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VOL. 7 NO. 23
WARM SPRINGS, OREGON
D ecem ber 7,1982
Delegates attend NIEA conference In New Orleans
by D on na Behrend
and Sid M iller
people want to move in that
direction. Things take time.”
According to National Con
About 10 Warm Springs
gress of American Indians
people, who are involved with
executive director Ron Andrade,
Indian education matters, trav
the biggest problem today is the
eled to New Orleans, Louisianna
“Title IV in the last budget
November 19-23 to attend the
session and we’ll be working for
National Indian Education Asso
the next week to restore the $15
ciation (NIEA). Attendance of
million we lost in the cuts. That’s
the conference was lower than
the biggest issue.”
the anticipated 5,000 as about
On transfer of Title IV to
2,000 people attended.
BIA, Andrade said that NCAI has
The four-day conference was
never been in favor of the
held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel
transfer. The main reason, he
in New Orleans and was com
said, is that “they serve different
prised of speeches and over 70
groups. It’s a different kind of
wow was held on the first night of
funding pattern and to mix it into
the conference and fr enter
the BIA„.would. be dangerous
tainment each evening, a dance
and harmful to funds in the
was held exclusively for con
future. Our biggest concern now
ferees.
is trying to protect the Title IV
Of particular interest and
programs and Johnson O’Malley
concern to Indian educators is
so that the tribes can continue
the proposed transfer of Title IV
their education programs the
to the BIA, the study of educators
way they have in the past.”
trust responsibility and the lack
According to news release
of an executive director for the
from the Oregon Indian Educa
department of Eduction.
tion Association if the proposed
Art Hill, current chairman of
1983-84 Indian education act bud
NIEA, said there are many
get is approved it would mean a
issues to be faced by educators
34 percent cut in the total Tribal
clear across the nation. “We
IV funding. Part A would be
have passed resolutions that are
reduced 36 percent, Part B would
going to address those issues.
be reduced 55 percent, Part C
And w e’re going to make sure
would be reduced 33 percent and
that these resolutions go to the
Part D would be reduced 7
right people, the right congres
percent. Cuts equal nearly $30
sional delegation, the people who
million reducing the total alloca
are actually involved in these
tion from $77.8 million to $47.9
issues.”
million.
Hill commented on the im
NCAI president Joe DeLa
portance of unity among Indian
people concerning education, L Cruz stated in a speech that he
feels that “the responsibility of
“We are happy to see a lot of the
Education is up to the tribes...
tribal governments represented
Indian people are dealing with a
here. The chairman of the Na
world that wants us assimilated,
tional Tribal Chairman’s asso
they want our resources. The
ciation and Tribal business com
only to beat that is through
mittee members are here...I
education.
think ths is a step in the right
“How people perceive the
direction.”$
Tribal-Federal relationship is”
Hill continued, saying there
Bureau has made people what
is a tentative plan to have a
they are. People show little
national meeting next year to
interest in the past. Educators
bring all national Indian organ
should develop a historical past n
izations together to discuss ma
on how governmental action has
jor issues. “I don’t know whether
affected people,” DeLaCruz
w e are going to act on that or not,
concluded.
it’s a good idea. I don’t know if
Hyatt Regency New Orleans — site of NIEA conference
Annual bazaar December 11
This year’s annual Christmas
Bazaar Decem ber 11 promises
to be bigger and better than
ever with a record number o f
entrants scheduled to have
their wares and goodies for
sale.
O v er 50 p e o p le h a v e
indicated their intent to sell at
the bazaar. A $5.00 refundable
deposit was required to reserve
a table, says coordinator Carol
A llison. H owever, she added,
tables will not be held if the
deposit is not paid prior to the
bazaar. All reserved tables are
gone, says A llison, but som e
people are bringing their own
tables. Entrants m ay begin
setting up their tables at 8 a.m.
An addition to the bazaar
this year are activities for
children aged 6 and over where
children can m ake gifts for
Christmas giving. Adm ission is
25e.
A llison indicated that hand
crafts, crochet work, candies,
baked goods, w ood crafts,
beadwork, quilts and various
other items will be for sale.
Plan to attend the 8th annual
C h ristm a s B azaar a t the
Com m unity Center from 10
a.m . to 5 p.m. Y ou m ay find
that special gift for that special
som eone!
Accident claims one
died instantly. The driver o f the
A car and truck head-on truck was treated at the scene
collision claim ed the life o f a for m inor injuries.
Warm Springs resident, Leland
Chief o f Police Jeff Sanders
Tom , age 26, on Novem ber 20.
stated the investigator’s report
The accident occurred near concluded that T om apparent
D ahl Pine on H ighway 26 at
ly fell asleep and his car went
m ilepost 81 at about 3:30 a.m .
into the north bound lane. Tom
According to Warm Springs was traveling south bound at
police reports the Tom car the tim e o f the accident.
drifted into the northbound
According to Sanders no
lane and collided with a hay
citation will be issued and the
truck driven by Paul Wares, i n v e s t i g a t i o n h a s b e e n
age 41, o f Baker, Oregon. Tom .concluded.