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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1979)
Page 2 June 29,1979 Spilyay Tymoo Agency special officer selected It was a tough choice but the Superintendent and the Tribal Council have agreed on an Individual for the Special Law' Enforcement Officer Position! that was vacated two years ago by Del Eastman. Homer White Buffalo, 35, a Standing . Rock Sioux, was selected from a group of five Indian applicants who visited the reservation June 18 to meet with Bureau and T ribal officials. The five spent a day a n d a h a l f w ith th e Superintendent Jim Cornett and met with the Council and m unicipal m anager Rudy Clements for brief interviews. As agency special officer, W h ite B u ffa lo w ill be responsible for the investiga tion of the 14 major crimes on both the Warm Springs and Burns R e se rv a tio n s, the provision of training and technical assistance to the Tribal Police, and working with law enforcement agencies off the reservation. Clements said he evaluated candidates on the basis of tribal directions. The special officer must have “polish” in dealing with state governments as well as be able to work with tribal management, police; the court, and natural resources, he said. He must also be strong in p r o g r a m p la n n in g a n d development, and be a good resource for the tribal law enforcement programs. T h e m u n ic ip a l h e a d indicated that he would be comfortable with any of three candidates, but singled out White Buffalo as having a “ g o o d p e r s o n a lity a n d technical base” as well as being action-oriented. White Buffalo is currently “mopping up” in preparation for leaving Ft. Berthold Agency in North Dakota, where he has been a special officer since 1976. His twelve- year career has been a steady climb through the B.l.A. ranks, starting at the “bottom of the totem pole” as a police officer at Ft. Berthold in 1967. O th e r p o s itio n s have included captain of police at Ft. B e rth o ld a n d c r im in a l investigator at Pine Ridge, South Dakota. White Buffalo even spent a year as a Deputy U.S. Marshall in Madison, Wisconsin. But White Buffalo likes reservation work, finding it more interesting and active. He sought a position in Warm Springs because he had “heard a lot about it. GS-l2’s were wanting to downgrade to get there...It sounds like utopia but it couldn’t be like that. There have to be some problems.” The new special officer plans to “observe and listen” for awhile upon arrival in Warm Springs. He looks forward to working with the Tribal Police whom he understands to be “very competent.” And he hopes to have a great deal of contact with the community. White Buffalo and his wife and three boys plan to live at the agency, a requirement of the special officer. A Idwin Keo, left, and Joseph Winishut gave the bleachers at the Community Center afresh coat of paint last week. They are with the Field Projects crew of the summer work program for returning high school students. Sixteen workers and two leaders, Eliza Hicks and Brenda Scott, make up this crew that does general maintenance work around the area. Summer workers earn $2.90 per hour and work a 40-hour week. Spilyay Tymoo Photo by Stwyer Superintendent announces road closure Superintendent James D. Cornett has announced most roads on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation excluding McQuinn Strip will be closed to public travel effective Saturday June 16, 1979. Fire danger this year requires the closure to protect Indian resources. The closure will not affect The Confederated Tribes, Kah- Nee-Ta Vacation Resort or the main access roads to the public permit fishing areas as shown in th e W a rm S p r in g s R eservation 1979 Fishing Regulations. Roads which will be open to the public include the oiled roads from U.S. Highway 26 to S im n ash o , W a p in itia to Simnasho, Simnasho to Kah- N ee-T a, and from U .S. Highway 26 at Warm Springs to the Kah-Nee-Ta Resort. The public fishing areas may be reached by the Dry Creek Road, Webster Flat Road, Agency Tenino Road, Jackson Trail Road, the Boulder Creek Trout Lake Road and the Blue Lake Road. Lake Simtustus will also continue to be open to fishing Community Calendar June 29, 30 July 4 J u ly 7, 8 July 10 July 9-18 luly 23-Aug 1 Youth Incentive Program is sponsoring a Disco Dance at the Community Center 8 p.m. Fourth of July Parade begins at 10 a.m., followed by a barbeque, games, a dance and fire works Hoopa All-Indian Rodeo at Hoopa California (WSIRA) Domestic Water System Referendum. Vote at the T een C e n te r 8 a.m . to 8 >p.m. Ny-Mu-Mah Youth Camp at the HeHe Longhouse. Ny-Mu-Mah Youth Camp at HeHe Longhoyse Sp ilyay Tymoo SPILYAY TYM O O STAFF Sid M ilIe r Managing E ditor A ssistant Editor Sandy Rangila Photographic S p e c ia lis t/W rite r C ynthia Stowell Reporter/Photographers Roger Stwyer Donna Behrend Priscilla Squiemphen, Secretary FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976 Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the W a rm Springs R e s e rv a tio n of Oregon. W a rm Springs, Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building. Any w ritten m aterial to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo P . O. Box 735 W arm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone 553-1644 or 553-1161, E x t. 274 Subscriptipn^ftatp^.OO pyr year r<- and may be reached through Pelton Park from Madras or through Indian Park from the Jackson Trail Road. All other reservation roads will be closed to the public because of fire danger. Permits for travel in the closed areas may be issued by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Branch of Forestry at Warm Springs Agency but will be limited for business only on the reservation and will not be is s u e d f o r r e c r e a t i o n a l purposes. James D. Cornett Superintendent fife July Fourth should be busy day Things will start popping in W arm Springs come July Fourth as many activities have been planned for spectators as well as participants. The theme of this year’s parade will be “Kids Do the Greatest Things”. The four categories for parade entrants w ill be G o v e r n m e n ta l, Equestrian, Senior Citizens and Kids. If you want to enter a float, bike, horse, car or anything else you can think, call the Community Center. Trophies will be to the first place winners in each division. After the parade at 12:30, a ■venisioa (and hopefully bear) barbeque will be held at the Community Center. Every thing will be furnished and the charge is $2.00 per person. After lunch settles a bit, there will be games for kids of all ages, with prizes given to the winners. At 4:00 p.m. pop and ice cream will be supplied to everyone and the bingo game, which is open Jo all, will begin. A dance is scheduled for the center, beginning at 9 p.m. Admission is $2.00, and the music will be provided by “Tan-Ru”, the band presently playing at Kah-Nee-Ta. There will also be a dance contest with two divisions: age 30 and under, and 31 and over. Entry fee for the contest will be $ 1.50. And, of course, what would the Fourth be without a spectacular fireworks display? Beginning at dark, bright lights and shooting stars will glitter in the sky over Warm Springs, the booms sending dogs for cover. So, with the fuel situation the way it is, why not stay right here and enjoy the day’s activities? Artists invited to enter work in Portland’s Artquake ‘79 competition The third annual Portland Arts Festival, Artquake ‘79, will take place September 7, 8 and 9. This year the festival will be located along Sixth Avenue of the Portland Mall, between S.W . Yam hill and West Burnside. If you are interested in entering visual artwork, having a visual arts/crafts sales area or entering a special project, read on. Visual artwork entries will be chosen by invitation from the Visual Arts Committee. The remainder of the exhibition will be selected through statewide open-juried competition. All e n tr ie s m u s t h a v e th e exhibition label attached, and a s e lf - a d d r e s s e d , s ta m p e d envelope should accompany the entry and jury action cards. Entries will be received at Portland State University, Smith Center, Room 338, on Friday July 13 fron 12 noon to 7 p.m., and Saturday July 14 from 10 a m. to 1 p.m. The visual arts/crafts sales area will consist of approxi mately 60 booths located on the street at the festival site. Artists and craftspersons will be selected primarily through an open, juried com petition. E n t r y f o r m s m u s t be accompanied by five slides representative of the items for purchase. Application forms, slides and self-addressed, stamped envelopes must be mailed to Artquake Sales Area, BP Box 8181, Portland, OR 97207. No application will be accepted after 5 p.m. July 5, 1979. Applications can also be hand-delivered to the Artquake office in The Galleria, 921 S.W. Morrison, Room 445. Final proposal deadline for any special project is July 11, 1979,5 p.m. The special project d iv is io n f e a tu r e s o p e n c o m p e titio n fo r com m is sion of several projects within the festival site. Projects may be in any visual medium or combination of media. Further information can be picked up in the Spilyay office.
