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Warm Springs Extension Agent in Costa Rica
Nutrition education in rural
Costa Rica will be the focus of
two Oregon State University
graduates for the next 18 months.
Janet Bayly
and Susan
Gangler have gone to San Jose,
Costa Rica, for three months of
language training and orienta
tion before starting to work
•directly with 4-H members and
their families. Janet and Susan
will have a chance to work
by Cynthia Stowell
briefly with two other volunteers
who will end their tour of duty in
December. They
are
Kay
Rodriguez, Madras, and Debra
Druchslag, OSU student from
Chicago.
The assignment of Janet and
Sue to Costa Rica m arks the
beginning of the third and final
segment of an
agreement
between the OSU Extension Ser
vice and the Kellogg Foundation
to provide two volunteers a year
to assist the Costa
Rican
Extension staff in developing
nutrition education programs,
Also cooperating in the program
are the National 4-H Council and
the Costa Rican Ministry of
Agriculture and National 4-S
Foundation.
Although this marks the final
stage of the current formal
agreement between the ’osu
Extension Service and Costa
Rica, young Oregonians have
worked as YDP representatives
in Costa Rica annually since
1967.
Janet Bayly, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Bayly of Buhl,
Idaho, recieved her degree in
foods and nutrition, with an
emphasis on community nutri
tion, from OSU in June. She has
worked with nutrition education
programs through the Migrant
Health Care Services clinic in
Jefferson County/
Susan Gangler, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gangler,
6337 44th Ave., NE, Seattle, also
received her degree from OSU in
foods and nutrition. After gradu
ating, she worked as an OSU
Extension agent in Crook County
and on the Warm Springs Indian
Reservation. She is now on leave
without pay from the Extension
Service.
Affiliated Tribes Elect New Officers
Warm Springs chief Amos.
Simtustus rose a notch from
second to first ,vice president of
the Affiliated Tribes of North
west Indians at their semi-an
nual meeting held in Spokane
August 22-25.
Simtustus is joined by Presi
dent Joe McDonald (Flathead),
Second Vice President Lionel
Boyer (Sho-Ban), Third vice
President Marie S tarr (Muckle-
shoot), Secretary Jim McKay
(Makah), and Assistant Secre
tary Gina Kling (Cowlitz). Skip
Skanen (Coeur d’Alene) was
retained as Executive Director.
(Outgoing) president Roger
Jim issued a plea for unification,
reminding members of the power
to be gained from a centralized
effort and calling for the active
involvement of all elected offi
cers, not just the handful who
now attem pt to represent the 41
tribes.
The Warm Springs delega
tion, which included three from
the Council and eight from the
tribal offices, introduced two
resolutions that were passed by
the assembly.
One'recommended that fund
ing be withheld from the Na
tional Tribal Chairmen’s Associ
ation to the satisfaction of all
tribes.” The NTCA has been be
set by internal problems for
some time, losing thé support of
many tribes nationwide.
A second resolution called
for the President of the United
States to issue a water policy
statement supporting and ex
plaining Indian water rights as
separate from federal reserved
rights. In order to assist the
President with this task, ATNI,
committed itself and the National
Congress of American Indians to
preparing and distributing a
To The Editor
Why Our Columbia River
is Not Safe For Boaters
l am the survivor of the boat
vs. barge accident that happened
the night of July 4 at Cascade
Locks on the Columbia River..Do
I think another accident under
the same circumstances could be
avoided? Yes I do.
Who owns the Columbia
River? Are there any laws that
state what hour of the day or
night we are permitted to go out
onto the river? Yes. We are by
law compelled to have running
lights attached to our boats and
to observe safety precautions.
Has your outboard or other type
of motor ever quit, leaving you at
the mercy of the unknown in the
middle of the river in the passage
way the River Transportation
Companies use?
Does this give anyone the
right to run over you because you
are in their way or they didn’t
see ybu? Why can’t they see
what’s directly ahead of them?
Is it because they aren’t required
to have a permanent light on at
alj times to shine on the river
ahead of them? Yes, they use
their spot light to spot their
navagation buoys and
river
markers for their own safety to
avoid hitting permanent objects
in their path.
Yes, they are required to
have running lights on their
barges. How far are they visible?
Look sometime. Can you see the
barges before you see the lighted
tugboat? Even if you could see
them what could you do without a
means of getting out of their
way? If they could see you they
could slow their motors causing
less of an impact and certainly
not push you 20 miles up or down
the river at their mercy before
you are able to stop them.
Yes, I am concerned with the
laws governing our safety on our
river. I lost a very dear friend
who I considered to be one of the
most capable and safety-con
scious persons to ever launch a
boat in the Columbia River. He
didn’t make it — I did. Who
knows why?
Just maybe it’s because it
has left me to attem pt in some
way to try to prevent such a
tragedy happening to anymore of
his people. I have many more
dear personal Indian friends who
depend on our river for their
livelihood. Do they need to lose
more lives because of our lack of
interest in the safety of all of us
on our river?
Let us all give this some
thought and all attem pt in our
own way to alter the evident
danger we face on our river at
night.
Mary G. (Babe) Williams
Star Route Box 625
Cascade Locks, Or. 97014
position paper on the subject of
Indian water rights.
It is the Affiliated Tribes’
opinion that the distinct status of
Indian water rights — “at a
much higher plane than” federal
reserved rights — was not clari
fied in Carter’s water policy
introduced last June. That policy
statement contained four para
graphs on Indian rights, wherein
the President recommended that
the negotiation of Indian water
claims be pursued outside of
court.
The NCAI immediately took
the position that the policy mes
sage did not place Indian water
rights in their proper trust con
text and that tribes were not
consulted in formulation of the
policy.
Who Speaks For Indians?
A very controversial resolu
tion that was proposed at the
ATNI meeting, tabled, and later
approved in modified form, had
a twofold message to bear. Not
only did it reaffirm ATNI’s
unconditional opposition to the
proposed transfer of BIA edu
cation programs to a new De
partm ent of Education (S.991),
but it also censured those indi
viduals and organizations that
had expressed
unauthorized
opinions to the contrary. The
original resolution stated that
“only the American Indian tribes
and other Indian organizations
that are eligible for educational
benefits from BIA have the right
to express and promulate deci
sions and policies that are made
by tribal governments.”
The words “federally recog
nized” were inserted
before
“American Indian tribes” in the
modified and approved version.
“All other ' individuals and
organizations,” the resolution
continued, “must cease and de
sist from the temptation to speak
for the tribes unless specifically
designated to do so by resolution
or other tribal authority.”
Such statem ents from unau
thorized sources have been re
sponsible for misleading con
gressmen and federal officials,
noted the resolution. In parti
cular, support for the Senate bill
offered by American Indians for
Opportunity and the American
NOTICE
Friends and relatives are
invited to attend memorial ser
vices in honor of Joseph Loren
Teeias Holliday on September 9,
1978 beginning at 11 a.m. at the
Simnasho Longhouse.
Indian Education Association
has aroused concern among
tribes.
CSA Suit
ATNI approval was given to
a resolution supporting Region
Indian Grantees in their suit
against HEW’s Community Ser
vices Administration for its fail
ure to establish regulations re
garding the use of its Indian
Set-Aside Funds. The resolution
also called for a halt in the
granting of funds to all CSA
grantees until the problems of
Indian grantees are solved, (see
story page 1)
Other action‘
ATNI also recommended by
resolution that September 22 be
set aside as National American
Indian Day. The concept of a
special day to honor the original
“Americans” will be presented
to the NCAI convention in Rapid
city, South Dakota, September
18-22. “After all,” said Tribal
Council chairman Gene Greene
the resolution, “pickles get a
week.”
In the way of internal busi
ness, there was discussion about
the possibility of acquiring funds
from the Portland and Billings
area offices of the BIA in order to
support a full-time staff for
ATNI. It was also suggested that
the BIA provide a pool of sec
retaries for future ATNI meet
ings, an arrangement that would
provide necessary services as
well as expose the secretaries to
tribal government and its work
ings.
Plans were made for the
upcoming NCAI meeting. The
ATNI is preparing .resolutions on
Carter’s Water Policy, Indian
Education, Health and Welfare,
Protection of Natural Resources
and Tribal Lands, and other
concerns to be presented to the
national assembly later this
month.
(Much of the information for
this article was obtained from
the notes and reports of Gene
Greene)
Kah-Nee-Ta Restaurants
Rated " A ”
rnree Kah-Nee-Ta restau the Lodge in fine condition. “The
rants left “unrated” by the
Wasco County Health Depart
ment, were given “A” ratings
September 7 when official Den
nis Illingsworth re-inspected the
facilities.
Illingsworth found the River
room at the Village and the
Juniper and Appaloosa Rooms at
River Room is in better condition
than I have ever seen it,” he
remarked.
The health official noted that
the snack bar at the Village and
the main kitchen at the Lodge
stilt need major improvements
which Kah-nee-Ta management
plans on tackling this fall.
T rib a l C ouncil
A gen d a
Sept. 11 -- Tribal Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
1. Juvenile Code (proposed) - Law & Order Committee -
Bob Nash
2. 2:00 p.m. - 1979 Tribal Budgets
Sept. 12 - Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m.
1. 1979- Tribal Budgets
Sept. 13 - Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m.
1.1979 Tribal Budgets
Sept. 14 --1. MIC-Contracts-Budgets
2. 2:00 p.m. - Garnishment Policy on Employees’ Wages, -.
Dennis Karnopp
Sept. 18-22 NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS
Rapid City, South Dakota
Sept. 25 - Tribal council Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
1.10:00 a.m. - Adoption of 1979 Tribal Budget for Posting
Sept. 26 - Tribal Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
1.10:00 a.m. - Enrollments
Proposed Resolution-Funeral & Death
Benefits for those Married into the Tribe
2. Appointement of Kah-Nee-Ta Board of Directors
Sept. 27-28 HEALTH LEGISLATION WORKSHOP
Community Center
Sept. 29 fj T-C and Forrest Gerard, Assistant Secretary,
Dept. of Interior - Time to be scheduled