March 12,1982 Page 5
Spilyay Tymoo
Indian News Notes
by
Vince Lovett
Washington State legislative body passes bill asking buyout of
Indian treaty rights: The Washington House of Representatives
has voted to ask the United States Congress to buy back treaty
rights that give Indians the right to harvest half the state’s salmon
and steelhead. Though sponsors of the billw ere accused of
bigotry, the vote was 61-32 in favor. If the “memorial,” as it is
called, passes in the state senate, it will go before the Washington
voters this fall.X^ith voter approval, it would go to the U.S.
Congress.
Representatives Homer Lundquist, the prime sponsor of the
memorial said: “Federal judges are not competent to manage
fisheries. It is time for the federal government to accept the
responsibility for an impossible situation that is a creature of its
own making. The treaty rights are a federal problem.”
Representative Lois Stratton, however, said the Indians gave up
huee tracts of land for those rights. She said, “Racial oppression..
always has, in the end destroyed the oppressors.” She and others
said President Reagan and Congress could not begin to afford to
buy back the fishing rights and continue efforts to have a balanced
budget.
According to a report in the Vancouver Columbian.
Representative Frank Warnke glared at the supporters of the
fishing measure and said, “You want it all. You don’t want to live
up to what you promised the Indians through your forefathers.”
CITIZENSHIP AW ARDS
PRESENTED—Seven Warm
Springs Elementary students
were presented with citizenship
awards for the month of
February. They are (left to
right)£onnie Smith, first grade;
Michelle Thompson, second
grade; Ramona Smith, third
grade; Rosanne McKinley,
f o u r th g r a d e , S h e ld o n
Minnick, fifth grade ana
Joseph Smith, sixth grade.
Kindergarten student Joshua
Kalama was not presentfor this
p h o to . The awards were
presented to the students by
Kah-Nee-Ta General Manager
Garland Brunoe. D orothy
Souers, (left) secretary fo r the
school, was presented with a
plaque fo r the Employee of the
Month award.
Photos by Behrend
Toe Ness
There was this guy who asked his friend, “Why don’t you want to
be reincarnated?” His friend’s answer was, “With today’s prices
who could afford to live twice?” YIKES!!
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It is said that the mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the
moment you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak
in public. YIKES!!
New area office structure announced bv Smith: Interior Assistant
Secretary Ken Smith announced February 19 that the present 12
area offices would be replaced bv six regional service centers to be
located at Albuquerque, New Mexico; Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon
and Rapid City, South Dakota. Smith said that present plans also
include a field office at Juneau, Alaska to serve the Alaska Natives
and a Navajo Nation Service Center at Window Rock, Arizona.
These changes are part of a major realignment of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs’ administrtive structure, which Smith said will
improve management efficiency, reduce personnel in central and
area offices by 20 percent and cut overhead costs by $16 million in
fiscal year 1983.
The changes to be made were discussed February 17-18 in
Washington with B1A area directors, Indian leaders and
employee union officials. Deputy Assistant Secretary John Fritz
told BI A central office employees February 19 a freeze on hiring,
which he had imposed in December, would mitigate the impact of
the coming reduction in force. “I wish 1 could tell you that no one
will be fired in this reduction of staff,” Fritz said, “but that Would
not be true. I do believe, however, that we can accomplish this
substantial reduction primarily through attrition.” Fritz said the
realignment was an ongoing process and further information
about specific changes would be announced as implementation
proceed.
BIA will have four regional education offices in new alignment:
Recent changes in the Bureau of Indian Affairs administration
structure, announced February 19 by Assistant Secretary Ken
Smith, include the establishment of four regional offices for the
direction of Indian education programs.
The new offices will each be headed by an assistant director of
education, who will have line authority and responsibility for all
BIA education programs in the region. Under Public Law95-561,
passed in 1978, the Bureau’s education personnel were removed
from the jurisdiction of BIA area directors and agency
superintendents; the law stressed local community control under
professional educators.
Creation of the four regional assistant director positions
eliminates an unwieldy span ot control lor the director of
education. Under the proposed plan the regional directors will
direct day-to-day operation of programs, the Central office
director will handle policy, planning, budget and general program
supervision.
The new regional offices will beat Minneapolis, Minnesota,for
the northeast quadrant of the country; Oklahoma City, the
southeast; Phoenix, southwest and Portland, northwest.
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International travel has brought home a new truth: It says, “If you
look like your passport photo, you aren’t well enough to travel.”
YIKES!!
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There was this guy who had his fly rod in the office with him and
he was learning how to cast. He cast his hook across the room
while looking into the instruction book to see what he was to do
next. In the meantime the boss was putting a book on the hook
which read, “how to work.” YIKES!!
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Definition of a windshield scraper: A gadget that falls out of the
glove compartment all summer long, hides under the seat in the
winter, and breaks when you finally try to use it. YIKES!!
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