The cause of the fire which occurred Monday Janu ary 2 is unknown. According to Benson Heath, who was home with his mother Lillie and a third occupant Buzzy Berry when the blaze started around 2:00 p.m., the house was an “ inferno” in a m atter of moments and they were “just lucky to get out.” The occupants were unable to save any of their belongings, which included valuables such as beaded leather outfits, bas kets, old photographs and re cently acquired Christmas gifts. Benson ran to the nearby home of brother Sanders Heath to get hoses while Lillie drove to Kah- Nee-Ta to report the fire. Kah-Nee-Ta sent their fire apparatus and the Warm Springs Volunteer Fire Depart ment was dispatched but by the time either of them arrived the house was lost. Snowy roads caused delay for the Warm Springs crew. The Heath home was insur ed and an arson investigation may be requested by the in surance company, said tribal in vestigator Ray Scott. The Heaths were burned out of their home in 1959 and they rebuilt on the same site in 1960. Uncertain of their future housing arrange ments, they are presently living with Sanders Heath. Out of 140 applications and hours of interviews a new Health and Social Services Branch Manager has emerged for the Tribes. Bob Jackson, a mental health administrator in Kansas, will arrive in Warm Springs before the end of the month to take over the position vacated in September. The previous manager, Noel Day, “stepped down” Septem Key BI A responsibilities were identified and a three-fold BIA mission was set forth at the first meeting of the newly ap pointed BIA Reorganization Task Force December 21. Under Secretary of the In terior James A. Joseph announc ed December 6 the appointment of the task force to develop recommendations for the Secre tary on the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. “Secretary Andrus wants to insure that the trust reponsibil- ities of the Federal Government are carried out effectively, that services to Native American people are provided efficiently, and that tribal governments are strengthened,” Joseph said. “ As part of a continuing effort to meet this objective a Task Force on the reorganiza tion of the Bureau of Indian Affairs has been established to formulate and present recomm endations to the Secretary for immediately improving the management, organization and practices of the Bureau.” Under Secretary Joseph said the study is to be compre hensive and the changes will be fundamental — not just cosme tic. He emphasized that the changes will be instituted in an orderly fashion to minimize any hardship on BIA employees and upon established relationships between the tribes and BIA offices. ber 13 and responsibility for the branch was placed in the Gen eral Manager’s office. Admini strative Assistant Ralph Min nick guided the branch through the critical budget process and subsequent budget trimming ex ercises. Jackson, 45 will take on the challenge of directing an array of departments from welfare to parole and probation. Social The W.S. Rodeo Association year which usually is the annual root feast rodeo held in March or early April. Other events will be dis cussed at the meeting such as dues, membership, other rodeos and roping jack-pots. The meet ing date will be posted at all social gathering places. North American Indian Womens' Assoc. Membership here in Warm Springs is up to 25 now after receiving applications from Jan ice Clements here recently. It is rumored that Janice deliberated in her mind for some time on becoming a member of the or ganization and finally decided, “What the heck, I might as well be one of the gang.” Study BI A Reorganization The eleven-member task force includes representatives of the National Congress of Ameri can Indians and the National Tribal Chairman’s Association; two representatives of the BIA named by Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Forrest Ger ard; Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Budget and Admin istration Larry Meierotto; and six public members. The public members include Stewart L. Udall, former Secretary of the Interior. Assistant Secretary Gerard is an ex-officio member. The task force director is Jack Rush ing, a member of the Under Secretary’s staff. grams. (2) To serve as an advocate for the sovereignty and rights of American Indian* Tribes and Alaska Native groups in dealing with other governmental entities and the private sector. (3) To fulfill and execute the federal government’s trust obli gation to American Indian Tribes and Alaska N ative groups. Recommendations of the American Indian Policy Review Commission and other studies of the Bureau and its responsibil ities will be considered. Among the areas for im proving the performance of the The task force, which held BIA which will be studied are: its first meeting December 21, planning, advocacy, trust pro will schedule subsequent meet tection services, human resour ings at least twice a month. ce development, natural resour Recommendations will then be ce development, social service presented to Secretary Andrus delivery, personnel and adminis at the beginning of this coming trative services/ and consulta tion. April. Members of the task force During the task force’s. De are: Robert J. Hampton, vice cember 21st meeting, Assistant president of ATE Management Secretary for Indian Affairs in Arlington, VA.; Willie Hen Forrest Gerard (an ex-officio sley, executive vice president of member of the task force) laid NANA Regional Corp., Inc.,- out the following three-fold BIA zebue, Alaska; Ted Marston, vice president of Cummins En mission: (1) To recognize and pre gine Company in Columbus, serve the inherent rights of Ind.; Larry Meierotto, acting Tribal self-government, to assistant secretary policy, bud strengthen Tribal capacity to get, and administration, Depart govern, and to provide resources ment of the Interior, Washing for Tribal Government pro ton, D.C. Health Branch Has New Manager Services have b**en identified as cents and sees in them a re Club Activities The Warm Springs Rodeo Association is planning a club meeting in the near future. The main purpose of this meeting is to elect officers for thè coming rodeo season. A spokesman for the club said guidelines will be set up for the new officers in planning of the first rodeo of the F°rce a priority by both management and the Tribal Council, and the branch’s budget has increased 30 per cent for 1978. P art of the increase is the transfer of the branch m ana ger’s position from the BIA to Tribal payrolls. The alcohol and drug programs are also receiv ing significant boosts. Jackson said, from his Crawford county Mental Health Center office, that he is impres sed with the Tribal Council’s philosophy and approach re garding health and social ser vices. “For too many years, other people have done things for the Indians. This Tribal Council said ‘We want to do it ourselves.’ ” Jackson has a great deal of experience working with adoles- flection of larger problems in a community. From his visits to Warm Springs Jackson has noted the passing on of adult problems such as alcoholism to the youth and has heard the community’s call for increased parenting skills. As the new branch manager, Jackson hopes to enhance com munication and cooperation among his departments so that they might present more uni form services to the clients and community. But getting his feet wet and becoming acquainted with his stâff will be Jackson’s first order of business. “ I’d like to hear what people in the organiz ation think and involve as many people as possible in decision making,” he said. Jackson has a M aster’s in Included are: Lorraine Mis- iaszak, acting director of Advo cates for Indian Education in Spokane, Wash.; Jim Sansaver, reservation program office, Bill ings area office. Billings, Mont. ; Dr. Thomas Sawyer, director of ARIES Consulting Corp, in Pro vo, Utah; Ronald Toya, reser- / vation program office, Bureau of Indian Affairs in Southern Pueblo Agency in Albuquerque, N.M. . Also, Ray Goetting, National Congress of American Indians in Washington D.C.; Steward L. Udall of counsel, D u n c a n , Brown, Weinberg & Palm er in Washington D.C.; and William Youpee, executive director, Na tional Tribal Chairmen’s Asso ciation in Washington D.C. Secretary Andrus has also invited the Departments of En ergy, Transportation, Commer ce, Labor, Health, Education and Welfare, Justice and Agri culture to designate represen tatives to participate in Task Force meetings as observers because of the responsibilities to these Departments for admin istering certain Indian pro grams. The same invitation was extended by the Secretary to Rep. Teno Roncalio, chairman of the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs and Public Lands of the House Interior Committee and Senator James Abourezk, chair man of the Senate Select Com mittee on Indian Affairs. Social Work which he earned from the University of Kansas in 1961. In addition to administer ing a mental health center in Pittsburg, Kansas, he is consult ant to state hospital alcohol, drug and adolescent programs. Previously Jackson had a variety of experiences in direct services as well as administra tion. He has been a mental health therapist, the admini strator of an adolescent trea t ment unit, a clinical social worker and a psychiatric social work aide in geriatrics. Jackson is a Korean War Veteran and is m arried with four children. He and his wife and their two younger children will be living in Madras, since no hous ing is available in Warm Springs. Jackson hopes to be on the job by January 23. 8 The next N.A.I.W.A. meet ing will be on January 17, and the public is invited to hear ¡special speakers on Drug and Alcohol and other general infor mation on the user and-or dis ease. N.A.I.W.A. will have its reg ular business meeting on Febru ary 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Com munity Center. The Lions Club At its last meeting held at Alice’s Restaurant the Lions Club discussed the raffle of the steer. The steer will be butcher ed into four quarters so there will be four winners. The steer was donated to the club by Wil bur Johnson. The drawing will take place on February 16th at the Community Center. All Lions Club members will be selling tickets. On the drawing board plans are in final form for the annual gold tournament sponsored by the Warm Springs Lions Club. The tourney is open to anyone and it will get underway at 8:00 a.m. Snacks and beverages will be sold at various points throughout the course. Other activities are also being plan ned. Joining the Spilyay Tymoo staff as secretary is Greg Smith, 18. The able young man, who was featured in a recent Spilyay article about male secretaries, faces the challenge of creating a job and routines where none existed. In other words, he’s helping us get our office act together. CDS Photo,
