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WARM SPRINGS, OR
97403
Spilyay Tymoo
D.C. Delegation
Meets With Ullman
Congressman Al Ullman
(D-Ore.) told a nine-man dele
gation of Tribal Council mem
bers, managenfttit and legal
counsel that there was not much
to fear in the “backlash” legis
lation introduced last fall by
Washington Congressmen Meeds
and Cunningham.
Relaying what he felt to be
the general mood of Congress,
Ullman said there was not evi
dence of groundswell opposition
to Indians in either the Senate or
the House. Cunningham’s termi
nation bill was not being taken
seriously, Ullman continued, and
congressmen had many ques
tions about the Meeds’ bills
dealing with water rights and
jurisdiction.
Ullman’s advice to the dele
gation was to continue the good
The skies finally opened up this week to reveal a snow-blanketed Mt. Jefferson. While some work being done at home, es
reveled in the first sunshine in weeks, others were comforted by the snow-pack’s promise of water next pecially with regard*to the posi
isummer.
CDS Photo.
tive working relations that’the
Tribes have cultivated with local
and state organizations.
The tribal delegates were in
Washington, D.C. the week of
January 16-20 to attend meeting
of the National Congress of
American Indians and National
Tribal Chairmen’s Association,
as well as to meet with Ullman
and Bureau of Outdoor Recrea
tion Director Chris Dellaporte.
NCAI leadership offered ad
force
to
receive
comments
and
ciently,
and
that
tribal
govern
The recently appointed BIA
Reorganization Task Force will input from tribal representa ments are strengthened,” said vice similar to Ullman’s - to be
strong and positive on the home
spend a day in Portland Feb tives concerned with issues in Joseph.
As part of an effort to meet front. Education of local voters
ruary 2 as part of a series of. volving the Bureau organization.
Although the agenda is not its objectives, the task force is was encouraged. Sam Deloria
hearings to be conducted in five
yet
complete,
topics will span a taking a hard look at ways of reinforced this message by cit
locations throughout the coun
broad range of concerns - from immediately improving the ing the successful participation
try.
management, organization and of Indians in a recent Confer
The eleven-member task education to tribal resources.
ence of State Legislators in the
Presenting testimony in be practices of the Bureau.
force, appointed by the Secre
Warm Springs’ Superinten normally tense Southwest.
tary of the Interior, has been half of the Warm Springs Reser
In other NCAI business,
charged with the responsibility vation will be Tribal Council dent, James Cornett, who will be
of studying the BIA and recom chairman Gene Greene, other attending the Portland session resolutions leftover from the
mending ways of making it a members of the Council, and says he does not agree with the Dallas Convention last fall were
tribal attorney Dennis Kamopp. AIPRC (American Indian Policy passed en masse. One issue in
more responsive organization.
The purpose of the Febru Tribal education representatives Review Commission) sugges particular, Indian Recognition,
ary 2 meeting is for the task also plan to attend the hearing, tions on BIA reorganization. Al was given individual emphasis
as well as municipal manager though he agrees with many of but a resolution was not forth
Rudy Clements.
AIPRC’s ideas., he is particu coming. The subject, which
The February 2 hearings larly opposed to the suggestion focuses on recent bills recom-
will be conducted in the new that Area Offices be eliminated.
Federal Building, Room 1578, at
Cornett feels that some of
1220 S.W. 3rd in Portland. Testi
BATE HIGH LOW PRECIP. mony will be heard from 10 a.m. the recommended changes would
make the BIA less responsive
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to
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p.m.
that
day.
and structurally awkard. “I
Approximately $15,000 worth
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The function of the task can’t imagaine 81 or 82 super of turquoise and beaded items
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force which was appointed De intendents being able to get in stolen from the Information
Jan. 16 42 33
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cember 6 is to develop recom touch with the Assistant Secre Center-Gift Shop have been re
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mendations for Secretary of tary or his two deputies in covered and the burglary sus-.
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Interior, Cecil Andrus, on the Washington D.C. in case of an pect indicted by a federal grand
Jan. 19
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reorganization of the BIA.
emergency or regarding day-to- jury in Portland.
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Andrus wants to insure that day business,” he said. He
The burglary which occur
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the trust responsibilities of the points to the fact that the timé red on December 18th has been
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Federal Government are carried difference alone would create under investigation by the FBI
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out effectively, according to problems.
and tribal authorities.
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Under Secretary James A.
“I’m not against them (the
Information as to where the
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Joseph. “He wants assurance task force) sending people out to stolen items were hidden was
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that services to Native Ameri evaluate our program,” said received on January 9, and tfie
can people are provided effi (Continued on Page 12)
recovery was made by Sgt. Ray
Warm Springs to Attend . . .
BIA Reorganization Task Force
to Meet With Tribes in Oregon
who
mending criteria for the recog
nition of Indian tribes by the
Department of Interior, will be
highlighted at the upcoming
NCAI meeting in Albuquerque,
February 13-15.
The Deschutes River legis
lation was the topic of two pri
vate meetings between tribal
delegates and D.C. officials.
B.O.R. Director Dellaporte
received the draft bill for in
clusion of the Deschutes in the
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act,
expressing pleasure in the
Tribes’ ability to hammer out an
agreement with the various
agencies.
The bill has a sponsor in Al
Ullman, who recommended that
the Tribes enhance understand
ing and acceptance of the bill at
home, especially within Jeffer
son County.
B.O.R.’s Dellaporte advised
delegates that he had been meet
ing with Assistant Secretary of
the Interior Forrest Gerard
about the possibility of distribut
ing funds directly to tribes
rather than through the states.
The NTCA was reportedly
fraught with internal constitu
tional problems that have to be
resolved before a stand on legis
lation strategy can be taken.
In other Tribal Council
news, about a dozen council
members and committeemen
attended the Oregon Wildlife
Federation meeting February
14-15 in Corvallis. As a district
director of the O.W.F., Delbert
Frank reported that the federa
tion passed a resolution support
ing the Deschutes River bill.
The Oregon Wildlife Feder
ation is composed of diverse
interest groups, including hunt
ers, boaters and environmental
ists.
A general council meeting is
being scheduled for the first part
of February where additional
details regarding these trips will
be presented to tribal members.
Gift Shop Jewelry Recovered
Calica, Richard Montee, and
special investigator Mark Wer
ner. Apparently all the items
were recovered, according to
Werner.
This Tuesday, January 24, a
federal grand jury in Portland
indicted Stanley Roy Smith III
for the burglary.
Also involved is a 16 year-
old non-Indian juvenile, but
prosecution of him was declined
by the U.S. Attorney in favor of
State charges.