Pag« 2 March 23,1981
New B.I.A. Realty officer hates red tape
by Sandy Rangila
After a scant three weeks on
the job, new Realty Officer
D an Newman is already
trying to figure out a way to
cut bureaucratic red tape.
Newman was hired to fill the
vacancy left by H arlow
Nasewvtewa who now works at
the B.I.A. Area Office in
Portland.
Newman is in the process of
orienting himself with the
reservation’s realty program,
acquainting himself with recent
changes in the law and studying
all the new regulations.
It appears to Newman that
those new regulations will
mean more paperwork. And
th e id e a o f a d d itio n a l
paperwork irritates him. “I’m
all for getting rid of or cutting
B.I.A. red tape,” he stated
flatly.
He said he plans on carrying
out Harlow’s program. But if
he can make any changes that
will benefit the tribes, or if he
can find a way to expedite
transactions, he’ll make those
changes, he said.
The friendly, down-to-earth
36 year-old Newman says,
“Our doors are always open for
dealings with problems — even
problems not totally related to
realty matters. We can refer
an individual to someone else if
need be,” he remarked.
He urges people to come to
the realty office and “talk with
Dan Newman
us first to see what they can
do with their land. We can offer
advice about getting apprai
sals, etc., before people just
sign their land way,” he said.
Regarding the two Land
Purchase Budget referendums
that went down in defeat last
year, Newman said that brings
a halt to land purchases right
now. “There’s onlv so much
money left in the purchase
budget.”
“I think people are upset
with purchases of big chunks of
land off the reservation,” he
stated. “People should have
a say as to where their money is
going. We must take a good
look at this.”
Newman and two other staff
members have scheduled a
flight in April to look over the
reservation. From what he’s
seen so far, the reservation
looks similar to the Taos, New
Mexico area where he worked
the past year-and-a-half as a
realty specialist for the B.L.M.
(Bureau of Land Manage
ment). “Of course there are big
elevation differences,” he
noted.
No spring chinook fishing at Sherars
There will be no spring
Chinook fish in g oh the
Desuchutes River this year.
This decision was made by the
Warm Springs tribal council
a fte r h earin g a N a tu ra l
R e so u rc e s r e p o r t w hich
revealed that spring runs have
been d e p le te d to n e a r
extinction.
In response to the report.
Warm Springs Tribal Council
Chairman Delbert Frank wrote
a letter to Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife director
John Donaldson, advising him
of the Council’s decision to halt
all spring chinook fishing on
the Deschutes. “Due to the
present state of the Deschutes
River spring chinook, and
unless new data is presented to
indicate that the runs are
stonger than anticipated, we
will close the entire Deschutes
River and its tributaries to
fishing by our tribal members
for spring chinook for a period
from April l, 198I to June 21,
1981.”
Continuing, Frank wrote,
“We request and expect that
y o u r c o m m issio n e n a c t
regulations prohibiting all
spring chinook fishing by all
fishermen who come within its
jurisdiction. Only by this
decisive joint action can we
expect to preserve this
resource.”
D o n a ld s o n re p lie d to
Frank’s letter, stating, “Your
letter fosters a spirit of
cooperation between the Tribe
and ODFW which will provide
substantial benefit not only to
the resource, but ultimately to
In d ia n an d n o n - I n d ia n
fishermen alike.”
This council decision has
been supported by Donaldson
and the Jefferson County
c h a p te r o f N o rth w e s t
Steelheaders. It also appears
that the Oregon Fish and
Wildlife Commission will agree
with the council’s recommen
dation.
Prior to his job in Taos,
Newman (who is Confederated
Salish and Kootenai) worked
on the Flathead Reservation as
a range technician. He was
there for four years.
Newman is originally from
Ronan, Montana which is
a b o u t 40 miles west of
Missoula. He accepted his
current post in Warm Springs
because he wanted to get back
to the northwest. He’s now only
12 hours from home and
relatives.
So fa r, N ew m an has
been im pressed with the
management and efficiency
here. “The whole corporation is
a tight organization,” he
observed.
A m ong o th e r th in g s ,
Newman and his wife Jeannie
are dog fa n c ie rs. W hen
Harlow’s family lived in the
campus house on the corner,
there used to be one cat named
Nunie who sucked his paw and
ran away a lot. Now there are
three large, healthy dogs
including an Airedale who was
bred for bear-fighting.
Newman noticed that, since
he keeps the animals tied up,
they are easy prey for teasing by
kids who are waiting for the
school bus. He urges kids not to
tease the dogs, especially the
brown Airedale. Better that the
bear-fighter be your friend,
especially if he should ever get
loose. “He could be very
dangerous,” Newman warns.
“It’s not good to tease any
animal.”
As far as his job as realtv
officer is concerned, he said
he will have to watch and see
how things go. He said he will
help process cases, help the
Tribes in any way he can, and
try to improve the paperwork
process. “We’ll do all we can to
improve things,” he concluded.
Waheneka on historical board
Two Oregonians have been
appointed and five reappointed
by Gov. Vic Atiyeh to the state
Historical Records Advisory
Board.
Grant Waheneka, Warm
Springs, and Cecil Edwards,
Salem, were named to three-
year terms on - the board.
George Garson, Jr., Corvallis,
Louis Flannery, Sherwood,
Michael Hanley, IV, jordan
Valley, Glen Mason. Eugene,
arid Caroline Stoel, Portland,
were reappointed to the board.
The board served as a central
advisory body for historical
records planning and for
projects developed and carried
out under the program in the
state.
Duties of the nine-member
board include sponsoring
surveys of the condition
and needs of historical records
in the state and publishing the
results of the surveys, reviewing
historical records projects
proposed by insitutions in the
s ta te a n d s o lic itin g or
developing plans for historical
records projects to be carried
out.
Waheneka, Warm Springs,
succeeds D o ris B ounds,
Hermiston, whose term ended.
The new appointee is a member
of the Land Use Committee
and the Cultural and Heritage
Committee of the Confede
rated Tribes of Warm Springs.
Volunteers needed at
Simnasho Firehouse
The Simnasho fire hall
facility is now complete and
nearly ready for occupancy.
People interested in protecting
lives and property in this area
are urged to contact the Warm
Springs Fire arid Safety office
at 553-1634.
There are openings for fire
fighters, ambulance attendants
and drivers. No experience is
necessary and training will be
provided.
Q u a lific a tio n s for the
positions are: 1) must be 18
years of age or older, 2) be in
good physical condition, 3)
must be willing to serve your
community as fire fighter or
first aid-type person and 4) be
dependable and honest.
All listed positions are on a
volunteer basis only.
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Visitors to the Madras Junior High School science fair included the sixth grade class from Warm
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