SPILYAY TYMOO
NOVEMBER 1», 1981 PAGE 11
Title IV, Part A funds allocated
The budget for Title IV, Part
A was up for debate at the 7:30
committee meeting held at the
Warm Springs Community
Center arts and crafts rom on
November 17. Decisions on
e x p e n d itu re s were m ade
despite the fact that all 506
forms have not been returned
by Indian students.
Funds for Title IV, Part A
are determined by the number
of Indian students in the
district. That number is known
by the number indicated on 506
forms.
If all 721 Indian students in
the 509-J school district
returned their forms then all
the targets outlined by the
committee could easily be met.
-The committee expects to have
600 to 630 forms returned.
On November 18-20 there
will people in Warm Springs
going door to door to pick 506
forms up from Indian families.
Without complete data on
the number of forms to be
returned the Title IV, Part A
c o m m itte e w e n t a h e a d
allocating funds. They felt
certain they would have at least
$130,000 at their disposal.
S o m e c o m p o n e n ts w ere
approved beyond that figure in
hopes that more funds would
become available.
C o m m itte e m e m b e r s
approved expenditures as
follows: Secretary part-time;
telephone
follows: Secretary part-time at
$5,735; Telephone at $500;
Teacher’s aides at $19,304; Two
c o u n s e lo r s a t $ 7 0 ,9 7 7 ;
Alternative education $25,261;
and, Project evaluation for
$3,000.
approved $29,602 for summer
school operation, $5,000 for
travel/pac and $6,585 for
Indian student enrichment.
These last three components
are lowest on the priority list
and will be included depending
upon the amount of funds
received through Title IV, Part
A funding.
I t w as d e c id e d t h a t
continuing the culture camp
program was desirable. The
committee is looking to other
funding sources, however.
Tribal Council will be asked to
fund it. If they choose not to
fund the camp then the
committee will ask the Culture
and Heritage department for
funds.
M adras Jr. High vice-
principal Bill Cordill speaking
for the Title IV, Part A
committee said, “We don’t
want to drop that part of it
(culture camp). If they won’t
fund it we will try to rearrange
our budget.”
Before closing the meeting
D e Is on S u p p a h , D a n n y
Martinez and Bernice Mitchell
were selected to attend a
conference on long range
planning to be held at Salishan -
Lodge on the central Oregon
coast December 16, 17 and 18.
The tentative date for the
next Title IV, Part A meeting is
December 15 at 7:30 in the arts
and crafts room at the Wärm
Springs Community Center.
Simnasho School dinner planned
The Simnasho school would
like to invite everyone to a
“Thankfulness” meal to be held
at 11:30 a.m. on November 24
at Simnasho school.
The meal will be prepared by
Simnasho students along with
Mrs. Mobley’s second grade
class from Madras elementary
school. The menu includes
turkey and stuffing, rolls, and let them know that you
homemade cranberry sauce plan to attend.
and homemade ice cream.
Following the meal everyone
is invited to join in traditional
Because supplies for the meal Indian dancing.
are provided by the Jefferson
Teacher Rich Little and the
County 509-J district’s lunch Simnasho students ask that
fund there will be a meal ticket everyone join them on this
price of $1.50 for adults and 70 special day. They feel that the
cents for children. Please call nicest part of it would be
Simnasho school at 553-1200 sharing it.
BURNING MEMORIES—The long standing house which at
one time sat next to the Deschutes River at Mecca serves its final
purpose enabling firefighters to practice their skills.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk
SHPO protects cultural resources
by Leland Gilsen
historical and archeological
Historic Preservation Office, sites.
State of Oregon
The Oregon State Historic;'
Preservation Office (SHPO) is
I am writing this because of an
ally in protecting the
the concerns and questions American
Indian heritage. The
raised by a recent article in the primary business
of the SHPO
Salem newspaper asking for
people to assist me in locating is to protect cultural resource
destruction. This
obvious archeological sites on 'sites from
archeological sites. To
private properties. From the includes
reactions I received, it was do this, the SHPO reviews all
obvious that people do not federal projects and federally
understand the role that the funded, licensed ad approved
projects to determine if they
State H istoric Preservation might affect historic and
Office and myself, as an
properties in this
employee, play in protecting archeological
state.
TOE NESS
There was this boy who told his parents that there was going to be
a small PTA meeting the next day. “Well, if it’s just a small one do
you think we ought to go?” His father asked. “I ’m afraid so,” said
the boy.“It’s you, me and the principal YIKES!!!
SS SS SS
There was this old codger who was ha vine a terrible time on the
golf course. “You’re teeing off in front of the mark!” said his pal.
” Are you kidding?” replied the old codger. “I’m playing my third
stroke!” YIKES
SS SS SS
CONFUCIUS SAY: “When man 60 marry girl 25 . like buying
book for someone else to read!” YIKES
SS SS SS
There were there two guys sitting in a blood donors clinic. One guy
was from New York City and the other was a Warm Springs
Indian. After staring at one another for a few minutes the guy
from New York said, “Are you really a full-blooded Indian?”
“Well, no,” said the Indian. “Right now I’m down a
pint.” YIKES
SS SS SS
To conduct these reviews,
th e S H P O m a in ta in s a
confidential site file of historic
buildings and archeological!
sites. There are over 10,000
such properties listed below. If
our files show that there is a
site within the proposed project
area, this triggers a process that
will result in some form of
preservation. If there is nothing
in our files, federal law still
requires that the federal agency
conduct surveys p rio r to
ground disturbing activities
to look for cultural sites.
The SHPO receives over 100
of these survey reports a
month. Approximately 30% of
the reports list findings of
cultural resources that result in
about 100 additional historic
sites being noted in our files
and protected.
In some situations where
there are no prudent or feasible
ways to avoid sites, excavation
is necessary. Over the last three
years, the SHPO archeologist
has aided federal agencies in
the pre-project removal and
protection of approximately
100 archeological sites every
month. Sites important to the
American Indian heritage have
been protected from logging,
road building, dam construc
tion, etc.
But this federal process only
addresses a p a rt o f the
protection problem. Much
more information is needed to
protect sites that slipped by and
those that are on state and
private lands.
To address these needs, the
SHPO has been helping state
land use planners to protect
historic sites from local actions
a n d a c tiv itie s . T h ro u g h
supervised sharing of the
information in SHPO files, and
through receiving information
in return from planners, sites
are being protected to an even
greater degree.
There is a special need to
locate and protect sites on
private lands. The Oregon
Indian burial law is the only
one that addresses protection
of some archeological sites on
private land, (only if it pertains
to grave sites; places where
human remains are found).
Because of this, the SHPO
archeologist recently adver
tised in the paper for assistance
in locating well-known sites on
private lands within one river
drainage. By identifying the
sites that can be found easily,
and alerting the land owners of
their significance, the sites can
be better protected.
I have been asked many
times how identifying sites can.
protect them. To many it seems
that this only aggravates the
problem by making it easier tor
would-be looters. First of all, 1
am recording sites people
already know about in the local
area through farming, logging,
house building, etc. A key part
of this question of identifica
tion has also been addressed by
my explanation of the review
process that federal projects
must go through. If a federally
funded project is to be built on
or near state, federal, or
privately held sites with
"cultural resources, steps must
be taken to protect them. This
c a n ''b e accom plished by
relocation of ‘ the project,
excavation an d /o r physically
guarding the site. We cannot
protect what we don’t know
about.
For other situations, the
solution I think, is education.
The vast majority of pebple will
honor the wishes of Oregon’s
American Indians to have their
ancestors treated with respect.
But most do now know what a
small minority of people are
doing and would be offended
by it if told. Making this
“hobby” known for what it
really is will in fact, gain you
more eyes and ears to help stop
it. Our office has also been
considering a tax incentive
program as another method to
get people to put archeological
sites on the National Register.
In return for tax breaks, the
landowners would protect the
sites from vandals, looters, and
collectors. Sites not protected
would be removed from any
tax benefits. This would
parallel a program developed
fo r h istoric buildings in
Oregon, (a 15 year tax freeze on
assessed value).
The greatest threat to the
American Indian heritage does
not come from the trowel of the
archeologist, but from lan d '
development and looters. The
N a t i o n a l A r c h e o lo g ic a l
P r o t e c t i o n L a w s w e re
generated by archeologists.
Oregon’s Indian grave laws
also had the support of the
a rc h e o lo g ic a l c o m m u n ity .
Archeologists are helping to
make the laws that protect
Indian heritage, work.