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VOL. 3 NO. 24
DECEMBER 1, 1978
WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761
Budget 79
Council Takes Budget
to People
SUMMARY OF 1979 BUDGET
COMPARED TO 1978
1978
1979
Revenue $19,873,430 $13,825,200
Budget $10,218,293 $ 7,864,351
By Cynthia Stowell
Spilyay Tymoo Photo by CDS
Remains Found Near Peter's Pasture
Believed to be Switzler's
The decomposed remains of
a man’s body found near Peter’s
Pasture Wednesday have been
tentatively identified as Wilbert
Herbie Switzler, missing since
June. Articles found near the
body Thursday are believed to
have belonged to Switzler, but
positive identification will not be
made until dental charts are
examined.
Roscoe Thompson, Jr., 22,
led tribal police and the FBI to
the site Wednesday, November
29. In a sworn statement to the
FBI, Thompson confessed to
killing Switzler and burying him
under rocks in the heavily wood
ed area % mile west of Peter’s
Pasture.
Thompson is being held in
Columbia County Jail on charges
of second degree murder. The
preliminary hearing is scheduled
for December 7, 1978 at which
time bail will be set.
Police returned to the site
November 30 to remove the
remains but were unable to
reconstruct the body. It is be
lieved that bears or other wild
animals were responsible for the
scattered and missing remains.
The condition of the body will
make only a limited autopsy
possible, but a report from the
State Medical. Examiner on
cause of death is due this
weekend. While positive identifi
cation is pending, a keychain,
boot and photograph found hear
the grave have been identified as
Switzler’s.
Switzler was last seen on
June 6. Relatives became con
cerned when his per capita
checks were left unclaimed.
Rumors began circulating last
' month that the missing man had
been murdered and buried on the
reservation. Following up on
hearsay, tribal police and FBI
located
Thompson
at
his
mother’s home and obtained the
statement Wednesday afternoon.
Thompson had been residing
in Oklahoma since June and
’returned to the reservation a
week and a half prior to the
discovery. In his statement, he
said he had had a fight with
Switzler, pushed him over a
rocky ledge and dragged him to
the spot where the remains were
found. He then placed large
rocks over the body and left the
scene. Although he said he had a
gun with him, he did not admit to
shooting Switzler, but did say he
disposed of the weapon soon
after the incident. The gun has
not yet been located.
Switzler, who would have
turned 30 in September, is sur
vived by his mother Elvina
Switzler and a number of bro
thers and sisters. Funeral ar
rangements are pending.
Wide Spot Powwow Begins Tonight
The sixth annual Wide Spot
three day mini-powwow will
Weather
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begin tonight, December 1. The
powwow is usually held during
the Thanksgiving holiday, but
because of the National All-In-
dian Rodeo finals held in Salt
Lake City over Thanksgiving
weekend, the powwow was
moved back one week.
The event will begin tonight
with supper, registration and a
warm-up. There will be no
contest dancing tonight. - The
crowining of powwow queen is
also tentatively scheduled for
tonight.
On Saturday there will be
first kill ceremonies beginning at
10a.m. followed by lunch at noon
and grand entry at 2 p.m.
Competition for Saturday
afternoon will be for boys and
girls six and under and boys and
girls 7 to 11. Supper will begin at
6 p.m. then grand entry again at
8 p.m. Individual circle dance
contests will be held that evening
for the young women (12-17),
“old ladies” (40 and over), and
women (18-39). Also that even
ing, there will be girls team
dance and an open girls shawl
dance for those 17 and under.
Scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday
are singing and drumming con
tests for men, women, boys and
girls with four members per
team. However, if drummers
and singers aren’t on time, there
will not be a contest.
Grand entry will be at 3 p.m.
followed by young men’s (12-17)
traditional, Old Bucks (40+) and
men’s' (18-39) open dance. Also
there will be a contest for boys
team dancing and a boys open
dance for those 17 and under.
Members of the Tribal Coun
cil will have their work cut out
them Monday, December 4 when
they review the comments made
by tribal members at two recent
public meetings held on the 1979
budget.
Council and management’s
new format eliminating the
customarily long-winded presen
tation of facts and figures opened
up the floor for more input from
members at the original general
council meeting November 21.
Armed with thick budget packets
they had received in the mail,
tribal members posed so many
questions and remarks that a
second meeting was arranged
for the following week.
Of great concern to tribal
members was the 29 percent
increase in net expenditures
planned for 1979, the evaluation
of employee, council and com-
mittee performance; Council’s
reduction of the police depart
ment’s budget requests, employ
ment of tribal members, enter
prise operations, the use of
natural resources, and social
problems on the reservation.
Surplus
Asked what the Tribes do
with the reserve in the U.S.
Treasury, Smith said that it is
the B.I.A.’s responsibility to
invest the money, with manage
ment’s recommendations. Cur
rently time certificates are being
purchased at interest rates of
7-10 percent.
Regarding the Tribes’ grow
ing income and expenditures
Smith said, “We always propose
that there be excess cash as we
go into a year so we can provide
developments for the reserva
tion. Programs have had to grow
with the expanding community.”
While most of the seven
Council members present at the
first meeting praised the budget
and the degree of cooperation
that existed between them and
management in the budget pro
cess, some said simply that it
was “too high.” This sentiment
was echoed by tribal members.
Many wondered if they were
getting their money’s worth from
tribal employees.
As community grows, so goes
budget
General manager Ken Smith
attributed the large increase to
three factors: a larger tribal
operation, inflation, and increas
ed income (up 44 percent).
Income for 1978 was larger
than expected primarily because
of the $4.5 million right-of-way
agreement
with
Bonneville
Power Administration. The bo
nus per capita payment grew
from $1,000 to $1,200 this year as
a result, but Smith warned that
since the bonus depends on the
amount of surplus, it could go
down next year.
“Maybe I
raise”
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“We’re sure a good company
here,” said Viola Kalama. “We
give raises every year.” Only the
Council has not received an
increase in the last several
years, she noted. Council raises
must be approved by popular
referendum.
Members repeatedly chal
lenged department heads to take
the microphone and justify their
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